Roosevelt Amazon Expedition
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The Roosevelt meeting the Aripuanã from the air, forest to the horizon

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Two rivers. Two ways to spend a week.

Four seven‑night Amazon expeditions, all inclusive. Same operation, same team, two very different rivers, and on each one you can come with a rod or with a pair of binoculars. Pick the water first, then the week.

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/ Fishing and birding

Four weeks, and one of them is yours.

Half of what this operation does has feathers, and it is not an add‑on to the fishing. Birding is a line of its own, with its own guide and its own week.

Rapids running between boulders on the Roosevelt

Roosevelt River

Fishing

Giant catfish in high water, peacock bass in the dry. The main river, and the one with the name.

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A blue-and-yellow macaw at close range

Roosevelt River

Birding

330+ recorded species and 14 miles of cataloged trail, three minutes from your cabin.

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Boats lined up on the sand at the start of the day

Guariba River

Fishing

Eight anglers a week on a river with almost no fishing pressure. Multi‑species, catch and release.

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A scarlet macaw in the canopy

Guariba River

Birding

Rapids, igarapés and closed canopy, worked from a boat as much as on foot.

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/ Compare the four

What changes, and what never does.

Seven nights, a charter out of Manaus, a private cabin and all meals are the same in the four. Below is everything else.

The four expeditions compared
RooseveltFishing RooseveltBirding GuaribaFishing GuaribaBirding
You come for Giant catfish and peacock bass 330+ recorded species Multi‑species, low pressure Canopy and creek birds
Worked from Boat Trail, and boat Boat Boat, as much as on foot
Best window All year · the level decides the species All year All year · the level decides the species All year
Group Small Small 8 anglers a week Small
Guide One per boat Birding guide One per boat Birding guide
Page Open → Open → Open → Open →

Confirmed group size is published for the Guariba operation. For the Roosevelt lodge we say small, because small is what we can prove.

The cabins in the clearing on the riverbank, seen from the air

/ In all four

Remote is the point. Rough is not.

You are a long way from a paved road. You are not a long way from a hot shower.

/ When to go

The water level decides what the week looks like.

There is no closed season here. The rivers work all year, and what changes is how much water is in them.

Jan to May

High water

Rain and the tributaries push the river well above its banks. The giant catfish move: redtail, piraíba, jaú, cachara and caparari.

Jun, Jul, Nov, Dec

Mid water

The river drains back to its normal level. Both groups are in play at once, which makes this the widest variety of the year.

Aug to Oct

Low water

The lowest volume of the year, and the season for the scaled fish: peacock bass, bicuda, cachorra, matrinchã, jatuarana and aruanã.

Season and species as published by the operation for both rivers.

The river in the dry season, sandbanks showing, from the air

Still deciding? Tell us the month.

Most people pick the week before they pick the river. Tell us when you can travel and we will tell you what both rivers are doing then.

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