The Amazon Travel Guide
- Overview
- Places to Explore
- Sights
- Restaurants
- Hotels
- Entertainment
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- Fodor's Choice
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The world's largest tropical forest seems an endless carpet of green that's sliced only by the curving contours of rivers. Its statistics are as impressive: the region covers more than 10 million square km (4 million square mi) and extends into eight other countries (French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Colombia). It takes up roughly 40% of Brazil in the states of Acre, Rondônia, Amazonas, Roraima, Pará, Amapá, and Tocantins. The Amazon forest is home to 500,000 cataloged species of plants and a river that annually transports 15% of the world's available freshwater to the sea, yet it's inhabited by only 16 million people. That's less than the population of metropolitan São Paulo.
The Amazon Hotels
Amazon hotel prices tend to be reasonable and include breakfast. Services and amenities such as laundry, however, may cost quite a bit extra. Don't expect...read more
Fodor's Choice
The Amazon Restaurants
Reservations and dressy attire are rarely needed in the Amazon (indeed, reservations are rarely taken). Tipping isn't customary except in finer restaurants...read more
Things To Do in The Amazon
Explore the best sights, entertainment, and shopping with our top choices and insider tips.
Travel Deals in The Amazon
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The Amazon Experiences
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The Rain Forest: Experience the largest tropical forest in the world and one of the wildest places on the planet.... Read more
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Spaniard Vicente Pinzón is credited with being the first to sail the Amazon, in 1500. But the most famous voyage was undertaken by Spanish... Read more
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Several months before you go to the Amazon, visit a tropical medicine specialist to find out what vaccinations you need. Describe your planned... Read more
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Henry Ford spent millions of dollars to create two utopian company towns and plantations to supply his Model T cars with rubber tires. In 1927... Read more
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Born in 1944 in the northwestern state of Acre, Chico Mendes was the son of a seringueiro (rubber-tree tapper) who had moved across the country... Read more
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The search for El Dorado (which means, in Spanish,"The Gilded Man") and his supposedly wealthy kingdom began with the arrival of the conquistadors... Read more
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Arriving:· Forums Trip Reports
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February 7, 2012 (Tuesday): Departure from Washington, DC
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