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In our imagination, the Amazon is usually associated with the State of Amazons and its capital Manaus. However, the State of Pará is the second largest Brazilian state in area, representing 26% of the Brazilian Amazon, and 49% of its natural attractions.
Pará houses a part of the world’s largest river basin   “The Amazon River Basin”, and this is where the river meets the Atlantic Ocean.
The Amazon has also Pará freshwater beaches and sea beaches, areas of virgin forest, mountains, lakes and most of the Amazonian rivers.
Their culture, formed by a real mix of inherited Indians, European immigrants, Africans, Asian. Culture of Pará is undoubtedly the wealth of this region, and reserves to its visitors a fantastic experience full of aromas, flavours and colours.
This is a great reason to visit the region and live a rich experience full of discoveries Amazon.

- About Santarém Discus Trips
Santarém Discus Trips 2012 – Santarém – Nhamunda
Santarém Discus, offers you a wide range of expeditions that will, for sure, match your expectations and interests.
Obviously, watch and enjoy beauty and biological diversity, are our priority goals.
If you are looking for beauty, adventure, wildlife experience and share this outstanding moment in a great company, with a very friendly and active team, we will ensure that all requests will be fulfilled.

Not only will you enjoy one of your greatest sea and wildlife experience, as you will have the chance to get to know Santarém: an important regional market center, in Lower Amazonia, located midway between the larger cities of Belém and Manaus, bordered by the Amazon and the Tapajós rivers. Both, run along many kilometers in the front of the city, side by side, without mixing. The Amazon's milky colored water carries sediment from the Andes in the East, while the Tapajós's water is somewhat warmer and has a deep-blue tone.
Santarém in Pará is poetically known as “Pearl of the Tapajos”.

-Why travel with Santarém Discus Trips
We provide our clients with challenging experiences in the Amazon.
Our story began in 2008. Santarém Discus Ltd. is the only company  who as licence to export ornamental fishes from  Santarém, in the State of Pára, in Brazil too all world.
We have established lasting business relationships with our clients, both domestically (Belém and Manaus) as well as internationally (Germany, Portugal, Swisse , Malaysia, Peru, …).
Since 2008 we have direct contact with local fishermen and know very well all places of catching fish. And this led us to initiate a new stage.
Santarém Discus Trips, offers travel exclusives from Santarém in Pará, poetically known as “Pearl of the Tapajos”.

-Expedition description
One night in Santarém, and 9 days and nights in Amazon (Tapajós River) in a very comfortable boat. Food, drinks, sightseeing, meeting the local communities, fishing, and other diverse activities are some of moments we want to share with you. Bare in mind, that the fished Discus will be one of the greatest physical souvenirs that you will have the chance to take home with you.
Lago Grande, Inanu, Óbidos, Oreximina, Nhamunda and Low Nhamunda are some of the places we are happy to show you and take you to. They are new and almost unknown sea sanctums.
A typical boat-based expedition runs through many river miles, and allows access to more remote areas than a land-based trip.
Several hours each day are spent monitoring rivers and waterways, with periodic stops at sites of interest.
Rivers and waterways can be seen throughout the trip or in the many periodic stops.
Every night is usually spent in a new location. The exact stops depends on the river tides as much as the water levels
Black-water lakes for fishing purposes are also in our trip plan
Local village to trade for handicrafts or to see how the people live. Generally, a wide range of stops are included on any given boat-based trip, allowing participants to see and do a various activities.
With us, you will also have the chance to:
-Hiking on forest trails through primary and secondary rainforest, day and night to watch reptiles, birds and fish.
-Fishing with local fishermen, collect, watch and study of ornamental tropical fish.
-Getting small boat through flooded forest, on small rivers.
-Visiting the typical marketplaces, and historic center in the city of Santarém, Nhamunda.
- Visiting our farm and buying same of our wild fish.
Be our guest and join one of the most exciting and wonderful adventure, where you can experience from love boats under both day and night amazing skies sceneries to the most rare and exciting and unexplored places.
Relax, calm and stressfree our some of our strongest key points.

-Travel Program Amazon Trip 2012
1st Day
15:00 Transfer from Airport to Hotel Santarém
16:30 Check in at Hotel and on our tour briefing
17:00 Walk through the Amazon Beach – The Caribe Amazon Alter do Chão
18:00 Dinner in Amazon Beach – Ponta do Curáru before any of the be sunsets on the planet, on a deserted beach
20:00 Back to Hotel

2nd Day
09:00 Breakfast at the Hotel
10:00 Start of the River Boat Trip Tapajós towards Óbidos
12:30 Lunch on the Boat (typical food of the Amazon meat meal)
14:00 Arrival at the town of Óbidos (diving and fishing in wild fish researches)
18:00 Departure of Óbidos
19:00 Dinner at Boat (typical food fish Amazon Peacock Bass)
20:00 Movie Night on DVD
21:30 Departure of Oxemiriná all night travel by boat

3th Day
09:00 Breakfast at the boat
10:00 Start of the River Boat Trip Trombetas – direction Oxemiriná
12:30 Lunch on the Boat (typical food of the Amazon meat)
14:00 Arrival at the town of Oxemiriná (diving and fishing in wild fish
researches with our fisherman Meiocá) Lago Salomão – secret place for
the best Wild Discus
19:00 Dinner at Boat (typical food of fish Amazon – Arapaima “Pirarucu”
20:00 View the photos and videos of the day
21:00 Movie Night on DVD
22:30 Departure of Oxemiriná all night travel by boat to Nhamunda Island

4th Day
09:00 Breakfast at the Boat
12:00 Arrive of the River Nhamunda, direction Nhamunda island
12:30 Lunch on the Boat (typical food of the Amazon meal)
14:00 Diving and fishing in wild fish researches with our fisherman Moyses
secret place for the best Wild Discus Red
19:00 Dinner at Boat (typical food of fish Amazon)
20:00 View the photos and videos of the day
21:00 Movie Night on DVD

5th Day
09:00 Breakfast on the Boat
10:00 Visit the Nhamundá Island
12:30 Lunch on the Boat (typical food of the Amazon meal)
14:00 River walks around the Nhamundá Island
15:30 Starting a smaller boat into the Low Nhamundá
18:00 Dinner (grilled fish) on a beach in the middle of the jungle on the way to
Low Nhamundá
18:30 Night adventure into the Low Nhamundá, fishing for Blue Discus Henckel,
apistograms, L’s fish and others Wild fish
19:30 Arrival at our boat for rest and sleep

6th Day
10:00 Breakfast on the Boat
11:00 Free day to shopping on the Nhamundá Island
14:00 Lunch on the Boat (typical food of the Amazon meal)
16:00 Party Time – Open bar offering drinks
19:00 Dinner at Boat (typical food of the Amazon meal)
20:00 Party Night in Nhamundá Island
21:00 Departure of Nhamundá Island

7th Day
09:00 Breakfast on the Boat
12:00 Lunch on the Boat (typical food of the Amazon meal)
14:00 Near Oxemiriná stop to visit a new place for the collection of fish in a
different community. Possibility of diving and fishing
18:00 Return to the city of Santarém
19:00 Dinner at Boat (typical food of the Amazon meal)
20:00 View the photos and videos of the day
21:00 Movie Night on DVD

8th Day
07:30 Arrival to Santarém City
08:00 Breakfast on the Boat
09:00 Visit our company Santarém Discus Ltd. (Choose fish possible – handle
export documentation)
14:00 Lunch on our fisherman’s house
15:00 Free day to shopping handicraft and visit Santarém
18:00 Check in the Hotel in Santarém City
19:00 Dinner in the Hotel

9th Day
08:00 Breakfast in the Hotel and check out
09:00 Visit our company Santarém Discus fish for packing and documentation
12:30 Transfer to airport in Santarém

- Meet our Boat
-Our boat - based expedition will take place aboard our typical pamacari-style river boat, Duarte. Please have a look also in our gallery, where you can check some pictures from our see floor plans, as much as some of the boat curiosities.
-Meet our Staff
     Name/photo/what he does

- Expeditions/Price
Price: The 9 days trip - €2500 (For 2nd trips, prices are lower)

Bonus: 6 wild Discus caught in the Expedition

Discounts and Incentives
2nd time clients are always eligible for expedition discounts. Additional discounts or commission may be awarded to clients who recruit additional expedition participants. Families and larger groups may also have discounts.

What is included
- Airport transfer
- Luggage handling
- Flight reconfirmation service at the Santarém  airport (inbound and outbound)
- Hotel in Santarém (1 night) b&b
- Transfer service and luggage handling between hotel and port facilities in Santarém.
- Luggage handling between the hotels and the transfer boats
- Bilingual tour guiding and services
- All river transportation and use of river boat during boat-based expeditions. Use of expedition skiffs for excursions. Services of crew members for operating expedition boats and skiffs.
- All river transportation, use of field site facilities, trails, etc., during land-based expeditions. Use of expedition skiffs for excursions.
- All meals while aboard river boats or at Amazon field stations. Also purified drinking water, natural juices, tea and coffee.
- Full complement of linens, towels, etc., aboard river boats or at Amazon field stations.
What’s not included:
- National and international air fare from your hometown to Santarém
- Fees for passports, visas, or other identity documents.
- Any airline "excess luggage" or "oversize luggage" charges.
- Any airline charges for luggage requiring special handling.
- National or international airport departure taxes (including Brazil domestic fly).
- Items of a personal nature, including prescription medicines, souvenirs, toiletries, insect repellent, etc.
- One or two meals in Santarém as noted in detailed trip itineraries.
- Hotel and other costs for extra days/nights spent in Santarém before or after expeditions.
- Alcoholic beverages & carbonated drinks during the expedition
- The cost of any permits that may be required for exporting items (tropical fish, plants, etc.) from Brazil.
Attention: If you do plan on exporting items that may need a permit, plan this well in advance - it takes a long time to arrange permits, and we won't be able to help at the last minute.
Payments/Booking:
- 60/% advanced deposit should be made simultaneously with the booking and the other 40% one month before the expedition. Payment should be made by bank transfer. Expeditions will take place between September and February and bookings should be made till the end of June.
-         Payments may also be made by direct electronic transfer from your bank to the Banco do Brazil our account. Your bank will use either the foreign wire code (Swift code) or the ABA code. Contact us for details if you wish to make a bank transfer.

-Contacts

Santarém Discus Ltda  

Rua Tancredo Neves  nº 182 

Santarem do Pára – Amazónia

Vítor Hugo Quaresma

Brasil telephone:0055XX(93)9153-6127

International telephone:00351938767968

E-mail:vitordiscus@gmail.com

Maria João Tavares

International telephone: 00351966597974

E-mail: expeditionssantarem@gmail.com