São Domingos do Capim, Brazil
Surfing the Amazon
Once a year, ambitious surfers can ride the world's largest river.
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São Domingos do Capim, Brazil
Once a year, ambitious surfers can ride the world's largest river.
Silva Jardim, Brazil
These small, spectacular monkeys are making a comeback after deforestation destroyed much of their rainforest habitat.
Tapiraí, Brazil
This unique bird reserve sits within an important fragment of Brazil's Atlantic rainforest.
Jardim Anapolis, Brazil
Known as the "Finger of God," a dramatic rock formation resembles a divine hand extending towards the heavens.
Santana do Riacho, Brazil
This unique 230-foot waterfall is a natural beauty hidden within the vast wild landscape.
Manaus, Brazil
This striking, two-toned confluence of rivers is visible from space.
Aquiraz, Brazil
From 135 feet high riders plunge down the world's tallest freestanding body slide at 65 mph.
São Roque de Minas, Brazil
This breathtaking national park is one of the best places to see the weird and wonderful giant anteater in the wild.
Sousa, Brazil
One of the few places in the world where visitors can walk alongside fossilized tracks from 80 different dinosaur species.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
This Brazilian astronomy museum allows guests to gaze at the stars through their telescopes each weekend.
Chaves, Brazil
Queen of the waterlilies, so big and strong it can support the weight of a human.
Brazil
Site full of incredible prehistoric paintings and archeological findings.
Santa Terezinha, Brazil
High plateaus and beautiful waterfalls frame this ecologically significant nature preserve.
Iporanga, Brazil
At 705 feet high, Brazil's "House of Stone" is the largest cave mouth in the world.
Nova Redenção, Brazil
Deep below the dry landscape of Bahia, a cave with intense blue water to float in.
Brazil
Off-limits and full of venomous pit vipers, Brazil’s Snake Island has a frighteningly apt nickname.
Santo Amaro do Maranhão, Brazil
A faux desert landscape in the middle of the jungle that sprouts oases during the rainy season.
Bonito, Brazil
Part of one of the largest flooded cavities on the planet, and littered with prehistoric animal bones.
Alto Paraíso de Goiás, Brazil
After millennia of erosion by sand and churning water this Brazilian valley now looks like a lunar fantasy.
Guyana
A nesting ground for four of the world’s seven marine turtle species, most of which are endangered.
Guyana
The world's widest single drop waterfall, and the two men who legend says went over its edge in a boat.
Mesetas, Colombia
River raft through rural Colombia’s ancient rock formations, pristine landscapes, and towering waterfalls.
Bogotá, Colombia
This archaeological museum in an 18th-century mansion showcases the country’s finest examples of pre-Columbian ceramics.
Puerto Nariño, Colombia
From pink dolphins to underwater cities, this museum explores the unseen, mythical world of the Amazon river.