Top Reasons to Go

Top Reasons to Go

The Rain Forest: Experience the largest tropical forest in the world and one of the wildest places on the planet.

The River: Explore the largest river in the world (by volume) and the second-longest, spanning more distance than the continental U.S.; the Amazon is also the earth's biggest freshwater ecosystem, and home to more fish than the Atlantic Ocean.

Exotic Foods: Dig into water-buffalo steak, duck in manioc sauce (pato no tucupi), fried piranha, and other river fish with exotic Indian names such as tucunaré and pirarucú.

Handicrafts: Shop for traditional indigenous crafts, such as woodcrafted and woven items, bows, arrows, blowguns, and jewelry and headdresses of seeds and feathers.