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Amazon holidays

October 2008

  • Ferry down the Amazon

    Downstream in Bruce Parry's footsteps

    Ed Ewing slings up his hammock onboard an old-style passenger ferry for a three-day adventure along the Amazon

September 2008

  • The train from Puno to Cuzco, Peru

    Great Latin American journeys

    Whether it's driving across the Andes, drifting along the Amazon or catching a bus in Bolivia, we asked five writers to choose one journey which captures the essence of Latin America

July 2008

  • Amazon rainforest

    Wanted: new partner for 3,000-mile Amazon trek - must have own iPod

    Row over MP3 player is final straw for adventurers facing piranhas, peaks and Maoists

December 2007

  • Macaw at Tiwa Eco Resort, Brazil

    Living in the rainforest

    Once you've made friends with the resident macaw, Tiwa Eco Resort is the ideal setting to discover the other rich wildlife in the surrounding Amazon rainforest, says Denis Seguin

October 2007

  • Huaorani tribes people, Ecuador

    Take me to the river

    Under siege from oil companies and loggers, the Huaorani of Ecuador are fighting back - through ecotourism. Piers Moore Ede is the first to visit their Amazon lodge.

September 2007

  • BSES students on amazon

    First person
    Student expeditions to the Amazon

    Student Jo Becker speaks about her expedition to the Amazon to help conservation efforts

April 2007

  • The long road to ruin for the Amazon forest

    $350m plan to pave 600 miles of Brazilian track exacerbates the conflict between settlers and environmentalists.

  • So, we've scaled every mountain and swum every river ...

    Aida Edemariam: This weekend, a 52-year-old Slovenian called Martin Strel splashed wearily into the history books when he became the first person to swim the entire 3,000-mile length of the Amazon, having braved crocodiles, piranhas and toothpick fish.
  • Jean-Michel Cousteau

    From rainforest to Bush

    Jean-Michel Cousteau on his return to the Amazon and how he's using the family name to help save the world.

March 2007

  • Martin Strel, Amazon swimmer

    Where I'd rather be
    Where I'd rather be

    Martin Strel, the Amazon swimmer

November 2006

  • Why do I do it?

    So you want to have an adventure? He's been shot at in Colombia, marooned in the Amazon, and he nearly froze to death in Alaska. But Benedict Allen wouldn't have it any other way. What drives modern explorers?

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