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The Amazon River, located in South America, is the longest river, the largest river, and the one with the largest basin area on our planet. Its length (6,800 km), exceeds that of the Nile River by more than forty kilometers.

The Amazon River is born on the slopes of the Mismi mountain, in Arequipa, Peru. Among the various names that the Amazon River receives throughout its course, the following stand out, successively: Lloqueta, Apurímac, Ene, Tambo, Ucayali, Marañón and Amazonas. When the river enters Brazil, it is renamed the Solimões River for a good stretch. Then it adopts the name of the Amazon River again at the confluence with the Negro River.

The river system of the Amazon has more than 1,000 important tributary rivers, with more than 25 branches exceeding 1,000 km in length. It is usually considered that the Amazon River nominally originates near Nauta in Peru, at the confluence of the Marañón and Ucayali rivers, although upon reaching the triple border, upon entering Brazilian territory it has a section known as the Solimões River, which it reaches the confluence with the Negro river, in Manaus.







In Leticia there are excursions to get to know the river.



The Amazon River is home to pink dolphins that constantly surface. Interesting for those who love adventure and nature.

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