In 1998 I received a magazine from a tourism promotion company that was helping Embratur to promote Brazil. Unlike promotional material I'd received from other countries, it didn't tout the cities or the hotels. Instead, it was promoting the natural wonders of each state and their efforts to promote ecotourism. Many of these places I'd never heard of, since most brochures in travel agencies only featured Rio, Manaus and Iguassu Falls, even though Brazil is roughly the size of the lower 48 states in the U.S.
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Today I read an article in which the author was talking about how she uses AI to help to make all of her travel decisions. I can see where that could be possible as far as commodities, such as flights, hotels and day tours. AI can help to choose the cheapest flights or ones with the best schedule. It can help to choose the best hotels for you, based on location, star ratings, etc. These are all facts that are fed into data streams.
But can it help to choose which Amazon jungle lodge will give you the best experience? Though Machu Picchu, found in 1911 by Hiram Bingham, is obviously a huge draw for tourists to Peru, there are numerous other archeological sites in Peru and other countries in South America that are also very impressive, but are not visited nearly as often. I will mention a few of the major ones and several recently discovered minor ones that come to mind.
Are you planning a trip to the Amazon and want to learn about the plants and animals that you might see? Or do you want to learn about the history of exploration in the Amazon - from the adventures of the explorers to the knowledge that they gained?
In the over 20 years that I have been involved in travel to the Amazon, here are some of the books that I have found to be fascinating reading sources. You may be pondering where to go on your next vacation, since it's getting close to summertime in the northern hemisphere. Let's take a look at what your interests are and see what places you might consider.
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Over the years, I've been asked many times if it is safe to travel to South America. I had one American guy who was planning a family multisport trip, but he had read that somebody was killed in Peru, so he decided that he didn't want to travel there or to Ecuador, Chile, Argentina or Brazil because they were too close to Peru and it wasn't safe.
I recently read an article in "Travel Weekly" where a travel consultant said: Are your plans for a European vacation looking grim now that the European Union is considering restricting the entrance of Americans, especially unvaccinated ones? If so, here are a few reasons to consider Brazil instead:
Many people are eager to travel to South America again and are looking for information about when that will be possible. We will try to keep this post updated with the latest information we get from our local operators in each country.
There's no question that there are more plant and animal species in the Amazon. It is said that there are more than 1500 bird species, over 40,000 different plant species, 3,000 freshwater fish species, more than 370 types of reptiles and approximately 2.5 million insect species in the Amazon rain forest, which covers over 2 million square miles.
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AuthorJim has been an agent for over 20 years and has specialized in South America for much of that time Archives
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