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Amazon Rainforest
There are many Amazon cruises and adventure tours you can experience. Get away from civilization and enter this vast jungle with many ecosystems, wildlife, plants and tropical rainforests. Most tours start from Manaus, at the very heart of the Amazon wilderness at the confluence of the rivers Negro and Amazon.
The city’s enormous wealth came from the exportation of rubber in the late 1800s. Booming again as the centre of a rapidly developing region, the city still boasts its old-world mansions and monuments – now set among skyscrapers. The most fantastic of all the relics is the opera house that cost US$10 million to build - its Italian marble, English porcelains and French furniture were transported on returning rubber ships.
The seasons in the Amazon follow a distinct pattern. Instead of winter and summer it is the high waters and low waters that dictate activities. The water begins to rise in November and December, reaching its highest levels from March to June. From July to September the waters begin to ebb, reaching their lowest level in October and November.
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