7. Amazon Rainforest

Amazon Rainforest, South America

The Amazon Rainforest is the largest rainforest in the world and is of great ecological significance, as its biomass is capable of absorbing enormous amounts of carbon dioxide. Conservation of the Amazon Rainforest has been a major issue in recent years.

These Amazon Rainforest Tours offer you an unforgettable experience to take a longboat up the Tambopata River to your lodge and spend a few days in the Amazon rainforest. Visit Monkey Island, take nocturnal walks and boat rides to search for night creatures in the river and jungle, visit the Taricaya Project where animals are introduced back into the wild, canoe on the Sandoval Lake and walk amongst the trees on the jungle canopy walk.

Pulsing with life on all levels

The Amazon Rainforest is referred to as the lungs of the earth for a good reason. From the micro herd of the unseen on the forest floor to the mega fauna roaming freely, this environment is phenomenal. Learn from local indigenous peopleabout a way of life that is closely connected to the rhythms of the natural world. The forest contains their food, medicine and spirituality. Help them protect it.

Travel by land and river

Enjoy bird, bug, plant and wildlife watching in this Peruvian rainforest paradise with your friendly naturalist guide. Excellent food and drink typical of the rainforest is served at all meals. Float down lush river corridors teeming with rainforest birds and wildlife. Experience the warm tropical water via raft, kayak or dugout canoe. Hike through the jungle with a shaman or naturalist. The Amazon is under pressure from a world consuming mass amounts of oil. By visiting abased ecotourism project or eco lodge you will be showing your active support against the pressure to extract resources unsustainably using damaging practices in this tender region.