Meeting of the Rivers Manaus

... out way through, finally coming out on the southern tributary and sweeping the leaves and tree branches off the decks.   The "meeting of the rivers" that forms the Amazon was quite long and an interesting natural phenomenon. The difference in the ...

... Our river trip today started on the Rio Negro from the banks of Manaus and the boat traveled to what is called the "Meeting of the Rivers". This is something that is almost too amazing to believe. At the point where the Rio Negro meets the Rio Amazon ...

... area it was onto a small boat to get us across the river. Stopped in the middle for a while and watched the meeting of the rivers' Amazon and Negro. Quite an obvious colour difference between them (Amazon light brown and Negro black) but where they meet ...

... me the most were those insanely massive claws!! And the absolutely bizzare movements it does! It's like something pre-historic!! The Meeting of the Rivers itself was just amazing! The Río Negro isn't really "black" as such, but rather dark brown, and ...

... had marlia tablet i was sick at the port, but i did it in a ladylike way! so move on... we were met to see the famous meeting of the rivers- this is where two river waters meet, one is black and other is muddy clour, they flow side by side for 19km until ...

... really nice and friendly. Stocked up on the obligatory cachaca and got a small boat across the river. Stopped at the meeting of the rivers, where the Rio Negra and the Rio Solimoes (Amazon) meet. It's really amazing as you can see a distinct difference ...

... piranhas. Once aboard our boat the 6 of us (1 guide, 1 driver and the 4 of us on the tour) went out to the meeting of the rivers. This is where the two rivers, river negro and amazonas rivers connect up and for around 18km the rivers do not blend and ...

... going down the Amazon River in Brazil!  It seemed just like yesterday! We eventually reached the area called "The Meeting of the Rivers" where the black waters of the Negro River and the brown waters of the Solomoes River united to form the Amazon ...