Adventure in Brazil: The famous Amazon
The Brazilian Amazon, the world's mightiest river, is a tale of exploration, beckoning adventurers since Francisco de Orellana first sailed its length to the Atlantic Ocean in 1542. The Amazon basin creates the earth's largest tropical forest (2.3 million square miles) holding a promise for the planet's future in its abundant wild life and natural resources. One thousand miles from its mouth near Manaus, Brazil, the Amazon river is still nearly 7 miles wide!
The Brazilian Amazon river covers a landscape of over 1.3 million square miles. Approximately the size of the continental US, the expansive flood plain, while still housing several small cities, is still almost entirely covered with primary tropical forest. Within this vast watershed is the Rio Negro, a river draining over 300,000 square miles or 10% of the entire Amazon basin! By the time this river flows southeast from its Andean headwaters in the Colombian foothills for 1,020 miles to its confluence with the Amazon River, it has over 3 times the volume of the Mississippi! The Rio Negro is the second largest river in the world,second only to the Amazon River.
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Parque nacional dos Lençóis Maranhenses Brazil
A unique place in the world: immaculate white sand dunes undulating for tens of kilometres, punctuated by freshwater lakes, deserted beaches where turtles and birds take refuge, this is the fabulous dos Lençóis Maranhenses National Park ("Maranhao sheets"), whose dunes undulate like sheets. This national park, where the Préguiças River winds its way, attracts more and more tourists, but the place is not distorted.
Rio de Janeiro
In Rio de Janeiro you can find a favorite beach, which can also be reached by subway (line 4) from the Olympics: Barra da Tijuca beach. With more than 14 kilometres of white sand, it is the longest beach in the whole state, and in this sense, much more spacious and clean than the beaches in the centre. Before arriving, in the exclusive neighborhood of Sao Conrado, it is also worth visiting the beach at the foot of the Pedra da Gávea hill.
Brazilian Visas
Brazil maintains a reciprocal visa policy whereby a visa is required by any citizen of any country requiring Brazilian citizens to obtain a visa. U.S., Canadian and Australian citizens REQUIRE a visa.
If you require a visa, it can be obtained by application to the Brazilian Embassy or Consulate having jurisdiction for your specific area of residence. Once issued, a visa must be used to enter Brazil within 90 days of its issue date. See the general visa requirements and, if you have any questions, please contact the Brazilian Embassy or Consulate having jurisdiction for your specific area of residence.
Citizens of the following countries do NOT need a visa when traveling to Brazil for tourism for a period of up to 90 days:
Andorra, Argentina, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Bermuda, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, Ecuador, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Morocco, Monaco, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, San Marino, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, the Vatican, and Venezuela. Visitors traveling from these countries for any other reason than tourism should check with the specific Brazilian Embassy or Consulate having jurisdiction.
