AMAZON BASIN EXPEDITIONS
The oldest jungle on the planet, accessible only from the air
The Destination
Why AMAZON BASIN EXPEDITIONS
The Amazon Basin covers more than 5.5 million square kilometers — a green ocean harboring 10% of all biodiversity on the planet. For the charter traveler, it is the last frontier: a destination that can only truly be experienced from the air and through lodges accessible solely by floatplane or boat.
Manaus (Brazil), Iquitos (Peru), and Leticia (Colombia) are the gateways to the Amazon. Each offers a different experience: Brazilian luxury lodges on the Rio Negro, Peruvian jungle crossings with local tribes, or the Colombian triple frontier where three countries meet in the rainforest.
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Places Waiting for You
Endless jungle
Amazon River
Dawn in the rainforest
Meeting of the waters
Charter Advantage
Why It Is Exclusive to Charter
What only private flight allows
The Amazon is the destination where charter ceases to be a luxury and becomes a necessity. Many luxury lodges — such as Anavilhanas Jungle Lodge or Cristalino Lodge — are only accessible by floatplane or boat. Charter takes you to the nearest airport, where a floatplane awaits for the final leg.
The only way to comprehend the Amazon is to see it from the air: an endless green blanket cut by rivers the size of seas. The charter flight over the jungle is an experience that no commercial flight can offer.
For the traveler seeking something truly unique — not a resort, not a spa — the Amazon offers what no other destination can: contact with the most complex and ancient ecosystem on the planet, with the comfort of a luxury lodge as a base.
Activities
Experiences Waiting for You
Jungle Safaris
Naturalist-guided walks to observe monkeys, pink dolphins, and jaguars.
Sport Fishing
Piranha and peacock bass fishing in remote tributary rivers.
Community Visits
Respectful encounters with indigenous tribes sharing their ancestral worldview.
Floatplane to Lodges
Panoramic floatplane flight to lodges accessible only by water.
Kayak on the Rio Negro
Paddling between floating vegetation islands and tannin-stained black waters.
Jungle Astronomy
Stargazing with zero light pollution, guided by astronomers.
Curiosities
Fascinating facts about Amazon Rainforest
The river that flows backwards
The Amazon River is so powerful that its mouth pushes fresh water up to 200 kilometers out into the Atlantic Ocean. Ships could collect drinking water in the middle of the ocean before seeing land.
The meeting of the waters
In Manaus, the Rio Negro (black waters) and the Solimões (muddy waters) flow side by side for 6 kilometers without mixing, due to differences in temperature, speed, and density. It is one of the most astonishing natural phenomena on the planet.
The pink dolphin
The Amazon is home to a unique species of freshwater dolphin that is pink. These cetaceans change color with age: they are born gray and become pink as they mature. Their brain is 40% larger than a human's.
The world's largest pharmacy
It is estimated that 25% of all Western medicines derive from Amazon rainforest plants. However, scientists have studied barely 1% of the plant species in the region.
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