Destination - Amazon River

Amazon River
The Amazon River located in South America is the largest in the world. The Amazon River proper runs mostly through Brazil and Peru. It has over 1,00 tributaries reaching into Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and Bolivia. The main is navigable for large ocean steamers to Manaus, 1,500 kilometres (930 mi) upriver from the mouth. Smaller ocean vessels can reach as far as Iquitos, Peru, 3,600 kilometres (2,200 mi) from the sea. Most Amazon river cruises begin or end at Manaus in Brazil.

More than one third of all species in the world live in the Amazon Rainforest, a giant tropical forest and river basin with an area that stretches more than 5.4 million square kilometres (2,100,000 sq mi) and is among the richest tropical forests in the world. The Amazon River has over 3,000 recognized species of fish and that number is still growing. Some estimates go as high as 5,000.

Things to see and do

* City of Manaus
* Santarem – meeting of the waters
* Tropical Rainforest
* Amazon pink river dolphins
* Wildlife viewing

Main ports

There are ports located at Manaus and Belem in Brazil, and Iquitos in Peru.

Weather

In a typical year, the Amazon River rainforest experiences 200 rainy days, which means that there will be days of heavy rain even in the Amazon’s low water season. The high water season is our relatively cooler and wetter season when the Amazon region receives a little more than half (60%) of its total rainfall..It is always warm and humid.