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Drone photo & video · Manaus
In short
Drone photo & video in Manaus starts at $300: 60 min on location with a photographer who works in Manaus, and 25 edited photos + a 1-minute edited film delivered to a private gallery within 7 days.
Why choose drone photo & video in Manaus?
From the air, Manaus is a city held between two rivers and a forest, and the two aerial pictures people ask for are the forest canopy and the Encontro das Águas, where the black Rio Negro and the brown Solimões run side by side. Only one of them can be flown from the obvious place. The museum that owns the best canopy viewpoint in town prohibits drones on its grounds, and the river meeting can only be reached by boat.
Worth knowing about Manaus
The Museu da Amazônia, whose 42 m tower is the canopy viewpoint inside Manaus, prohibits drones on its grounds, and the Encontro das Águas is reached only by boat. A drone session in Manaus is therefore flown from a tour boat at the river meeting or over the Rio Negro at Ponta Negra, with each flight authorised in DECEA’s SARPAS and kept 30 m from non-consenting people under RBAC nº 100.
What does the session in Manaus look like?
- Encontro das Águas
- The line between the two rivers from above, launched from the deck of a tour boat in the morning.
- Praia da Ponta Negra
- The boardwalk, the beach and the Rio Negro at sunset, flown clear of the crowd on the sand.
What does drone photo & video in Manaus include?
- 60 minutes on location, with the time in the air set by batteries, wind and airspace
- 25 edited aerial photos
- A 1-minute edited aerial film with licensed music
- Flown under third-party liability insurance, with the drone registered in ANAC’s SISANT and the flight authorised in SARPAS
- Photos and film delivered within 7 days
FAQ — Drone photo & video in Manaus
Can a drone film the forest canopy at the Museu da Amazônia in Manaus?
No. The Museu da Amazônia in Manaus prohibits drones on its grounds, including around its 42 m observation tower. Canopy views at MUSA are photographed from the tower’s platforms, and aerial footage in Manaus is flown over the rivers instead, at the Encontro das Águas or Ponta Negra.
How is a drone flown at the Encontro das Águas near Manaus?
From the deck of a tour boat, because the Encontro das Águas near Manaus is reached only by river. The flight is authorised in advance in DECEA’s SARPAS, like every drone flight in Brazil, and the pilot launches and recovers the drone by hand on a calm stretch of water.