Manaus

Brazil

Manaus is the capital of Amazonas state in Brazil, deep in the Amazon at the meeting of the Rio Negro and Solimões rivers. The rubber boom built its opulent opera house — the Teatro Amazonas — in the jungle. Attractions include the meeting of the waters where dark and sandy rivers run side by side, the opera house and Adolpho Lisboa market, the riverside port, the rainforest lodges and wildlife of the Rio Negro, and access to the heart of the Amazon.