Mindú Park Hotel

Novotel Manaus

"The room was too humid and smelled bad."

Hotel Casa Dos Frades

"Travelling with my son. We absolutely love this place. It has the feel of a boutique gallery hotel. We are so happy with our room. Nr 5. It's spacious and has so much character. It's quiet. The service and attention to our needs is impeccable. The breakfast room is absolutely wonderful. The buffet is small but has enough variety. If you want something that's not there like freshly made scrambled eggs..not a problem just ask for it. The rooftop terrace is a sanctuary on it's own. Overlooking the Plaza and to the right the Manus theatre. Great location! Diverse food opportunities around."

Hotel Talissa 2

Hotel Villa Amazônia

"Great boutique hotel situated in a lovely part of Manaus with historical sights right near the opera house. Air conditioning was amazing also airconditioned lobby and lifts. Would highly recommend this hotel with extrememly helpful and friendly staff"

Mercure Manaus

"Very nice room, overall clean and comfortable. I don’t understand why there is a kitchen if there is no utensils. I didn’t need it, but fix this for other guests. The water from the pool is not clear, so I didn’t swim. Breakfast is great, WiFi works well, water pressure great, AC perfect. Check-in takes too long, but in Brazil it is like this. I would come back."

Grand Amazon Expedition

"We booked this cruise with 7 friends to celebrate my husband’s 80th birthday - we were the only Americans onboard and only English speakers - there were several others who spoke English but it was not their first language. We were always slighted and the last boat to go out for excursions except the last day. Only 1 waiter in the dining room spoke and understood English. I tried 4 times to get a cake brought out at dinner for my husband’s birthday and it was quite an ordeal to make it happen because of the language issue. The English speaking guide on the boat excursions was difficult to understand and everything is in Portuguese. When they had the lectures in English they were so hard to understand that we never went back after the first one. Nothing to do at night except for 2 local dancing and singing shows. One for the 3 night portion and another for the 4 night one that was a little better. We did both 3 and 4 night back to back. We were disappointed that the ship does not travel very far at all from Manaus. Food was so so at best. Buffet style with people going in both directions and no organization. Very strange and unique types of fish mostly served for lunch and dinner. The “snacks” on the top deck are actually an early lunch or dinner with limited snacks and pizza. There is a menu where you can order food up on top deck using a QR code on the table or bar but you have to ask and it is limited sandwiches. We were not impressed with the food and our travel friends all agreed with us that we would give the overall experience with food, service, excursion quality etc a “6” out of 10. Not what we were expecting. Excursions were way too short and could have easily been extended an hour to 90 min more each time. Our English speaking guide who was hard to understand seemed to want to hurry and do the minimum and hurry back. Several hours in morning and afternoon of down time onboard with nothing to do - pool area very very small. Rooms were large and more like a hotel room than a cruise cabin and a hotel style bathroom as well. Mini refrigerator in the cabin. Our friends did not have hot water the entire time. When we got to our cabin at check in the air conditioner didn’t work and they immediately moved us to a cabin with working air conditioner. The only wildlife we saw in 7 days was one sloth during the day and one at night, a few monkeys, a few caiman at night and the pink river dolphins. The stop to see the dolphins was about 15 min and very controlled location. Also disappointing that we could not observe them longer. I would not recommend doing both itineraries - if you want to experience it, pick just one with the dolphin viewing or better yet just spend several days in Manaus and to tours each day from your hotel and tours will take you to the same places and some will even let you interact with the dolphins. Our cabin attendant cleaned some of the cabin but never even changed out used drinking glasses the e"