We as a Belgium Family have been travelling a lot (South Africa, Kenia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Mexico, United States and of course Brazil ). If you ask our family which one was the nicest experience? We definetly remember the trip with Carlos Damasceno as one of the nicest trips ever. Carlos takes you right into the amazone at places were nobody comes. He knows the amazone as the pocket of his trousers and has a lot of interesting stories to tell about the amazone. He is a gentle men, and makes your trip exactly how you want it. During the evening he takes you in a wooden Canoe (with litlle engine) into the mangroves. (unforgettable). Back at his boat there is a gorgeous dinerl waiting for you with a beer, glass of wine, or caprahina . We stayed in the most luxurious hotels when we travelled, and choose with Carlos for the open boat and slept in hammocks. We all have forgotten the luxury hotels we stayed (they are all te same) but never will forget the trip we made in the open boat going into the amazone. If your looking and are interested to see the amazone in real life and feel it, we all recommend Carlos. I don't know how he does it. But he gives you an experience for your live time, I never will forget our trip and I defintely will be back one day maybe with my grand children? Best experience ever and the family still talks about it.