Dawn on the Amazon Riverboats |
| DAWN ON THE AMAZON III RIVERBOAT for Comfortable Custom Cruises |
| Dawn on the Amazon III is a casually elegant, 65 foot long river boat. A mobile exploration base camp for small groups of scientists, biologists, educators and students, doctors and nurses, missionaries, fishermen, aquarium enthusiasts, birdwatchers, entomologists, nature lovers, film crews, or people wanting to add a new experience to their lives. |
| A 10,000 watt electrical generator supplies power to eight, 6 volt, 320 pound, deep cell batteries where it is stored to quietly run the lights, fans, freezers, refrigerator, computer, water pumps, etc. We have HF radio for long distance river communication, A VHF radio base, and two hand held radios for our crew and |
| The main deck has an open shady area that is ideal for keeping cool and watching life along the river. The upper deck is an open air observation area from which you can watch the jungle glide by, work on your tan, or enjoy the southern hemisphere's spectacular night sky. A metal flap in back of the Dawn at the water line is wonderful for swimming, dangling your feet in the |
| clients to communicate from shore or from the small boats and canoes, to the Dawn III, two satellite phones to communicate anywhere in the world, a sonar/GPS unit, and two hand held GPS. The boat is powered by a quiet, new 125 HP Caterpillar engine. The Dawn is the only tour boat on the upper Amazon with no loose fiber asbestos. |
| Dawn on the Amazon I, a 33 foot long river boat, newly refurbished. Powered by a quiet 4-stroke Johnson outboard, for affordable custom cruises. |
| The Dawn on the Amazon III river boat has four cabins, four sinks, five showers, flush toilets, with a modern kitchen, bar, and dining room with a view. Every room is screened, with fans, lights, real mattresses, and comfortable pillows. |
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| cool water, cleaning fish, doing laundry, getting in and out of the canoes and small boats, or just hanging out. |
| The hull is made of Itahuba. Above the water line, it is finished in Violeta, or Purple Heart, Palo Sangre, or Blood Wood, and Marupa. The décor features the paintings of Francisco Grippa, an artist of world renown, and the wood and tagua carvings of Henry Gary Lomas Vasquez, a young carver destined to be famous. |
| DAWNCITA (the little Dawn) Another boat in our small flotilla |
| Dawn on the Amazon III is big enough to be comfortable, and small enough to access the small tributaries where larger cruise ships can not go. The radio antenna and the lightning rod fold down to slip under the close canopy of the jungle in the small streams where our best adventures await us. |