Ecotourism is an activity that provides financial and qualitative revenues. It is a business alternative, a lucrative activity capable of substituting for agriculture and exploitation of wood; the revenue will come with lodging, feeding, services and entrance to natural attractions.
Ariaú Amazon Towers was inaugurated in 1987 and was the first hotel in the jungle. It is located along the river Ariaú, approximately 60km northwest of Manaus. From Manaus it takes about 2 hours to go by regional boats, by speedboat, 1 hour, and by helicopter 15min. It is entirely built on stilts at tree top level in the heart of the Amazon Rain Forest. The water of the river next to the hotel has high acidity and therefore is no mosquitoes in the surrounding area. Many famous people has visited the hotel through the years, like; former Chancellor of Germany Mr. Helmut Kohl, the Queen and King of Sweden, Mr. Bill Gates, former president of the USA Mr. Jimmy Carter, etc. Since the hotel was inaugurated it has grown a lot, today there are more than 300 guest rooms, beauty- and hair salon, and three places to land helicopters, - it has become as a small town in the jungle.
The hotel provides with several kinds of accommodations, standard & superior rooms, Royal- Presidential- & Imperial suites, and Tarzan's house. There are 310 individual apartments and suites, all with private baths, balconies, hammock, TV mini-bar, and a fan. You may add for room with air-conditioning, etc. There are as well telephone & Internet facilities, two swimming pools built at canopy level and restaurant and cafeteria facilities to serve up to 300 guests. Nearby is the Anavilhanas Archipelago, formed by 380 islands, which provides endless options for sightseeing. One auditorium with total infrastructure for 500 people. The Tarzan's house is located on the top of a nut tree (Castanheiro, one of the largest trees in the Amazon forest, 16m high). The Tarzan suite gives its guests a sensation of an adventure. It is complete with A/C, balcony, mini-bar, and private bath.
The Hotel uses local labor, generates employment and fastens the man to his community. Each direct employment generated by tourism represents another person with revenue to spend in their own community and indirect employment linked to services and other support for products such as lodging, food service, fuel, handicraft, equipment, film and courses.
The local community around the leisure complex acquired conscience that tourism increases the level of employment and quality of life, and started to preserve nature. The increase of local economic activity is the best form to preserve natural places such as the Amazon Forest in a short time.
Ariaú Amazon Towers
Manaus, Brazil
Telephone: + 55 (92) 234-7308
Site: www.ariautowers.com
