Manaus Travel Guide

Manaus is a metropolis of Brazil with about 2.6 million inhabitants in the center of the Amazon rainforest. Traveling to Manaus means taking a trip to the Amazon: there are countless jungle hotels that offer a huge variety of tours, from more adventurous to more relaxing, such as walking in the jungle, fishing, visiting riverside communities, alligator spotting, tree climbing, rappelling, and bototherapy. In the center of Manaus there are several monuments, historic buildings, churches, a large number of museums, and numerous Belle Époque buildings still preserved and spread throughout the region.

Manaus is over 2,700 km fromSão PauloorRio de Janeirowhich takes about four hours by air. Coming from North America or Europe, if you can't get a direct flight, the best option price- and route-wise is probably to connect in FortalezaFORIATA, the international hub of Northern Brazil (and it might be considerably cheaper to buy an international ticket to Fortaleza and independent domestic one from Fortaleza to Manaus).

Manaus is very big, its urban part sprawling some 400 km2(150 sq mi) (versus 100 km2(39 sq mi) forParisor 200 km2(77 sq mi) forBuenos Aires). If you plan to move around the city independently, it's important to find accommodation either downtown or close to the main axis of Av. Constantino Nery and Av. Djalma Batista.

Manaus is fairly safe for a Brazilian city of its size. As always, deserted streets are a bad idea after dark. Avoid the east zone, it has a really bad reputation.

Jungle accommodation, hotels and other lodgings located outside the municipality of Manaus are not included in this list. Please see theGo nextsection below for links to the appropriate articles.