Juma Amazon Lodge - What to do in the Amazon Rainforest, Brazil [Press Visit]

Which rainforest activity looks best to you? Hiking, canoe, hammock or the secret other activity in the video?

Join me in the Amazon Rainforest from the eco Juma Amazon Lodge in Brazil. Can you guess which creatures we'll find or how we'll survive? Find the full article on the blog at https://www.insidethetravellab.com/th...

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“To survive here,” the voice said through the dark. “You have to be big. You have to be clever. Or you have to be poison.”

The voice belonged to Ralf, our native-born guide to the waterways and canopies of this slice of the Amazon rainforest.

One thousand glittering eyes stared like riverside starlight: spiders lit up by Ralf’s solitary torch as our canoe drifted into stillness.

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The Amazon basin covers 2.7 million square kilometres, the forest 2.1 square million km. This is more than half of all the world’s rainforests, supplying 20% of our planet’s oxygen and providing a home to approximately 10 million species of animals, plants and insects, in other words, 10% of all the known species in the world.

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The Amazon refers to the river, Amazonia to the forest and Amazonas refers to the region in Brazil, owner of 60% of the forest land. That includes the part where I found myself in a hammock, socks pulled over my trousers, doing anything to avoid a bite.

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But for all the fame, the serious stats, the dizzying diversity and the bustle and hustle of Manaus, there is one question that remains: what is there to do in the Amazon rainforest?

With no safari style big game, few bright flowers and a rightfully dutiful eco-tourism, you could be forgiven for thinking that the only thing to see is 2.1 square kilometres of green.

After a boat ride, a van, and a boat through said water and air-based green, I can spill the brazil nut beans. I can tell you all about the tourist attractions in the Amazon rainforest.

And in the spirit of the place, let’s start with a proverb:

“When it comes to the jungle,” says Ralf. “Everything takes patience.”

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