Amazon holidays
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Rainforest wonder and remote villages in northern BrazilAn Amazon trip by boat and on foot offers the chance to meet the hidden communities and enjoy the natural splendour of a region still shrouded in mystery – and in need of preservation
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Peru’s ayahuasca industry booms as westerners search for alternative healingEvery year, thousands of tourists head to the Peruvian Amazon to take the plant medicine ayahuasca. But what does the powerful drink actually do, and what do local shamans think of the rise in its popularity?
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‘I’m passionate about the ocean’: Céline Cousteau on diving off the AmericasThe film-maker and conservationist is as determined to protect the marine world and indigenous peoples, in places like Mexico and the Amazon, as her famous forebears
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Back from the Amazon with tropical birdsThe Guardian, 8 December 1960: A trip to the Amazon, not the local pet shop, for one exotic bird owner
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Grub's up… BBC wildlife producers on the weirdest food they've eatenWould you eat porcupine, sago grubs or raw pig’s intestine? These BBC wildlife producers all have while filming in remote corners of the world. What’s the weirdest thing you’ve eaten on your travels?
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'They come, they photograph, but don’t help': how ecotourism in the Amazon shortchanges the localsThe Huaorani Ecolodge promises a unique and immersive cultural experience – but at the expense of the people who struggle to maintain a life in the rainforest
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Utopia or reality: can South America lead a fossil-free future?Proponents of the South American philosophy of Buen Vivir have proposed an action plan for moving towards a more sustainable, more balanced economy
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Amazon field post: 'I'm so envious of men's ability to pee standing up'The dangers of too much Imodium, the Shewee and other rainforest perils – all tackled in Kitty Jenkin’s blogpost Adventuring with a vagina
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Spotting river dolphins in Bolivia
The bufeo (river dolphin) is a creature of myth, but you're pretty much guaranteed a sighting on a river cruise in Bolivia's north-eastern wetlands
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Survival holidays: package trips where you learn to live in the wilderness
Learn skills to survive in the jungles of Guyana, the frozen wilderness of northern Sweden – and the forests of England, writes Doug McKinlay
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A tour of Brazil - in pictures
Those travelling to Brazil for the 2014 World Cup will only scratch the surface of what this vast country has to offer. This striking selection of images spans the Amazon, the beaches, the tribes, the geological phenomena and the mega cities
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Brazil's star chef Alex Atala visits the Amazon – gallery
Alex Atala is one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people on the planet and the number one chef in South America. His work championing the people and produce from the Amazon is key to his achievements: Observer Food Monthly joined him as he travelled to Manaus and São Gabriel da Cachoeira
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How to develop eco-tourism and sustainable business in the Amazon rainforest
In the second part of our series, Richard Brownsdon explains how social enterprises can operate in the Amazon rainforest
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Venezuelan adventure: British team make first ascent of Amazon peak – in pictures
British adventurer Leo Houlding and his team became the first to ascend the east face of Cerro Autana in western Venezuela, one of the most remote mountains in the Amazon. As these images show, it was a remarkable and challenging journey
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Seven wonders of the natural world and how to see them
The Seven Natural Wonders of the world are being announced today following a global poll. We've selected holidays to seven of the spectacular sites on the shortlist
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My travels: Ed Stafford in the Amazon
The former soldier who became the first person to walk the length of the Amazon tells of death threats, hunger, and loyal friends
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Sea change: 10 quirky cruises
If a super-luxe liner isn't your thing, there are plenty of other fish in the sea, says Rachel Dixon – try pink dolphin-spotting on the Amazon or a trip round Vietnam's Ha Long Bay in a wooden junk
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The last stand of the Amazon
Novelist Edward Docx's heartfelt dispatch on the forest's final frontier – still home to as many as 100 tribes of uncontacted Indians
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Amazon town bans tourists
Nazareth in Colombia says travellers don't spend much and show little respect to indigenous people
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Outside looking in: the Amazon's isolated tribeJohn Perivolaris: Framing the debate: Photos of an Amazon tribe show the effectiveness of modern aerial imaging, while recalling a history of colonisation
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Active adventuresRachel Dixon picks trips that pack in the activities, from snowshoeing and ice climbing in Slovenia to kayaking and canyoning in Turkey
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Serbian Darko Novovic breaks record for swimming AmazonProfessional water polo player took only 46 days to swim the 5,450km South American river, according to news reports
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Peru's jungle treehouse
The best way to help save the Amazon is to visit it, says Hugh Thomson. And where better than this Peruvian treehouse above the rainforest canopy
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David Shukman's travels: it's like a sauna out there ...
BBC correspondent David Shukman remembers a novel way to keep Brazilian cool in the Amazon rainforest
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Community projects
From walking in the ancient Ethiopian highlands to meeting remote tribes in the Amazon
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Top 10 beaches in Brazil
From the iconic Ipanema to an idyllic river island in the heart of the Amazon, nowhere does beaches better than Brazil
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Fordlandia, Brazil
Wallpaper's Sara Henrichs dreams of visiting Henry Ford's ghost town in the Amazon forest
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Must like snakes ...
Ed Stafford is looking for a partner to join him on his quest to be the first person to walk the entire length of the Amazon river. Mark Barrowcliffe finds out what they're in for
Ecuador’s Yasuni park: where oil vies with tourism for the rainforest