Maps, photos, descriptions, tours, jungle lodges, sightseeing, conservation issues, expeditions and resources for the Amazon river and its tributaries in the rainforests of Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Colombia, Suriname and the Guianas.
The Amazon river system starts in the highlands of Peru, makes it way, joined by many tributaries from Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia, Suriname, French Guiana and Guyana to flow through a vast area of norhtern Brazil to reach the Atlantic ocean. Enjoy a photograhic sample of some of the views along the river.
A look at travel on the Amazon from Iquitos, Peru to Belém, Brazil.
Join guest author Skip Kaltenheuser on his shamanic experience in a jungle lodge near Iquitos, Peru.
Guide selected to books about the Amazon: the river, Amazonia, flora and fauna, explorations, travels, rafting, adventure, border disputes, history, geography and indigenous peoples.
Take this quiz from Pamela Bloom, author of Amazon Up Close, to see if you are a good candidate for an Amazon adventure.
"The word "Amazon" immediately brings exotic sounds and sights to mind--jungle noises, wild animals, primitive Indian tribes, and thick vegetation under thousands of miles of jungle canopy. The 900 miles of Amazon River from the mouth at the Atlantic Ocean to Manaus are nothing like this stereotypical picture."
Description from Greatest Places Physical Geography: Dr. Cecil Keen, July 1997.
Animals, landscapes and people of Amazonia.
Pará state is more than Belém and Santarém. It also includes a major stretch of the Amazon river as well as some huge tributaries as the Trombetas, Tapajós and Xingu. Pará is also home of Ilha de Marajó, one of the world's largest fluvial islands.
PBS's look at the Amazonia is the world's largest tropical rainforest, spanning more than half of Brazil, includes wildlife, water, deforestation, environmental issues, teacher resources and more.
Photographs (with descriptive text) of scenery, wildlife, plants, people and towns in the Amazon areas of Ecuador, Brazil, Peru and Colombia.
Documentary photography of children, deforestation and other photojournalism subjects.
Picture journey through the Amazon rainforest.
