Brazil, the amazon (Straßen & Routen)

melanie , Mittwoch, 25. Mai 2011, 15:53 (vor 4722 Tagen) @ emile smidt

Hello, we did the way from Manaus to Venezuela in 2007. We´ve passed there in march, it was very dry that year, and it was possible even without a 4x4. The streets were mainly paved and good, but sometimes just bad with deep holes - like usually in Brasil. Between Boa Vista and Manaus, you have to pass an indian reserve which you can´t pass during night and where it´s not allowed to take pictures there. And don´t expect to see too much of the rain forest...
From Manaus to Belem you have to take a ferry for the car, passangers are not allowed anymore to drive with them and have to take a "birtd-cage" (ship only for passengers who sleep side by side in an hammock or take a cabin). We paid for the ferry about 600 euros (passengers included), but the prices might have raised.
I´ve heard there´s a street from Boa Vista to Guyana, but you cannot take in the rainy season and only with an 4x4. But I don´t know if there´s an ferry from Guyana to Belem.

I hope I could help you with this information. If you want to know more, you can write me an email (melanie(at)rum-reisen.de or see some pictures and travel reports in german on our homepage www.rum-reisen.de).

Tell me how is the situation in Venezuela right now? We know that it is getting more and more criminal there, recently there was a friend of us travelling there, who ist doing that since many years, and this time he was just happy to leave the Venezuela... regrettably, because it´s a wonderful country!

Greetings Melanie