Solimoes River Piranha Fishing and Alligator Watching Tour

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From USD 66

4.71
52 reviews

Overview

Available languages

Portuguese
English

4 hours 30 minutes

Mobile ticket

See the wildlife of Brazil in this tour of the Solimoes River. Participate in Piranha fishing and alligator washing for a thrilling activity. Visit the center of hand crafts and explore the streams and flooded areas if the season is the right time of the year.

Additional Info

Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap

Specialized infant seats are available

Not recommended for pregnant travelers

Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health

Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

Child rate applies only when sharing with 2 paying adults

Children must be accompanied by an adult

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

What‘s Included

Hotel pickup and drop-off

Local guide

Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase)

Food and drinks

Options

Alligator Watch night tour

The adventure begins with the left of river terminal in Manaus bound for the coast Iranduba to this adventure it is used a boat for flexibility and fast easy of exploring places
Pickup included

Reviews

4.71

52 reviews

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  • Our guide knew exactly...

    Tara F,

    Mar 10, 2025

    - Viator

    5.00

    Our guide knew exactly where to go to find the piranhas and we were successful in catching a few. He caught alligators with his bare hands and brought them onboard for us to hold and take pictures of. We released everything caught because it was about the experience. 10/10 would recommend.

  • Missed Excursion

    Yvonne S,

    Feb 21, 2025

    - Viator

    1.00

    Because of a delayed flight, I missed this excursion. I immediately contacted Viator and the provider to see if the activity could be switched to a later date. Viator said no, the provider said yes. I don't know where I stand. Please clarify. Thanks. I use Viator for many excursions around the world.

  • Fun on the River

    John M,

    Dec 13, 2024

    - Viator

    5.00

    Just a great experience…started out with a massive rainstorm so we took refuge on a fuel barge..clean as and beer was cold. The across the huge river for fishing and had fun catching a few..the piranhas weren’t caught but plenty others. The the most exciting bit..catching a couple of caimans. Thoroughly recommended!

  • Excellent life time Amazonian experience

    Grigori T,

    Jul 10, 2024

    - Viator

    5.00

    Tour agent was in contact with us and said that pickup time is 4pm. At the morning they contacted us and said that pickup will be at 4:30. At 4.30 driver contacted us and said that he is coming. Car was very good and we quickly reached the port. It turned out that it is just us two on the tour. We met Antonio, who was not speaking english at all, maybe just a few words. Our 10 words in spanish helped us to understand each other but believe me you don't need to know any language to understand what is going on. Real part of the tour started at 5:00. It was very small boat for 4 person. We drove to the next river bank. It very spectacular view because of excellent sunset. Behind the place where we were swimming with porpoises day before. Manaus was visible behind the trees. We started piranha finishing there. A lot of piranhas. We were not able to catch something, they were eating the meat very quickly. Our guide catched one very big piranha, we made photos and videos like it was us who catched it :D. Then we let the fish back in the waters and went to look over alligators. Sunset was continuing and it was spectacular views again. We seen slots on the trees, birds and anacondas leather on the water. After dark it was cloud of mosquitoes over us and repellent was not helping much. We sprayed it over our face and fingers and everywhere but they bited our fingers and face anywhere. Luckily we were wearing long sleeve/pants. Antonio gave us some torch and we started to seek for alligator. We found one quickly. Baby one. We went near and Antonio wanted to catch it by his hands. My wife quickly got mad about it and asked to go. So we continued to drive and look over the alligators. There were alligator eyes everywhere. Trees were fool of eyes of birds as well. On the way back we drove through river in the dark and it was like driving through crystal lake to the city of lights. Sky was open and everything was very beautiful again. We've seen bigger vessels and our small one was better better because we really enjoyed the views. at 19:00 we were back in port. Some other car took us back to hotel. Big thanks to Antonio. Despite not talking in english he was very gentle and done his job very well. Some reviewers were complaining that it is not Solimoes river. I am not sure what river it was (probably it was Rio Negro because water was black) but it makes no difference. Piranhas and alligators were there. According to what I heard solimoes has much more mosquitoes than Rio Negro and mosquitoes are real issue. Thanks for the great tour. It was lifetime experience of real amazon river at the night. Recommended to everyone.

  • Nice half day tour

    Karina R,

    Jun 28, 2023

    - Viator

    5.00

    Nice half day tour - I caught a fish and we were able to get close to a baby alligator. We were a small group of 5, which was great, as I don't like big tours. The guide/pilot did not speak English at all though despite booking an English speaking tour. Fortunately, there was someone on the tour who spoke English and was willing to translate in English.