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The Amazon Basin

The Amazon Basin Travel Guide

Peru's least-known region occupies some two-thirds of the country, an area the size of California. The selva (jungle) of the Amazon basin is watered by the world's second longest river and its tributaries. What eastern Peru lacks in human population it makes up for in sheer plant and animal numbers, more than you knew could exist, for the viewing. There are lodges, cruise boats, and guides for the growing number of people who arrive to see the spectacle. More »

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