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The beautiful Brunfelsia grandiflora flower.
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Chiric Sanango

A vibrant, lesser-known hallucinogen of the Amazon.
A cup of masato de yuca.
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Masato de Yuca

A sacred alcoholic drink made from chewed and fermented yuca.
Jaboticaba winds its way around tree trunks.
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Jaboticaba

The Brazilian tree gets covered by its tart purple fruit.
Wrapped juanes with plantains, hard-boiled eggs, and olives.
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Juane

Peru’s leaf-wrapped rice ball might be named after John the Baptist’s decapitated head.
A churo snail simmered in soy with dale dale root foam at Maido, a restaurant in Lima.
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Churo Snails

Lima chefs love to experiment with this large Amazon river dweller.
Misoyaki Paiche
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Paiche

This 400-pound fish has fed Amazon tribes for millennia.
The golden-crowned manakin is the only known hybrid species in the Amazon.
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Found: The First Known Hybrid Bird Species in the Amazon Rain Forest

Resistance to crossing rivers gave it the space to evolve into something new.
Vittoria Traverso January 9, 2018
Guayusa tea with leaves.
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Guayusa

The Kichwa begin every day with tea and dream interpretation.
Castillo de Lamas
Lamas, Peru

Castillo de Lamas

A kitschy Italian medieval-style castle incongruously located amidst one of the most historic towns in the Peruvian Amazon.
Skewered suri grubs, anticuchos-style.
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Suri Grubs

Palm weevil larvae make succulent street snacks in the Amazon.
Puerto Misahuallí, Ecuador

Sinchi Warmi Amazon Lodge

An exotic jungle hideaway run entirely by indigenous Kichwa women.