Amazon Food Safari: Belém & Marajó Island

Arrival at Belém airport (BEL), our team will be at the airport waiting upon your arrival to take you to the hotel. Departure at 7pm to an awarded restaurant for the opening dinner in a renowned restaurant for a tasting of regional fish. 

Departure to a riverside community to learn about manipulating cassava to produce flour, starch, tapioca, and tucupi. Theoretical and practical class ends with a Chibé tasting prepared with freshly toasted flour, as well as beiju, tapioquinha and couscous. Return to Belém and board a regional boat bound for an island to eat Caldeirada de peixe (Fish Stew) in a restaurant overlooking Belém. After the siesta, trail along the forest to see fruit trees in the Amazon and learn about cocoa and chocolates. 

Walking tour in the Ver-o-Peso, the main market of Brazilian North region, to know the açaí processing technique and to explore all the product sale areas. Chef Paulo Machado presents the main Amazonian ingredients and invites you to some tastings. Lunch at Point do Acai restaurant to eat the Açaí with Fish and meet Mr. Nazareno- one of the references in Açai processing techniques in Pará.

Embark on the boat to the Island of Marajó. Arrival at the port and transfer by van to the Pousada for check-in. Walk in the streets of Soure City with a visit to the atelier of the ceramist Ronaldo Guedes. Dinner includes “Filé a Marajoara”,a buffalo filet with bufalo cheese that will be tasted before leaving to watch and dance the Carimbó – a rhythm of the island

Visit to the buffalo leather tannery where we will learn everything about the sustainable management of this animal’s products, including meat and milk. After wearing swimwear and organizing a beach bag, the van will take us to a community to enjoy the beach and landscapes. People from the community will teach the extraction technique of Turu – a mollusk consumed by the residents while a simple but very rich lunch is prepared by artisan techniques of cooking and tastes from the Amazon.

Return to the Pousada in the middle of the afternoon to rest. In the evening we will have a practical cooking lesson with regional dishes including “Tacacá”, Crabs & “Duck in the Tucupi sauce”.

Visit to a Marajó cheese factory to learn the buffalo mozzarella local techniques. Lunch will be in a regional restaurant before boarding the speedboat for Belém.

Arrival in Belém, check-in at the hotel and free time for a walk in the city historical center. The last dinner will be at a renowned restaurant.

Sadly, your adventure through Brazil must come to an end today. However, you will be leaving with new and unforgettable memories and experiences! After checking out of the hotel, you will be transferred to the airport in good time to board your departure flight. 

We hope you had a truly amazing trip and we wish you safe and pleasant travels onward!