Any tourism guidance for Manaus?
So there's this sweet award travel deal on AA for Manaus: 35,000 miles roundtrip in coach during certain times of the year (a steal, especially since the published roundtrips from the USA are close to $2000). I have 5 available days later this year for vacation, plugged those days into the AA award mapper, and voila -- Manaus popped up. AA operates a nonstop from MIA, so it's an efficient trip.
Other than knowing that the city was in the middle of the Amazon, I knew nothing about it. But I've now done a little online reading, and I can tell that there are plenty of multi-day trips into the Amazon from Manaus. The reviews on tripadvisor tend to be favorable, and nothing looks terribly expensive.
Has anyone ever gone? Any suggestions? We've already got our Brazilian tourist visas, so that's not a problem.
Thanks for the help.