Belém, Brazil
Mercado Ver-o-Peso
This massive waterfront market is located at the "gateway to the Amazon."
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Puerto Maldonado, Peru
Puerto Maldonado Obelisco
This space-age looking obelisk rises over a city in the rainforest, meant to resemble the local castaña tree.
Tambopata, Peru
Tambopata Research Center
One of the most remote lodges in the Amazon offers rare wildlife encounters and undisturbed views of the Peruvian rainforest.
Tambopata, Peru
Chuncho Macaw Clay Lick
The world's largest clay lick, where parrots gather to snack.
Tambopata, Peru
Tres Chimbadas Lake
This small oxbow lake has rare giant river otters and some Seussian-sounding birds.
Boca do Acre, Brazil
Boca do Acre
Hub for hallucinogenic Amazon religion.
Aveiro, Brazil
Fordlândia
Henry Ford's failed rubber plantation in the middle of the Amazon rain forest.
Manaus, Brazil
Teatro Amazonas in Manaus
A beautiful opera house in the heart of Amazonia has recently restarted performances after a 90-year hiatus.
Manaus, Brazil
Encontro das Águas (Meeting of Waters)
This striking, two-toned confluence of rivers is visible from space.
Cahuita, Costa Rica
Aviarios del Caribe: Sloth Sanctuary
Sloth rehabilitation center in the jungle of Costa Rica.
