Day 1 - Cayenne - Upon arrival you will be greeted by our bilingual tour guide. After check in at our hotel, we will take a short city tour of Cayenne City. This atmospheric capital and major port offers many attractive sights. We will visit the Jesuit-built residence of the Prefect in the Place de Grenoble, the Canal Laussat (1777), and the Botanical Gardens. In the centre of town, the Musée Départamental features exhibits on indigenous peoples and the notorious penal settlements on Devil's Island. Towards the end of the day we will stop at the Place des Palmistes were we will find lively cafés and market stalls.

Day 2 - Cayenne - Today we will visit the city of Kourou were we have a short visit to the Ariane Space Center and then visit the Devil's Island, famous for the more than 30,000 French convicts who died in its hell-hole prisons. That is the prison where Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman try to escape from its jungle in the movie Papillon at the IIle Royale. If time and the government permit we will visit the Amerindian villages at Haut-Maroni and Haut Oyapoc.

Day 3 - Calcoene - Today we leave early in the morning towards Macapa. We will overnight in the small town near the Lagoa Piratuba Biologic Reserve.

Day 4 - Macapa - This morning we departure early in the morning to Macapa. Officialy founded in 1815, this city that lies on the Amazon River, was inhabited mostly by public servants and its 18th century fort. Upon arrival to Macapa we will visit the Vila de Curiau. This village, 12km from Macapa, has a feeling that the time has frozen in time. This historical site is an environmental protection area and a gathering of Negroes descended from quilombolas, runaway slaves who, especially in the 17th and 18th centuries, used to assemble in hierarchically established communities, called quilombos. About 45 families grow and process cassava, fish, raise cattle and make baskets. After our visit to the village we will stop by the Fortress of São José. This Fort is a square building surrounded by walls with a pentagon shaped bastions forming the mariner's compass card. The Indians and slaves built this fort in the course of 18 years (1764-1782) to protect the the French invasion from the Guiana. Then we will take a short city tour of Macapa where we see the point zero Equador Line . (Overnight in Macapa)

Day 5 - Macapa - Today we will take a tour of the Pororoca (magnificent and thunderous tidal bore collision between the Amazon River and the Atlantic Ocean. When the river reaches its delta it forms many islands by alluvial deposit and submergence of the land. When the River reaches the largest of these islands, Marajó, the Amazon splits into two large streams. The northern stream is the principal outlet and threads its way around many islands. The southern channel, called the Pará River, receives the Tocantins River and has the important port of Belém. The awesome tidal bore is up to 12 ft/3.7 m high and it travels 500 mi (800 km) upstream. This river's immense silt-laden discharge is visible far out to sea.

Day 6 - Marajo Island - Transfer from the hotel to the pier for a ferry boat cruise to the city of Salvaterra on Marajo Island. Upon arrival on the Island transfer to the Pousada dos Guaras and check in. After lunch, visit the city of Soure and its leather handicraft factory followed by a visit to Arruna Beach where visitors can watch several regional birds in their natural habitat. Afternoon free at leisure.

Day 7 - Belem - After breakfast, depart on board a regional boat to visit a buffalo farm where guests will have the opportunity to observe the flora and fauna during the 3 hours trip through the forest. Horse and buffalo rides will be available and we will visit a cheese and mandioc flour factory. We return to the hotel for a lunch and at approximately 4:30pm we depart to Belem. This Para's capital served as the main port in the region during the 19th-century rubber boom. The famous Ver-o-Peso Market - designed and built in England - is a reminder of that era. Each morning, local products and crafts are brought to the market by boat and canoe. The market is always filled with the pleasant hospitality typical of Belém as well as a wide variety of tropicalfruits, food and local handicrafts. Upon arrival, we will check in at our hotel and we will have a early diner.

Day 8 - Capanema - Before we depart Belem, we will take a city tour of the city. We will visit Ver-O-Peso Market Located on the river front, its the City's cultural and tourist landmark, one of the best known symbols of the State of Pará and of the Amazon Region, a place where one can find a sampling of the great variety of regional products associated with local custom and culture. We will visit the Basilica de Nazare, Castelo Fort, Se Church, and Paz Theater, built in 1878 this theater is consider one of the most beautiful in Brazil. Built by the private initiative in the golden times of the rubber. Its neoclassical style, with Greek columns in the facade, the theater possesses lobby and interior of the noble living room with paintings of thematic Amazon. After our city tour we'll take a short drive to the city of Capanema .

Day 9 - 11 - Sao Luis - Early in the morning we will drive toward to the Maranhao State capital, Sao Luis. The city, with ¾ of a million inhabitants, was originally founded by the French in 1612 and later occupied by the Dutch in the mid-1600s. The Portuguese influence was greatest, of course, and this is reflected in the stately mansions and their intricate tile façades. São Luis is located on the island of the same name. In the next couple days we will explore the culture and history of this World Heritage site (Unesco) We will visit Avenida Pedro II (named after the Brazilian emperor) we'll see some of the oldest buildings in Brazil, such as the 1612 French fortress and later governor's mansion the Palácio dos Leões (Lion Palace), the Palácio La Ravardiere (Ravardiere Palace) which served as both city hall and the town's prison, as well as the Igreja da Sé (the Sé church) from 1619.

Optional tour on the day 10 - we also will offer an optional tour to the historic city of Alcantara. Located just west of Sao Luis 1:30 minutes by ferry, this XVIII was the commercial center and the aristocracy heaven of the Northeast States. Once Brazil abolished slavery and the price of cotton dropped in the international market, the city went through a prolong century decay. Today the city is being renewed and we can visit the old town and house and feel the ostentations this prosperous period.

Optional tour on day 11 - Barreirinhas - We'll leave São Luis to the city of Barreirinhas where we will be transferred in 4x4 vehicles to the Lençóis Maranhenses National Park, the largest such park in northeastern Brazil. Situated on the northern coast of the state of Maranhão, the Lençóis Maranhenses National Park consists of a unique landscape of rolling dunes, some reaching ten meters (33 feet) in height. It's practically a desert with thousands of crystal-clear lakes surrounded by picturesque dunes, mangroves and beaches. The park derives its name from the fact that the vast expanse of dunes resembles bedsheets (lençóis). On the way, we will visit Lagoa Azul (Blue Lake) and either dos Bentos or Lagoa Bonita. Return to Sao Luis late at night.

Day 12 - Calcoene - This morning we fly to the city of Macapa to catch our bus back to Cheynne. We overnight in the city of Calcoene.

Day 13 - Cayenne - Leave early in the morning to Cayenne. Upon arrival we have the rest of the day at leisure to enjoy the city, do the last minute shopping and chat about your experiences in this adventurous last two weeks.

Day 14 - Return - We will be transfer to Cayenne International airport to fly back home.