![]() Today we continue with our exploration of the Amazon. Included Meal(s): Breakfast, Lunch and Dinnerĭay 3 Amazon: Bird Watching, Forest Walks & Village Visits * NOTE: Our activities in the Amazon will vary depending upon seasonality, weather, and other considerations, at the discretion of your Tour Leader and local Amazon guides. You may even have the chance to see the "boto", a kind of river dolphin. We also hope to spot sloths and monkeys during our exploration. ![]() During our time here we hope to observe exotic birds such as parrots, toucans, and macaws. Using a comfortable lodge as a base, we will explore the Amazon's maze of forest and mysterious waters by boat and on foot. Most of the Amazon's inhabitants live in and around a few cities including Manaus, a thousand miles from the ocean. Amazonia, consisting mainly of forest, forms more than 50% of Brazil's area, though only 7% of its total population. The Amazon River is almost 6440 km (4,000 miles) long, with a volume of water equal to 11 times the volume of the Mississippi River. They can occur whenever the annual rainfall is above 2000 mm (80 inches) per year, and high temperatures favour plant development. The term "rainforest" describes forests that grow in constant humid conditions. Designated the world's largest rainforest and one of the world's largest rivers, Amazon defines the word "exotic". The very mention of the name Amazon conjures up images of adventure and mystery. This transfer may be by road, by boat or a combination of both. Today we transfer from Manaus to our Amazon lodge. We end our tour in the lively Chilean capital city, Santiago.ĭay 2 Manaus - Amazon: Amazon Exploration We then cross into Chile and drive to the wondrous Torres del Paine National Park, perhaps the finest national park on the continent, before travelling to cities and villages at foothills of the magnificent Andes to enjoy colourful markets and sights. We fly to Buenos Aires to see the numerous sights of interest in this glittering, cosmopolitan city, whereupon we turn south and head for the desolate, glacier-riddled Patagonia to witness the natural world at its best.įrom sub-Antarctic rainforests, through breathtaking vistas of fjord-like lakes and streams, and to the slopes of gargantuan glaciers and icebergs, our tour through Argentina leaves no topographical feature unexplored. We travel to the Pantanal, wherein lies the greatest concentration of wildlife in South America, then on to Rio de Janeiro, whose attractions are so great in number and quality that we need a few days to explore them.Įn route to Iguazu Falls, where we cross into Argentina, we travel along winding roads in beautiful hill country and visit quaint colonial towns. We glide up one of the largest rivers in the world, the mighty Amazon, and through the largest rainforest on the planet exotic, dream-like sceneries make this portion of the tour an experience never to be forgotten. Our 32-day adventure exploring the true faces of Brazil, Argentina and Chile begins in Manaus, the capital and commercial hub of the Amazonas region in Brazil. On our Chile, Brazil & Argentina tour there's so much to see and do in these three spectacular South American countries, it's tough to fit it all into a time-frame of a month.
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