The Amazon Basin Places

Into the Jungle
The Amazon basin is the world's most diverse ecosystem. The numbers of cataloged plant and animal species are astronomical, and scientists are discovering new species all the time. More than 25,000 classified... (more)
Iquitos
A sultry port town on the Río Amazonas, Iquitos is quite probably the world's largest city that cannot be reached by road. The city has some 400,000 inhabitants and is the capital of the vast Loreto... (more)
Manu Biosphere Reserve
Near Puerto Maldonado
The Madre de Dios River heads from Puerto Maldonado east to the Bolivian border. The river defines the northern boundary of the Tambopata National Reserve and passes some nearby, easy-to-reach jungle lodges... (more)
Puerto Maldonado
The inland port city of Puerto Maldonado lies at the meeting point of the Madre de Dios and Tambopata rivers. The capital of the department of Madre de Dios is a rough-and-tumble town with 46,000 people... (more)
Tambopata National Reserve and Bahuaja-Sonene National Park

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