Tefe

Introduction

Tefe is a city in the Amazones state in the northwest of Brazil. It's an isolated city with around 70,000 inhabitants and gateway to the magnificent Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve.

Sights and Activities

Nearby is the Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve, with an abundace of flora and fauna and a fantastic ecolodge to stay.

Weather

Hot and humid with rain in most months, but concentrating from October till early May.

Getting There

By Plane

TRIP has flights to Manaus. Some flights might make additional stops at the towns of Carauari and Coari.

By Boat

Speedboats operated by AJATO go once a week towards Tabatinga, taking about 20 hours, and towards Manaus, taking about 12 hours. The boats have airplane-style seating and TVs playing movies, and good meals are included.
To get to Manaus, take a regional boat to Fonte Boa or Jutaí, and transfer one of the 3 weekly slow boats to Manaus or Tabatinga.

Keep Connected

Phone

See also International Telephone Calls

Post

Correios is the national postal service of Brazil. It is a government run postal service and overseen by the Brazilian Ministry of Communications. Post offices are generally open from Monday to Friday from 09:00am to 5:00pm, although post offices located in shopping malls have their own opening hours, usually from 10:00am to 10:00pm. There are no set opening hours at weekends and as post office owners can choose when to open and close. More and more post offices are open until 1:00pm on Saturdays though. You can check things at the nearest post office. Sending postcards, letters and parcels is a rather straightforward process and services are reliable, though not overly fast when sending post internationally, mostly taking about a week to the USA and Europe, and there is a track-and-trace service for this as well. Domestically, there are both next day as well as more expensive same day delivery options. Stamps are available at post offices, as well as some kiosks or other places where they sell postcards.