To get in and get to know the Amazon, we took a boat trip on the Rio Negro with our guide Roy from the Anavilhanas Village Lodge and then a short hike through the jungle.
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A boat trip on the Rio Negro in the Amazon
Today we went by boat to the other bank of the River Negro, which at this point is an incredible 22 km wide. By comparison, Lake Constance is just 14 km wide! Here we drove through the individual side arms and got to know the native flora and fauna. The little monkeys who climbed up to us were especially nice.
Hike through the jungle
On foot with Roy (our “Greenpeace Ancient Forest Guardian”) we went through the lush green of the Amazon jungle.
Roy told us a lot about the native flora and fauna – especially about the many medicinal plants. The Amazon is the region with the largest biodiversity on earth, so we were a little disappointed that we hardly saw any animals apart from a few birds and a gecko. This was probably due to the fact that there is currently low water. In the high season (when the area is completely flooded) it would probably be much easier to see the many animals, because then you can then get much deeper into the regular forest by boat or canoe and is much closer to the treetops.
Unsere Reiseberichte aus Brasilien
Auf unserer Rundreise durch Südamerika durfte das Land Brasilien natürlich nicht fehlen, das mit seiner riesigen Fläche fast 50% von Südamerika einnimmt. Wir hatten uns als Reiseziele die Städte Rio de Janeiro und Sao Paulo, einen Aufenthalt im Amazonas und natürlich die Iguazu Wasserfälle ausgesucht. Eine wirklich abwechslungsreiche Reise durch Brasilien, bei der wir viele schöne Eindrücke sammeln konnten.
» Rio de Janeiro: Copacabana, Ipanema & Cristo Redentor» Rio de Janeiro: Silvester feiern am Strand der Copacabana
» Rio de Janeiro: Ein Helikopter-Rundflug über die Stadt
» Rio de Janeiro: Eine Free Walking Tour durch Rio
» Amazonas: Das Meeting of the Waters in Manaus
» Amazonas: Das Anavilhanas Village Guesthouse am Rio Negro
» Amazonas: Eine Bootstour & Dschungelwanderung
» Amazonas: Die pinken Flussdelfine “Botos”
» Amazonas: Piranha-Fischen & Besuch eines Indigenen Dorfes
» Sao Paulo: Die Sehenswürdigkeiten in der Innenstadt
» Iguazu Wasserfälle: Der Vogelpark in Foz do Iguazu
» Iguazu Wasserfälle: Die Iguazu Wasserfälle & der Nationalpark Iguaçu
» Iguazu Wasserfälle: Ein Helikopter-Rundflug über die Wasserfälle