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Entry from: Santarém, Brazil
Entry Title: Floresta Nacional do Tapaj
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Having got into Santarém city at approximately 7am on saturday morning me and Peter (my friend from the boat who I would travel with for the next 10 days or so) discovered that we would be unable to go to the Floresta Nacional which we wanted to visit til Monday as the office we needed to go for permission to was shut over the weekend, so we resolved to get every bit of excitement we possibly could out of the town in the meanwhile. Having found a hotel, showered and changed we had suceeded in doing everything there was to do by about lunchtime. Fortunately, we werent forced to spend the next day as bored as we spent the afternoon as wed heard (from God´s most noble representative on earth) that the nearby town of Alter do Chão had a nice beach. Unfortunately I dont take my camera to the beach ever, as I worry about it getting nicked by some punk kid while Im swimming so youll have to make do with my description: it looked like something you might see in the Caribbean, with beautiful white sand and startlingly blue water. It was hard to remember that we were on the banks of the Amazon (well, OK its tributary the Tapajós - the Amazon sounds better tho), cos it was seriously the nicest beach Id been on since we were in Pipa. Except that you could see the forest over on the other side of the water. It was stupidly hot tho. Really far too hot to even leave the shade, let alone sunbathe or swim. Quite a long way out of anyones way, but if you happen to be travelling up the Amazon and wanting a beach break - Alter do Chão is the place to do it. I had the good fortune meet up with my good old friend Diarrea the night before leaving for the Floresta Nacional de Tapajós; having been deprived of his company for almost 2 weeks since I left São Luís you can imagine how pleased I was to see him. Even more pleased when I discovered that the accomodation me Peter and him would be sharing at the Floresta had no running water. Actually, that was not the only `rustic´ thing about the accomodation there: the complete lack of electricity, proper beds and even walls in our bedroom all added to its charm. And the tiny ants with the vicious bite. I leave it to you to imagine the sort of language I repeatedly employed throughout the hours of darkness on my first night as I, unable to sleep, was equally unable to read or indeed do ANYTHING to occupy myself. Fortunatly the two actual days we spent there made up for it: we went on two different hikes through the forest and saw amongst other things some truly awesome trees which were at least 250 years old , the natural form of viagra in its original plantlike state and numerous delicious fruits the names of which Id never heard before or since and which certainly dont exist outside Amazonia. We also went on a canoe trip in the igarapé, which is a sort of channel off the main body of the River Tapajós. Unfortunately it was very dry (apparently in the wet season you can canoe thru the treetops), but it was still very pretty. There was also a beach near our `house´, tho we didnt swim there. The other good thing about staying there was the family who were our hosts (ie. suppliers of both shack and food); the husband Bebê was one of our two forest guides, while the wife Gracileja cooked fantastic food and didnt complain once when our messing around caused her to miss her favourite soap (there was a generator so that people could watch telly in the evening - even where theres no electricity Brazilians are soap addicts!) while the four kids were just cute. They were all really nice, so we felt like complete *******s when we gave as much money as we thought necessary for our stay as instructed on arrival, and realised that our and their evaluations of what was necessary were quite different; we ended up leaving a bit more secretly and cursing agreements not made in advance. Then we got the bus back at 3am. Even for my body clock, which was by this point totally confused due to lack of sleep and the necessity of being awake with the light, this was a bit much.
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Photos from this trip:
1. A view of the trees
2. A view through the trees
3. Igarapé from the beach
4. Igarapé from the canoe
5. Me and a big tree
6. Me and Bebê
7. Me in a tree
8. One man and his tree
9. River beach
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Maguari, na Flona Tapajós, nos caminhos de Alter do Chão - Ecoturismo Brasil (região Norte)
Maguari, na Floresta Nacional do Tapajós, faz parte dos roteiros de turistas baseados em Alter do Chão.
Ótimas condições para praticar ecoturismo e turismo de experiência.
Os condutores de turismo de Alter do Chão oferecem o passeio diariamente, dando ao visitante a condição de desfrutar uma Amazônia que mantém as suas raízes caboclas e os seus recursos naturais quase intactos.
Em Maguari existem artesãos que trabalham o artesanato à base de látex (leite extraído da seringueira), uma atividade extrativista herdada dos antepassados.
Maguari apresenta passeio na floresta, com roteiro imperdível. A Flona do Tapajós é, na atualidade, um destino turístico do Brasil bastante valorizado.
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Apresentação da série Os caminhos de Alter do Chão:
Os Caminhos de Alter do Chão - 1º episódio:
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Santarém Miri, a primeira atração do quadro Me Convida!!:
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Army ants in the Tapajos National Forest (Terra Rica area)
Ecciton ants found at Terra Rica Rainfoest
Santarém Pará, cidade boa para morar e viver na Amazônia... Turismo Brasil Região Norte)
Santarém Pará, é cidade boa para viver e morar. Retrato da Amazônia e do Turismo Brasil (Região Norte). A cidade de Santarém é entreposto comercial, e cercada de atrativos turísticos, como Alter do Chão, Belterra, praias do rio Tapajós, Floresta Nacional do Tapajós e Reserva Extrativista Tapajós Arapiuns.
Os visitantes consideram Santarém uma cidade boa para viver e morar. Na opinião deles, a cidade é de porte médio e, portanto, não sofre dos males dos grandes centros, como o trânsito caótico. Além do mais, em seu entorno, existem ótimos atrativos turísticos, o que dão ao morador do lugar a condição de usufruir dos recursos naturais com baixo custo financeiro.
Santarém é um importante polo (centro) universitário da região Norte, pois atrai estudantes de todos os estados do Brasil. Esse detalhe contribui bastante para a dinamização da economia local.
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Apresentação da série Os caminhos de Alter do Chão:
Os Caminhos de Alter do Chão - 1º episódio:
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Santarém Miri, a primeira atração do quadro Me Convida!!:
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Amazonas, Manaus 1979 - Brazil Super8 Travel Channel
Amazonas, Manaus - Brazil Vintage 1979 Super8
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[dt.] Die am Rio Negro gelegene Großstadt Manaus bietet vielfältige Möglichkeiten für Erkundungstouren in den sie umgebenden tropischen Regenwald. Pythons, Alligatoren, Affen und unzählige Vogelarten können bei Einheimischen oder auch in der freien Natur beobachtet werden. Manaus liegt 92 m über dem Meeresspiegel, aber ca. 1700 km von der Mündung des Amazonas ins Meer entfernt. Dies entspricht einem Gefälle von ca. 5 cm pro Kilometer.
Der Wasserspiegel schwankt zwischen Trocken- und Regenzeit um bis zu 14 m, sodass während der Regenzeit gigantische Flächen unter Wasser stehen, die nur durch die herausragenden Baumriesen unterbrochen werden. Einige Kilometer flussabwärts münden der Rio Negro und der Rio Solimões ineinander. Diese Stelle wird auch als the Wedding of the Waters bezeichnet und ab hier wird der Fluss Amazonas genannt.
[en.] The city of Manaus is located at the Rio Negro, offers many opportunities for exploring the surrounding tropical rain forest. Pythons, alligators, monkeys and many bird species can be observed in the wild or at the natives. Manaus is located 302 ft above sea level and approx. 1506 mi from the river mouth of the Amazonas. This corresponds to a descent of approx. 0.2 ft per mile.
Between dry and rainy seasons the water level fluctuates by up to 45 ft. During the rainy season, huge areas are under water, only interrupted by the outstanding giant trees. A few miles downstream the Rio Negro and Rio Solimões merge. This place is also known as The Wedding of the Waters and from here the river is called the Amazon River.
Tapajos
forest inventory work in the Tapajos-Arapiuns Extractive Reserve, Brazil
Paraiso II in the Amazon
navigating from the community of Ipaupixuna to the community of Paraiso II, in a channel of the Tapajos river, a tributary to the Amazon river. Both communities are downstream of Itaituba, where the Transamazon road crosses the river, in the southwest of Para State, Brazil. The video was made from the boat Nheengatu in September 10th, 2003.
Brazilian Homestead Near Santarem
Part of the benefit of Fulbright travels is the chance to visit locales off the beaten path such as this private home outside of Santarem, Brazil.
Amazon Tours - Tapajos River adventure
Santarem is the perfect place for those who love a tropical paradise. Surrounded by Sandy beaches and endless beauty on the Tapajos River.
Cruising down the Tapajos River with the team from Azul Airlines Magazine, we got lost among the endless sandy beaches and beautiful scenery close to Henry Ford's second town on the Tapajos - Belterra, Brazil. Let us plan an Amazon tour for you - visit
Tapajós: A Cry From the Heart of the Amazon
The Tapajós River in the Brazilian Amazon is threatened by plans for construction of seven huge hydroelectric dams which would flood national parks and protected areas. Activists are meeting with communities to inform them how they may work together to protect the Tapajós from destruction.
the community of Santa Cruz (Aveiro), in the Amazon - V
the life in the Amazon is closely linked to the river. The community of Santa Cruz belogs to Aveiro, a city surrounded by the Tapajos National Forest and the Tapajos river, a tributary to the Amazon river. The video was taken during a trip of the boat Nheengatu.
[Ginga.Fc] Documentário #FutebolNoTapajós
#FUTEBOLNOTAPAJÓS
A obra retrata uma experiência de intervenção sócio-esportiva-educacional na vila ribeirinha de Suruacá, uma simpática comunidade do Rio Tapajós onde vivem 400 pessoas amantes do futebol.
O documentário é uma idealização da Ginga.Fc, movimento de pessoas que acreditam no futebol como ferramenta de gerar inclusão e desenvolvimento social, aproveitando o poder de mobilização deste esporte, e faz parte do projeto #FutebolNoTapajós.
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Realização: Ginga.Fc
Documentário: Eduardo Figueiredo
Produção Executiva: Felipe Oliveira & Felipe Rigolizzo
Imagens Aéreas: Alex Fisberg
Acessibilidade Audiovisual: Gama.Tv
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road sign that gives an idea of the dimension of Brazil
On the way to the Tapajos National Forest
Prince Charles in the Amazon
During his trip to Brazil, the heir of the British throne visited a health boat which attends to the needs of thousands of river people living in remote areas of the Brazilian rain forest. The project is a partnership between Brazilian NGO Health and Happiness Project, and Terre des Hommes Netherlands.
AMAZON TRIP: A CHANCE MEETING WITH A RETIRED RUBBER TREE
During our visit to the Ambé Project, a Pioneer project of sustainable forestry in the Tapajós National Forest in the Amazon, one expert gave us a brief lecture about a rubber tree. For more info on this trip please visit: energyrefuge.com/tag/amazon-trip
Tapajos- English
This video shows the Tapajos river, in the Amazon Forest.
Making way in the jungle
Tribeswoman is cutting the branches to advance in the jungle, Tapajos National Park, Santarem, Brazil
Dani: LGBT+ and environmental activism in the Tapajós National Forest
Dani, an activist who fights to preserve the Brazilian jungle and for LGBT rights within her community, is the protagonist of the second chapter of the series 'Rainforest Defenders.
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Many of the communities inhabiting the banks of the Tapajós River, like many other settlements along the vast Brazilian Amazon basin, call themselves “riverine. Riberinos is a term that encompasses the whole range of ethnic diversity resulting from multiple crossbreeding over time among indigenous peoples, Afro-descendants and European descendants, mostly of Iberian origin.
Today, defining oneself as indigenous is a matter of self-affirmation. But in many communities along this abundant tributary of the Amazon, the mix is so old and dynamic that it may actually be impossible to choose which ethnic group to join.
But when the land is threatened by the operation of mining companies, loggers, agribusiness and by the appropriation of untitled land, many communities have undertaken a process of self-education and of territorial demarcation on their own so as to be able to demonstrate that they have been living in this land long enough to claim a property title to the State.
Getting their property title is actually the only guarantee they have to prevent being expelled from their land, usually by business interests related to the exploitation of the region’s rich natural resources.
Free Tapajos
The Caravan in Defense of Tapajós River occurred on November 27, in the community of São Luiz do Tapajós, near Itaituba (state of Pará), where construction of the first of the region’s five projected hydroelectric dams has been planned.
Bishops of the Catholic Church, Munduruku leaders, social movements and civil society organizations united to protest against the project.