At the start of the European summer, rivers in the Amazon basin have risen by up to 15 metres vertically, flooding the valley and the humid tropical forest. Those who travel to the Amazon at this time will find a unique landscape, very different from the months when the water level is low.
Travelling through the Amazon in summer means high water and flooded forest: the igapó
Join us next Thursday, 16 January, at 19:00!
Put it in your diary: on Thursday 16 January at 19:00, we will meet by video call to discover the Puranga Flow project and our trip to the Brazilian Amazon. Register using the form.
For lovers of unspoilt nature, we have organized this trip to Brazil in October travelling up the Amazon River from Manaus to the Anavilhanas Archipelago, deep in the jungle.
On board a regional boat equipped for trips and expeditions in the Amazon, we will travel up its tributaries to meet indigenous communities, see pink dolphins and take canoe trips through the flooded forest.
Ships have all possible comforts for expeditions of this type and we are accompanied by a crew and, at times, local guides who will introduce us to life in the Amazon river communities. They usually have two decks, and cabins with toilets can be booked depending on the size of the group. Built from wood, they are simple and comfortable.
The Amazon River is Manaus’s main transport artery.
The Amazon is immense and unstoppable. Leaving its main channel behind, we find the jungle we were hoping for among the tributaries and waterways.
Upriver, we stop at several Indigenous communities. Travellers can observe the difference between those where NGOs are present
During the trip, we anchor the boat in quiet stretches of the Apuau River, which will serve as our “base camp” for several days.
At night, those who wish can leave the safety of the boat and camp in the jungle: an explosion of sounds, smells, darkness and caimans… a real face-to-face encounter with nature.
The crossing of South America, which takes us from the plains of Brazilian Pantanal at 5,000 metres on the Bolivian Altiplano. Designed as a point-to-point trek, we will cross the remote region of the Chiquitania in Bolivia and we will gain height in the colonial cities of Sucre and Potosí, finally touring the incredible landscapes of the Andean high deserts, to end in the Chilean town of San Pedro de Atacama And fly back from Santiago.