Brazil - The Amazon (Chapter)

This is the Amazon chapter from Lonely Planet's Brazil guidebook.

Every traveler has fantasized about a trip to the Amazon. Just the name evokes images of dense rain forest, indigenous tribes, and abundant wildlife. On this river whose size is legendary, it’s actually the little things that make it special. Give it some time, forget your expectations, and the Amazon cannot fail to impress.

• glide through the flooded forest at Mamirauá Reserve, in search of the shaggy-coated uakari monkey
• maps
• rough it with rubber tappers in Tapajós National Forest outside Santarém
• transport
• ply the windy Atlantic beaches at Ilha de Marajó - steer clear of the buffalos!
• restaurants & accommodation

Coverage includes: Pará, Belém, Ilha do Mosqueiro, Algodoal, Ilha de Marajó, Santarém & around, Parque Nacional da Amazônia, Monte Alegre, Alenquer, Amapá, Macapá, Tumucumaque National Park, Oiapoque, Tocantins, Palmas & around, Natividade, Amazonas, Manaus & around, Rio Negro Basin, Presidente Figueiredo, Parintins, Tefé, Mamirauá Reserve, The Triple Frontier, Rio Javari, Roraima, Boa Vista & around, Santa Elena de Uairén (Venezuela), Rondônia, Porto Velho, Reserva Extrativista do Lago do Cuniã, Guajará-Mirim, Guayaramerín (Bolivia), Guaporé Valley & Central Rondônia, Acre, Rio Branco & around, Xapuri, Brasiléia and Cobija (Bolivia).