I originally was looking at going on fancier boat tour of Amazon with Christy, then her boyfriend surprised us and said he wanted to go!  I started looking at other options with Scott and we firmed up this booking for 8 us, for 4 days and 3 nights on board our own private boat. Above is the information we had, when we booked. David, the tour operator, gave us a discount off published rate and told us it would just be us 8 on the boat - they would not add others to fill to capacity of 15. Thank goodness because cabins were tight! Most had a double bed with a single bunk above them and the beds took up most of the space with exception of a dresser and aisle way to bathroom. We split the five cabins into 2 rooms with couples and then Scott, Callie, Sheri and I shared the remaining 3. I rotated 3 times, sleeping with Sherie night one downstairs, then on my own, night 2 upstairs and finished with Callie night 3 in another room upstairs. We had our own Captain, his wife was our excellent Cook and they had a First Mate too. We also had our guide Ken, who was an indigenous man, and was a former English teacher and had now been working as a private guide for over 15 years. He was with us the whole time, the crew spoke very little English and Ken was eager to please and teach us as much as possible. Below are photo's of Manaus Municipal Markets at piers, the docks and our Ship with the Amazonas flag.