Amazon River

Brazil

The Amazon River is the world's largest river by volume, flowing across South America to the Atlantic Ocean, and cruise ships navigate deep into the Brazilian Amazon. Ports and stops along the river give access to flooded forests, tributaries, and riverside communities. Visitors experience rainforest wildlife including pink river dolphins, monkeys, and macaws, the meeting of the dark Rio Negro and sandy Amazon waters near Manaus, and the cultures of the river's caboclo and indigenous peoples.