The Amazon |
Adolpho Ducke Botanical Garden
This vast forest reserve, covering more than 39 square miles (100 sq km) to the east of Manaus, provides tourists with the opportunity to discover what lies beneath the dense Amazon rainforest canopy. The park building complex hosts plant nurseries and an exhibition of... see full details
Lake Janauari Ecological Park
This park, an hour by boat from Manaus on the Rio Negro, provides a taste of the Amazon experience with its 9,000 acres of dry land forests, lowlands and flooded forest (known as igapos). Day package trips are available from Manaus including lunch... see full details
The Meeting of the Waters
Where the dark waters of the Rio Negro join the lighter muddy waters of the Rio Solimoes a natural phenomenon is caused: the separate shades of water run side by side for a length of more than four miles (6km) without mixing. The... see full details
Círio De Nazaré
In one of the most Catholic countries in the world, religious festivals are always taken very seriously. The fascinating city of Belem, which sits at the mouth of the Amazon River, hosts the festival celebrating the Virgin of Nazaré. An effigy is carried through the water with a procession of worshippers in tow paying tribute. The fantastic atmosphere begins a few days prior, and lasts until the end of the month.Venue: Belem
Date: October 2008, TBC
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