Visitors to Uakari Lodge are always impressed by the amount of dolphins that can be seen at Mamirauá Reserve! This series would be incomplete if we didn’t talk about one of the most iconic animals in the Amazon: the famous pink dolphin! Yes, it is possible (and even frequent 😃 ), to see them during the boat trips from Uakari Lodge, the breath of air announces the presence of these giants: these animals weigh between 150 and 200 kg and on average 2 meters long! The pink dolph

The Arapaima is the largest freshwater scales fish in the world, reaching 3 meters in length and weighing 200 kg In Portuguese, the name of the fish is Pirarucu: for indigenous native speakers of Tupi pira it means fish (as in piranha, pirarara, piracatinga) and urucu is red (like in urucum, a typical red seed across Brazil) and, therefore, this is the origin of the popular name of our Amazonian character today: Pirarucu, a fish that presents red bands on their scales. In sci

Mamirauá jaguars live normally on trees during the flood season: they hunt, mate, rest, raise their cubs. This behavior only exists here! There are many remarkable experiences in the life of a person who is passionate about wildlife – spotting a jaguar, Panthera onca, is certainly one of them. The Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve, within which Uakari Lodge is located, has the highest known density of jaguars in the world: an estimated 16 individuals per 100 km². Despi

There are are 59 species of woodpeckers in Brazil, 11 of which are at Mamirauá Reserve. Spot-breasted woodpecker (Colaptes punctigula) Eternalized by the cartoon, the woodpeckers (Picidae family) are really colorful birds and why not, ingenious. After all, it takes ingenuity to hit the tree trunk 22 times a second and leave without physical injuries, not even a little headache. The structure of the skull of a woodpecker is truly extraordinary, serving as a model for the devel

One of the most seen birds at Mamirauá Reserve, hoatzins have fingers with claws on their wings as young and have digestion similar to oxen! Hoatzins (Opisthocomus hoazin) are among the birds with the most striking appearance among the 377 species that occur at Mamirauá Reserve. Some local guides say these animals have got this popular name because they appear to wear blue makeup around their eyes. For me, these animals have a more “rock star” vibe with these long, erect feat

This is one of those animals that visitors at Uakari Lodge always ask if it is easy to spot. The answer is: yes, thanks to our local guides The three-toed Sloth (Bradypus variegatus) is one of those animals that almost all tourists who come to the inn know that occurs in the area and always ask if it is easy to see. In fact, the animal is not uncommon, the challenge is to find it among the fig trees (Ficus spp.) And cepropias (Cecropia spp.) Since its camouflage is really ver

Well known for being one of the largest aquatic plants in the world, with leaves that can reach 2 meters in diameter and that can hold up to 40 kg! It is impossible to think of any Amazonian scenario without the presence of the beautiful Giant water-lily (Victoria amazonica). As the Amazon is a land of giants, plants would not be left out. Some famous photos of the plant show children on top of the large discs that emerge from the calm and muddy waters of the Amazon Basin. Th

Whether by their size, exuberant colours, or intelligence, the birds of the Psittacidae family – macaws, parakeets and parrots – are iconic and much admired Brazil is the country that has the greatest wealth of parrots in the world with 87 species. In fact, in Brazil’s first official document, the famous letter from Pero Vaz de Caminha, there are some mentions of macaws (only in these we have mostly red representatives) and parrots [“(…) red parrots, very large and beautiful

Seja pelo tamanho, pelas cores exuberantes, ou pela inteligência, as aves da família Psittacidae – araras, periquitos e papagaios – são icônicas e muito admiradas O Brasil é o país que possui a maior riqueza de psitacídeos do mundo com 87 espécies. Aliás, não à toa no primeiro documento oficial do Brasil, a famosa carta de Pero Vaz de Caminha, há algumas menções a araras (só nestas temos representantes majoritariamente vermelhos) e papagaios [“(…)papagaios vermelhos, muito gr

Alligators at Mamirauá Reserve can reach over 5 meters in length – and are easily seen around We are striving to continue taking the Amazon to you during the period of social isolation – which is why today we start a new series! Our naturalist guide Cynthia Lebrão will report more about the fauna of Mamirauá Reserve – the most exotic species, some trivia and science and everything you would certainly ask a guide during your stay at Uakari Lodge 😉 On today’s post, Cynthia wil

A Pousada Uacari tem um presente para você e sua família durante tempos de distanciamento social. Você quer estar em outro lugar? Gostaria de imaginar que está no meio da Floresta Amazônica? Viajar não é uma opção no momento – a Pousada Uacari está fechada e só o receberá novamente quando tudo isso acabar e pudermos te receber com segurança. *** Agora queremos trazer a Reserva Mamirauá para você. Temos trabalhado duro para fazer você sentir a floresta diretamente de sua casa.

Uakari Lodge has a present for you and your family during these challenging times of social isolation. Do you want to be somewhere else? Would you like to imagine you are in the middle of the Amazon Rainforest ? Travelling is not an option at the moment – Uakari Lodge is closed and will only host you again when all this is over and you are safe to visit us again. *** We now want to bring Mamirauá Reserve to you. We have been working hard these days to make you feel in the rai

Uakari Lodge started a participative primate monitoring on trails – and visitors now actively collaborate to science and conservation at Mamirauá Reserve. Some days ago we have published, on Facebook and Instagram, the image above. it shows the red howler monkeys screaming, as they usually do. The reaction from past visitors was amazing – lots of them came with nice memories on the sounds those cute monkeys do. They can scream and they can scream LOUD! They are particularly a

As produções de vídeo originais trazem a atmosfera pacífica que nossos hóspedes sentem na Reserva Mamirauá. Já faz um tempo desde que decidimos que estava na hora de ter nosso próprio canal no YouTube – é claro que a maioria dos visitantes quer saber e sentir um pouco da experiência na Reserva Mamirauá antes de vir para o Uakari Lodge (ou ex-hóspedes podem querer se recordar dos bons tempos em trilhas, canoas, comunidades ou com os pesquisadores parceiros do Instituto Mamirau

The original video productions bring the peaceful atmosphere our guests feel at Mamirauá Reserve. It has been a while since we decided it was about time to have our own YouTube Channel – of course most of our visitors want to learn more and feel a bit of the experience at Mamirauá Reserve before coming to Uakari Lodge (or former guests could remember the good times in trails, canoes, communities or with the partner researchers form Mamirauá Institute). So, what should we show

Selecionamos 12 fotógrafos que mostram que vale a pena levar sua câmera para Uakari Lodge e Reserva Mamirauá Paisagens, vida selvagem, ecoturismo e a incrível vida nas comunidades de uma floresta de várzea: o Photography Journeys, um dos programas especiais da Uakari Lodge, estão rapidamente se tornando uma das experiências mais bem-sucedidas na Reserva Mamirauá. Aqui você pode facilmente encontrar animais raros em paisagens exuberantes, seguidos pelos grandes guias locais qu