Nature & Wildlife
The elegant gray-and-pink river dolphins that glide majestically through the chocolate-colored waters of the Amazon River aren’t always thought of in such glowing terms. In fact, many residents of the Amazon basin once considered them to be bad luck or even downright evil.
Videos
WWF travelers voyaged over 600 miles on the Amazon during WWF’s Great Amazon River Cruise. Aboard the riverboat, travelers get closer to the natural splendor of the winding rivers and forests thick with wild species as they kayak, hike and fish for piranhas.
News & More
We’ve added a third conservation expert to round our Great Amazon River Cruise departures this fall. Eric May, a program officer for WWF’s Latin America and Caribbean Program, will join our October 30-November 7 Amazon River Cruise as a guest lecturer.
Travel Tales
Our lanky teenage-looking pilot closed his eyes and prayed quietly before takeoff into the immense, emerald-green void of the Ecuadorian Amazon. His murmurs were indecipherable through the roar of the old rattling Cessna operated by Aerotsentsak, the airline owned by the Achuar indigenous nation.
Travel Tales
Renzo Zeppilli is, admittedly, a lot like the birds he has studied for dozens of years: He travels extensively and wakes up every morning singing.
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We are thrilled to announce that two of our Great Amazon River Cruise summer departures will be escorted by WWF conservation experts this summer. PAUL HARDY: May 23-May 31, 2014 Paul Hardy, director of strategic planning for WWF’s Latin America and Caribbean Program, will be the WWF guest lecturer on our May Great Amazon River Cruise.
Travel Tips
I recently traveled through the Peruvian Amazon on our Great Amazon Voyage, and I was grateful for every single item I had stashed in my daypack.
Videos
In the rain forests of Peru, the average annual rainfall measures 79 inches. That not only creates lush, green jungles filled with a diversity of life but dangerous environments, too—especially if you’re a caterpillar aspiring to become a moth. Most caterpillars construct tightly knit coverings in out-of-the-way places in which to undergo their transformations.
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Are you one of those people who thinks they’re not a cruise person? Do you think cruises are too boring and not active enough for you, and do you shudder at the idea of being cooped up on a floating city with a thousand other passengers for days?
Conservation
We humans have a long history of looking to trees for sustenance. For thousands of years, our forests have supplied our food, fuel and shelter. While we still count on them today to provide those necessities to some extent, we additionally charge them with the task of mitigating the effects of our carbon-spewing, combustion-engine civilization.
Conservation
Over one-third of all animal species in the world lives in the Amazon River system and its surrounding rainforest. Among all this flying, creeping, swimming, slithering, running, climbing fauna, the Amazon pink river dolphins are an especially appealing presence with their playful nature and pastel coloration.
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As someone committed to going on nature adventures, you most likely try to make the least negative impact on the world that you possibly can when you travel. You choose carbon-neutral companies, try to leave no trace of your wanderings and make necessary purchases locally.
