The
Amazon region includes approximately seven million square kilometers of dense vegetation. This forest, located in the north of South America, is the best option for
vacation,
excursion,
travel,
tour and general
ecotourism, is distributed in the territories of Colombia, Brazil, Peru, Venezuela and a small zone in Ecuador.
The
Amazon River, the second longest river in the world (6,275 kilometres), originates in the Andean mountain range, more exactly on the slopes of the snow-covered Mismi mountain (5,600 meters), located north of Arequipa, Perú, and receives high water from hundreds of tributaries. It ends in the State of Pará, in the north of Brazil, forming a great delta of 240 kilometres wide.
Precipitation averages 2000-3000 mm. every year. The distance between the two banks of the river is up to ten kilometers in the dry season, a distance that is then multiplied five times with the arrival of rains.
The
Amazon is a great natural reserve and its biodiversity makes it the greatest ecosystem in the world. Its rainy
jungle, you can do activities like
fishing,
rainforest bird watching, canoping, and many others. Climate is ideal for the 60,000 arboreal species and plants that grow as high as 100 meters some even surpassing this height.
As for the fauna, hundreds of types of mammals can be found. No place in the world can compare in its biodiversity, with 1,500 different species of
birds and fishes, millions of species of insects, large numbers of reptiles, amphibians and micro organisms, many of which are still to be classified.
Between 31 and 141 million liters of water per second flow daily in the river, carrying approximately three million tons of sediments. Waters from the
Amazon can be found as far as 320 kilometers into the Atlantic Ocean.
Waters from the
Amazon can be found as far as 320 kilometers into the Atlantic Ocean. Experience a unique
jungle tour.
