The Amazon River Basin is the largest tropical rainforest in the world, covering 2.3 million square miles or approximately 40% of South America. The Amazon River itself is the second longest in the world, and the largest in terms of water flow and drainage area.
The Amazon is home to more species of plants and animals than any other terrestial ecosystem on the planet, with approximately 30% of the world's species found here. The Amazon Basin contains about 2.5 million insect species, tens of thousands of plants and about 2000 birds and mammals including the Jaguar, Harpy Eagle and Giant Otter. The Amazon is also home to a number of indigenous communities.
Tribes offers holiday accommodation at a range of excellent jungle lodges where you can take walks, treks and boat trips into the Amazon rainforest, explore the rainforest canopy, and learn about local traditions and culture. Some of these are remote but comfortable lodges where the wildlife watching and birding is fantastic, and others are more accessible and less expensive, but still give a true insight into the Amazon rainforest environment and the traditions of the people who inhabit this region.
