Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Belém prospered following the rubber
boom at the end of the nineteenth
century but suffered a disastrous decline
after the crash of 1914 - it kept afloat,
just about, on the back of brazil nuts
and the lumber industry. Nowadays, it
remains the economic centre of northern
Brazil, and the chief port for the Amazon.
It is also a remarkably attractive place,
with a fine colonial centre.
WHAT TO SEE AND DO
The old town or
Cidade Velha
is at the
southern edge of the centre, where the
THE AMAZON
VENEZUELA
Santa Elena
COLOMBIA
Boa Vista
3
Caracaraí
RIO NEGRO
FOREST
RESERVE
Pico da Neblina
(3014 m)
RORAIMA
PARQUE NACIONAL
DO PICO DA NEBLINA
São Gabriel
da Cachoeira
Barcelos
PARQUE
NACIONAL
RIO JAÚ
Anavilhanas
Archipelago
e
MAMIRAUA SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT RESERVE
Santo Antonio
do Iça
Tefé
R
õe
AMAZONAS
Tabatinga
Prainha
Humaitá
Cruzeiro do Sul
Boqueirao
da Esperanca
Tarauacá
Porto Velho
ACRE
Abunã
Rio Branco
RONDÔNIA
Brasiléia
Guajará- Mirim
Ji Paraná
Assis Brasil
Cobija
PERU
Costa Marques
BOLIVIA
Often impassable
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