The Amazon Region now appeals to a diverse clientele, regardless of age, who share a spirit of adventure and curiosity on the immense lush green and the secrets of the flora and fauna of the Amazon. The waters of the Amazon River flow brown and muddy, it is the ocean river with miles of unending water from side to side. It irrigates the lowland tropics of South America in such a way that its basin holds the greatest rainforest of the face of the earth.

The mighty river and its tributaries are a source of transportation, food and water. It is the source life itself for the tribes and species that inhabit these tropical lowlands of South America. There are dozens of indigenous tribes split into countless fragments by their quest for food. Because of the difficulty of hunting and gathering food, the indigenous inhabitants have a population density no higher than one person for every 13 kilometers of territory.

So, in addition to the Amazon rainforest cruise you can take Amazon tours to visits the homes of forest residents. You can visit and learn what their lives are like, living on the edge of this vast trackless forest. A walk through their gardens is always interesting and you can learn their survival skills, which permit them to continue living in the complex tropical forest environment. During the tour you will have the opportunity to meet and interact with many different communities that live along the shores of the Amazon River Basin and its tributaries.

While taking the Amazon tours you can participate in any activity aboard. One launch boat can be taken to a lagoon for a swim, another boat to a trailhead for a jungle hike, while a third may visit a remote white-sand beach for a relaxing walk and a check for fresh animal footprints. You can treat it as a relaxing cruise and stay onboard the river boat for your whole stay, or you can go full-bore with camera, binoculars, hiking boots, and specimen bottles 24/7. It's up to you.

There are special theme Amazon tours available such as Peacock Bass fishing tours and herptours. Western sector of the Amazon is just now opening up to sportfishing and the Tigre Peacock Bass is the primary quarry. The riverboats and top-notch guides will get you into pristine rainforest with rivers and lakes full of fish. Fish as much as you wish, then take a break for a hike in the rainforest, fish some more, bird and monkey watch, visit riverside villages, drink a few beers, fish again - the choices are yours.

Want to see tropical herps where they live? On Amazon tours - herptours you will be guided and coached in the search for incredible snakes, lizards, turtles, crocs, and frogs. Go with the experts in field herpetology, the people who know about reptiles and amphibians and can find them in the wild.

By visiting the Amazon, we are helping to save it. Tourism dollars will help convince locals that a live jaguar, manatee or river dolphin is worth far more to an endless stream of visitors than whatever the same animal can earn on the black market when it's killed. Our visits will show governments that the forest can earn money in the long term not just the short term.