Eleven days in the Amazon interior
Small-group journeys into the heart of the Amazon, delivered through selected agency partners worldwide.
No roads. No signal. No familiar reference points.What begins as a journey into the forest becomes a journey into yourself.
Designed for travellers who are no longer looking for comfort as the destination, but for experiences that have the power to shift perspective.
Where the journey begins
The journey starts in Cruzeiro do Sul, on the western edge of the Brazilian Amazon.
A city shaped by contrasts.
Travellers move through a city built by a history that has long understood the rainforest primarily as a resource. Life moves forward here like anywhere else — but the tension between exploitation and pristine nature is impossible to ignore.
Six days, five nights in the interior
A full-day boat journey up the Boa Fé river leads deep into one of the most remote regions of the Brazilian Amazon.
After dark, a short forest walk leads travellers to the IEUNI reserve base — a small group of traditional Amazonian malokas located inside primary rainforest.
The base is intentionally designed around
low-impact living and coexistence with the surrounding environment, rather than separation from it.
Travellers sleep together in mosquito-netted hammocks inside traditional Amazonian malokas — a communal way of inhabiting the forest that reflects the importance of group presence, trust, and shared experience in an environment like this.
The base also includes bathrooms, showers, satellite communication, and all essential safety systems — integrated thoughtfully into the forest setting without unnecessary excess.
Meals are prepared from local ingredients, daily life follows the rhythm of the river and forest, and the overall structure of the experience encourages attention, presence, and direct connection with the environment.
Throughout the journey, travellers are accompanied by IEUNI’s local team — guides, conservation specialists, and field biologists whose relationship with the forest comes from long-term presence and direct work inside the territory.
The programme is designed to safely support travellers through both the physical and psychological intensity of entering a world radically different from their everyday reality.
The reserve is genuinely remote. That remoteness is not an obstacle. It is what allows the experience to exist.
The people who live here
On the return journey, travellers visit riverside communities and encounter indigenous and local cultures connected to the region.
These are not staged performances for tourism, but respectful encounters developed through long-term collaboration and trust.
After days inside the forest, travellers often meet these communities differently — with a deeper understanding of what is at stake for the people who live here.
"You learn to walk more slowly, look more carefully, listen without needing to understand everything. The Amazon does not ask for your explanation. It asks for your presence."
Iztok, principal guide
The journey
On the ground: 11 days
Group size: Up to 15
Language: English
Season: June–November
Operated by: IEUNI, Guajará
Accommodation. Two nights in a hotel in Cruzeiro do Sul. Five nights at the reserve base in traditional Amazonian ocas (malocas) — open-sided timber structures where travellers sleep in mosquito-netted hammocks.
Meals at the base are prepared over fire from local ingredients. Satellite communication is maintained throughout.
Itineraries are developed in partnership with each agency based on their clients' profile. Total trip duration varies by departure market — international travel adds 2–4 days depending on routing. Contact us to discuss.
How it works
IEUNI handles everything on the ground:
- logistics,
- reserve access,
- local guides,
- safety systems,
- accommodation,
- and programme design.
From arrival in Brazil onward, the journey is operated entirely by IEUNI.
Agency partners
Partner agencies manage sales, marketing, and communication with their clients under their own brand.
We work with a limited number of agencies aligned with meaningful, low-impact travel.
What makes IEUNI different
IEUNI is not a lodge, luxury retreat, spiritual tourism project, or adventure product built around adrenaline.
We are the founders and caretakers of our own protected reserve.
Tourism is one of the tools we use to support rainforest conservation and create alternatives to extractive economies.
Guests do not only observe this process.
Through their participation, every traveller directly contributes to conservation and becomes part of something larger than tourism itself.
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Distribute our journeys
We work with a small number of travel agencies aligned with meaningful, low-impact travel.
If you'd like to offer these journeys to your travellers, let's talk.
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Journeys are distributed through our agency partners.
If you'd like to join one, get in touch and we'll connect you with the right partner.