Amazon Rainforest

The world's largest tropical rainforest, spanning nine countries including Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia and Colombia, explored from gateways such as Manaus and Tambopata while staying in eco-lodges.

The Amazon rainforest covers about 5.5 million square kilometers of South America's Amazon basin, spanning nine countries and territories including Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador and Bolivia. It is the largest tropical rainforest on Earth and its most biodiverse region. Visitors generally enter through a few gateway cities: Manaus in Brazil (the Meeting of Waters of the black and white rivers, the Amazon Theatre, and trips to the Anavilhanas archipelago and to see pink river dolphins at Novo Airão); Puerto Maldonado in Peru (macaws at the clay lick and giant otter lakes in the Tambopata National Reserve) and Iquitos (the largest city in the world not connected by road, and the Pacaya-Samiria Reserve); Coca and Yasuní National Park in Ecuador; Rurrenabaque in Bolivia (Madidi National Park); and Leticia in Colombia (the tri-border area). A typical trip is 3–5 days in a jungle eco-lodge, with early-morning birdwatching, night jungle walks, canoe trips along tributaries, piranha fishing and visits to Indigenous communities; you can also take an Amazon River cruise. Getting in requires a flight or a long boat ride. Some countries recommend or require a yellow fever vaccination, and you should also consider malaria prevention. Choose licensed guides, and bring insect-proof long clothing, rain gear and a headlamp.

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