AMAZONAS, BRAZIL - The Amazon is a territory where nature, culture and tradition come together along every path. To mark Amazon Day, celebrated on September 5, we followed an ecological tour through different settings in the Manaus region.

The experience includes the Meeting of the Waters of the Negro and Solimões rivers, forest trails, contact with animals, cuisine, handicrafts and experiences in an Indigenous community.

More than a tourist experience, the itinerary also shows how getting to know and valuing the Amazon can contribute to the preservation of the biome and to income generation for riverside communities and traditional peoples.

Throughout the tour, visitors come into contact with biodiversity and different ways of living in the forest, reinforcing the importance of protecting the rivers, wildlife, flora and Amazonian culture for future generations.

Zena Gittens – American tourist: “It’s super important. It’s super important to preserve the Amazon. I know there is a lot of destruction happening, and a lot of trees have been cut down, there is a lot of flooding. I think we feel that all over the world, with global heat, the clouds and the crazy weather. So it’s super important. This is an integral part of the ecosystem of the whole world. So it’s super important to preserve not only the Amazon, but all the wonders of the world that keep the climate calm and where people live. So it’s super important not only to keep for global sustainability, but also for historical purposes. There are Indigenous people who live here who are very important and who have been here longer than most of the people who are around here. So it’s super important to preserve historically. Definitely.”

Carol Lobato – tour guide: “Preservation is very important, both for us who live here and for the whole world. All biomes are important. The Amazon is no different. It captures a lot of carbon from our entire planet Earth. So, preservation, beyond the beauty, our quality of life is better if we preserve it.”

AMAZON AGENCY