Manaus Transportation Tips by AndreasK

The river journey is by far... when time is no Issue Review

The river journey is by far the cheapest way of travelling between Brazil and Peru. There are reasonable facilities for visitors in the border town of Tabatinga and the adjacent Colombian town of Leticia. All boats have to stop at one of these ports, and most will terminate at the border whichever direction they’ve come from. The boat trip from Manaus to Tabatinga – five to eight days upstream – costs around $65 inclusive of food.

The downstream journey, which is often very crowded, takes three to four days and costs upward of $45. Five large boats currently ply the river on a regular basis, all pretty similar and with good facilities (toilets with paper, showers, mineral water and enough food). Smaller boats also occasionally do the trip, but more often terminate at Tefé, from where other small boats continue. On the other side of the border, the boat trip to Iquitos from Tabatinga costs around $25–35 and takes three or four days. Coming downstream from Iquitos to Tabatinga ($20) gives you one and a half days on the river.

There are also more popular super-fast sixteen-seater powerboats connecting Tabatinga and Leticia with Iquitos. They cost upwards of $50 and take roughly ten to twelve hours. Small planes also connect Iquitos with Santa Rosa, an insignificant Peruvian border settlement just a short boat ride over the river from Tabatinga and Leticia.

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