Amazonia is the world's largest tropical rainforest, spanning more than half of Brazil. Within the 2.5 million square miles of the Amazon Basin resides a...
Ecuador - Galapagos
Ecuadorian Amazon
Located east of the Andes range, the Amazon Basin is one of the most biologically rich areas in the world and the largest remaining tropical forest. In Ecuador, this rainforest is home to thousands of indigenous inhabitants, who make up nearly 200 distinct...
Peru
Iquitos
Once a thriving rubber town, Iquitos still retains many of the original manor houses and colonial architecture from its heyday. Located on the banks of the Amazon River, the city is now the starting...
Puerto Maldonado
Tucked into remote southeastern Peru, the area of Madre de Dios borders the department of Cuzco to the west, and Bolivia and Brazil to the east. Puerto Maldonado, the main city and gateway to this...
Venezuela
Puerto Ayacucho
Puerto Ayacucho is the capital of the Amazonas State, a sleepy town of around 20,000 inhabitants that was founded in 1920 as a base camp for road...
Brazil
