Winner of Gold Medal, Lowell Thomas Competition for Best Guidebook.Passionate, adventurous and highly controversial, Pamela Bloom's book is more than a mere travel guide – it's a riveting adventure through one of the last unexplored frontiers. Join this veteran Brazil expert and leading rainforest scientists as they canoe down the big river and its tributaries, tramp through rainforest, unearth new medicinal herbs, commune with backwoodsmen and encounter some of the world's most remote tribes. Everything you need to know to follow in their footsteps is here:Travel tips for floating down the Amazon.What you must know in advance about bedding down in the forest.Secret sites for fabulous sportfishing.How to find clean sheets, hot food and the best nightclubs in the cities of Belem, Manaus and the Pantanal.A complete directory of flora and fauna.Shamanic adventures: rare close-up accounts of sacred rituals and tribal dances.Surviving in style: See if you have what it takes to survive leaky boats, fire ants, bugs with no brains, bureaucratic red tape and shaky planes with no flight attendants!