Sighing with the earth-spicy aromas of the air, this is the first place tourists from all over the world come to the enigmatic forests of the Amazon, producing 50% of all the oxygen on our planet, to this amazing land called "the lungs of the planet." ±$ br >
The capital of the Brazilian state of Amazonia is the city of Manaus. Tourists come here for the fantastic flora and fauna of one of the most mysterious and mysterious rivers in the world - the frightening and bewitching Amazon at the same time.
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Transportation Amazonia
One of the most popular modes of transport is, undoubtedly, the river, which is convenient for movement on the route Manaus-Belen and Manaus-Porto Velho, covering the majority of tourist places (4-5 days and nights on the road (the first of the lines is the daily, the second - twice a week and reaches Peru and Bolivia.Flight tickets to Foz do Iguaçu (nearest airport to Amazonia) - $
Another way to travel is tourist trains. Here are three popular routes:
- From Curitiba on the coast (110 km), through the Green Mountains.
- On the South Pantanal (220 km)
- Between the mountains and the coast of a small but very picturesque state of Espiritu Santo ("Holy Spirit").
There are also weekend tourist outings from São Paulo in three directions. Departure at 8.30, an hour and a half on the way, return trip at 16.30, all the way comment guides. The ticket costs 30 reais per person and 15 per traveler.
Climate
The climate of the Amazon is extremely specific - it is hot and very humid, saturated with fumes and pollen, making breathing difficult. Even for short trips to the state, a long acclimatization is required.
Amazonia hotels - $
Since Amazonia occupies a third of the entire territory of Brazil, in cities, of course, you can find where to stay in comfort.
Amazonia National Parks
Nothing compares to the number of vivid impressions with an excursion to the Jau National Park included in the Central Amazon Reserve Complex .The floodplains, periodically flooded by the stormy waters of the Amazon, fantastic "black rivers" - the local natural conditions attracted a huge number of plants and animals: a dairy tree, burdened with sweet tasty fruits, chocolate tree (cocoa), mahogany, ferns, bromeliads, , roam, snoop, timidly rush sloths, anteaters, manatees, opossums, armadillos, crocodile and black caimans .Travel can be chosen for a couple of hours, and you can stretch the pleasure for a few days .Especially since the state capital of the park is 200 km to the north .
Another tropical paradise is the Iguazu Falls National Park, recognized as a true miracle of the world. Stunned by the noise of falling cascades of water, surrounded by rainbow spray, tourists watch for hours a unique spectacle.
In general, the state has more than twenty national parks, reserves and sanctuaries, each of which is worthy of attention: the Serra da Capivar National Park, the Central Amazon Reserve Complex, the Campos Serrado National Park: Chapada dus Veideirus and Emas. $
- Take part in fishing for piranha or alligators on a motorized canoe of local residents. The price of this event is most often already included in the cost of the tour, if you travel by ticket. If you could not fish, you can buy a souvenir - dried piranha fish for $ 2.
- To pass the training course of survival technique in the jungle of local residents.
- Find an amazing plant of the family of water-lilies under the name "Victoria" near the banks of the Amazon River and make sure that its leaves, reaching three meters in diameter, are able to support a weight of up to 30 kg.
- Go through the only Amazon bridge that crosses one of its tributaries to Rio Negro and connects Manaus to the city of Irandub (length of the bridge is 3,595 meters).
Entertainment, excursions and attractions of Amazonia
The capital of Manaus is a fairly developed European city, enclosed in fortress walls, created by tropical jungles. Walking around the city will give peace, various her shops with various souvenir rubbish, and in ten minutes walk from the center, right on the bank of the Amazon, huts on stilts, sheltering from the weather and sun under the burned-out palm branches of the Indian family, have been tied up. Exotics in its pure form.
There you can see: Museum of Indians, City Theater (1896 .), the colossal Palacio Negru Palace, the San Sebastian Church, the Human Museum, the Numismatics Museum, the Teatro Amazonas Opera House, numerous floating markets, as well as many magnificent houses decorated with unique blue ceramics "Azulejush" (now they are mostly in desolation) .At 12 km from Manaus, there is a unique natural phenomenon - the merging of the rivers Solimoes and Rio Negro, whose waters are completely immiscible, and flow along a number of colorful ribbons for hundreds of kilometers .
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