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Region of Brazil
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Leave the glamorous cities and beaches of Brazil's central and southern coast behind and see the wilder part of the country, where cities didn't really develop until the 19th century. Northern Brazil is the place to see the enormous Amazon rainforest.
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a major city near the mouth of the Amazon River, with a blend of cultures including indigenous influence, colonial architecture, and modern skyscrapers
Located on the equator north of the mouth of the Amazon River, and cut off from most of Brazil by road.
The largest city in the region, located near the meeting of the rivers that form the Amazon. A natural place to start river tours or rainforest adventures.
A historic town from the mining ages in Tocantins.
A planned city built out of nowhere (like Brasilia) in the 1990s to serve as the capital of Tocantins.
Home to the Boi Bumbá folk festival, with extravagant theatrical retellings of a local legend.
jungle tours, wildlife, floated wood, the Mysteries of the amazon
rich biodiversity along the Rio Tapajós
archipelago in the Rio Negro
part of Bananal Island on the Rio Araguaia, preserve for indigenous cultures
the large island at the mouth of the Amazon
Ilha do Mosqueiro is an island with a string of beaches just outside Belém. The island has 17 km (11 mi) of beaches with freshwater tides, which draw vacationers primarily in the dry season.
A departure from the Amazon region, this uninhabited cerrado area has bright orange sand dunes, rivers and waterfalls. Increasingly popular with off-road adventure lovers
Roraima is the highest tepuy (Spanish for table mountain) on the triple border of Venezuela, Brazil and Guyana. It is around 2,800 m tall.
700,000 hectares of tropical savanna
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