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Meet the best Amazon hotels

damaya@paxzu.co — Fry, 1 jun 2012 15:11:04 -0500

Take advantage of the vacation season and visit the Amazonas, enjoy the local plans and the huge biodiversity we offer at the Reserva, also, you will be able to stay in the Amazon lodge, so you can feel like a native.

Harpia Eagle

damaya@paxzu.co — Wed, 16 may 2012 15:11:04 -0500

In the amazon travel the tourists are surprised by the large number of birds upon the trees and flying in the sky in this region, the weather and the affluents help to the emergence of wild life moreover it becomes in the best choice of habitat of too many animals.

Wood carving

damaya@paxzu.co — Thu, 10 may 2012 15:11:04 -0500

Wood carving still one of the local practices that natives use to build cabains, and you as a tourist will discover that in the Amazon Travel, when you get to stay in the Reserva Amazon Heliconia.

Summer vacation in the Amazon

damaya@paxzu.co — Fri, 4 may 2012 15:11:04 -0500

Begin know, plan a amazon tour for the vacation season, in this place you will enjoy a broad and exotic vegetation, from the natives and its manners, or from local recreative activities.

Sloth

damaya@paxzu.co — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:11:04 -0500

The objective of Amazon Ecotourism is to identify the species that are in danger or defenseless against human actions and deforestation of the forest of the areas in which they live.

Heliconia

damaya@paxzu.co — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:11:04 -0500

Heliconia Amazon Reserve is named after the family of heliconias, herbaceous plants, exotic wildlife found in the region of Central America and South America, in the ecological tourism Amazon travelers can see variety of Heliconia.

Yavari River

damaya@paxzu.co — Thu, 3 Apr 2012 15:11:04 -0500

The Yavari River is one of the rivers that belong to the Amazon, also is known like Javari River (in Portuguese), is located in the border between Peru and Brazil, in the jungle tour it is the zone with greater distribution of flora and fauna of the Earth.

Victoria Regia

damaya@paxzu.co — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 15:11:04 -0500

When you make the Amazon tour you will be able to delight with the water irises called Amazonian Victoria or Victoria Regia, these big aquatic flowers are of the main attractions of the lakes and rivers of the Amazonia.

Mojojoy

damaya@paxzu.co — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:11:04 -0500

Among the gastronomical plans of the Amazon vacation, the visitors will find an exquisite dish that will test your palate mojojoy is a type of worm food that can be ingested still alive or fried.

Visits Unforgettable

damaya@paxzu.co — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 15:11:04 -0500

If you are thinking about Amazon tourism, the Reserve Amazon Heliconia offers an excellent plan for you to practice all the millenarian activities that are lasts in the memory of the native ones, creating a space to escape of the routine.

Forest of the Amazonia

damaya@paxzu.co — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:11:04 -0500

The Amazonia has been characterized to have a huge tropical forest and vegetation, by which it receives the title of "Lung of the World" the zone is located in the central and northern part of South America, which extends by the Amazon River, one of the attractions of the Amazon tourism.

Canoe

damaya@paxzu.co — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:11:04 -0500

One of the activities that our visitors practice in the Amazon travel is the canoeing, this work requires of a physical effort because it is impelled and moved with the human force.

Local Weather of the Amazon

damaya@paxzu.co — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:11:04 -0500

The weather conditions of the Amazon are due to their geographic location, because is surrounded by forest and a big affluent, the second greater river of the world, that has the same name, the Amazon.

Natural swimming pool

damaya@paxzu.co — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:11:04 -0500

One of the the wonders that a wild habitat like the Amazonian forest offers to the travelers who visit the place, are the natural swimming pools, free of chemicals like chlorine, product destined to the conservation of the water.

Amazon Rainforest Plants

damaya@paxzu.co — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:11:04 -0500

The Amazonian forest, due to the water affluent and the tropical climate, allows the biodiversity of plants, in their majority exotic and unique, besides, in the Amazon excursion, the visitors will be able to know their properties decorative or medicinal.

Affluent

damaya@paxzu.co — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:11:04 -0500

The Amazonian forest, besides having vast vegetation, owns the second bigger river of the world, allowing that in the Amazon excursion their visitors discover aquatic varieties of species, as much animals as plants.

Funguses

damaya@paxzu.co — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:11:04 -0500

When it realizes the Amazon excursion, it will be able to recognize the 5 kingdoms of the nature, between which are the fungi that are organisms eukaryotes; their cell walls are formed by quitina, compound that the difference of the animal, yeasts and plants.

Exotic meals and drinks

damaya@paxzu.co — Fri, 6 Jan 2012 15:11:27 -0500

Thanks to the great vegetation and animal that inhabit the Amazonian forest, the travelers who realize the Amazon excursion will enjoy exotic plates which they will be able to delight the palate and to nourish the body.

Nutritive Mud

damaya@paxzu.co — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 11:19:22 -0500

Besides being attractive by the fauna, flora and other natural resources, The Amazon forest is also recognized by the local and native activities that offers you a unique Amazon excursion.

The ideal place for vacations

damaya@paxzu.co — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 11:11:20 -0500

If you are looking for new years eve vacation packages, the Reserve Amazon Heliconia offers a different alternative, an unforgettable Amazon excursion.

Squirrel Monkeys

damaya@paxzu.co — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 11:11:20 -0500

Among the infinity of species that inhabit the Amazon, there are exclusive animals of this region, and the travelers will be able to identify them during the Amazon excursion, one of these animals, is the Squirrel Monkey.

Kurupiras

damaya@paxzu.co — Tue, 6 Dec 2011 11:12:13 -0500

In the Amazon excursion the visitors will find a new alternative of lodging, unique in the world, the floating lodge, this option allows a direct bonding with the nature and makes easier the Amazon fishing tour.

Frogs and toads

damaya@paxzu.co — lun, 21 nov 2011 10:26:18 -0500

The poisonous frogs are original from America, sometimes, the most beautiful ones, can be more dangerous due to his toxins, nevertheless thats not true in every case, but in the Amazon tourism always it is recommended not to touch them.

Butterflies

damaya@paxzu.co — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 10:27:18 -0500

The butterflies, scientifically known as lepidopterans, are insects. They feed from the plants and the nectar of the flowers, they stand out by their colorful wings, the tonalities are caused by their small grudges, this factor gives an aesthetic value that makes the difference among other insects commonly observed in the Amazon excursion...

Birdwatching or birding

damaya@paxzu.co — Tue, 8 Nov 2011 14:19:37 -0500

The Amazon rainforest is a privileged place because it is composed by a great vegetation, great water affluent such as the Amazon River and its tropical climate, allows to have a variety of exquisite fauna. The great diversity of species of birds that exist in the Amazon makes of this site, the best place for the rainforest birdwatching...

Insects of Amazon

damaya@paxzu.co — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:19:54 -0500

The Amazon rainforest is the home of approximately 500.000 species of recognized insects, although there are 180.000 species without identifying exist, this territory becomes his habitat, because it has the advantage to enjoy a warm and humid climate that as well allows the appearance of ebullient vegetation that becomes the food or home for these animal...

Fishing in the Amazonia

damaya@paxzu.co — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:20:00 -0500

The Amazonian Forest is bathed by the second biggest river of the world and the first river basin in the region of South America, which allows a great variety of fauna, especially the ichthyologic, with the exotic and foods species, doing of the fishing a local activity, whose unique aim is self-consumption...

Flora of the Amazonian jungle

damaya@paxzu.co — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 10:51:55 -0500

When you visit the Amazonian Rainforest, you enjoy not only the landscape, but also the wild flowers that stand out by their colors, in the Amazon excursion, for example, you will observe the family of the orchids that dominate this humid territory, for that reason in countries like Colombia is it considers the national flower...

Reptiles of the amazon jungle

damaya@paxzu.co — Mon, 10 oct 2011 11:07:41 -0500

In the excursion to the Amazon rainforest, you will find reptiles such as the Caymans that like its forests, also are endangered species, these reptiles are in the rivers of the Amazon and serve as tourist attraction. In Amazon Heliconia one of the activities that you can`t miss is the observation of this species...

Clothes for tha Amazon tour

damaya@paxzu.co — Mon, 3 Oct 2011 11:08:45 -0500

For a tropical climate like the rainforest, it is necessary to use implements and clothes that protect us from the sun, the animals or simply to feel comfortable...

Native instruments

damaya@paxzu.co — Mon, 26 sep 2011 10:20:19 -0500

If you make the amazon travel, cannot deprive yourself of the tradition to take a “siesta” in hammock, is possible to feel completely like a native one, after a sunny day of traditional fishing, ecological long walks or canopy...

Good bye technology

damaya@paxzu.co — Mon, 12 sep 2011 11:43:10 -0500

The Amazon excursion is an unforgettable experience, the contact with the nature, the animals and the population is a unique practice, because it leaves the routine, moves away of the city and the new technologies like cellular and Internet.

Preventive measure

damaya@paxzu.co — Mon, 5 Sep 2011 11:43:12 -0500

One of the considerations for the Amazon excursion, for nationals and foreigners, is the application of the Yellow Fever Vaccine, because in tropical climate (rainforest) is probable that the disease is transmitted...

Ethical and ecological tourism

damaya@paxzu.co — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 10:17:47 -0500

Amazon Heliconia wants that the people take care of his surroundings in a land that has not occupied the civilizationand still today it conserves his natural state, is necessary to defend and to respect the environment...

Live Amazon Heliconia

damaya@paxzu.co — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 10:16:15 -0500

Natural Reserve Amazon Heliconia, invites to participate in an adventure, make your Amazon Travel from the 10 to the 15 of September of 2011, for U$290, 500.000 pesos approximately (local currency), to enjoy the region, its local activities, its wealth of fauna and flora...

Amazon rainforest

damaya@paxzu.co — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 09:49:33 -0500

The ecological trek is a tour from the ecological paths of the tropical jungle observing and enjoying the nature in company of native guides who will teach the tourist to hunt, to eat and to sleep in the forest, likewise they will make the tourist get in touch with the fauna and native flora like the swamps, the forest, lakes, the Amazon river...

Canopying

damaya@paxzu.co — Tue, 9 Aug 2011 12:38:54 -0500

The Canopy that tourists practices in the Amazon excursion, consists in crossing a forest or a marsh, over the undergrowth, using a cable as mechanism of displacement...

Canoeing

damaya@paxzu.co — Mon, 1 ago 2011 12:39:54 -0500

During the Amazon vacations you will be able to do canoeing, with canoes built by the native people from the Amazon jungle...

Handicrafts cultural sample

damaya@paxzu.co — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 12:39:58 -0500

One of the multiple activities that the tourists can enjoy in their Amazon excursion in the tropical jungle is shopping for handicrafts these are cultural manifestations that express the ethnic, religious, customs, traditions and forms of life variety of the population, as well as their natural wealth and diversity...

Body painting

damaya@paxzu.co — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:45:38 -0500

One of the activities that you can realize in the Amazon tour is the body painting done by native people with natural ink, completely natural and without permanent materials...

Ecological tourism Amazon

damaya@paxzu.co — Mon, 11 jul 2011 13:20:44 -0500

The ecological tourism in the Amazon region, also called ecotourism, involve the touristic activities that take care of the sustainability, the preservation and the appraisal of the jungle, in the natural and cultural way, with maximum respect to the environment...

Amazon fishing tour

damaya@paxzu.co — Mon, 4 Jul 2011 13:20:22 -0500

Fishing in the mighty waters of the Amazon River, is an interesting and unique challenge for the tourist who decide make an Amazon excursion...

Watching caimans

damaya@paxzu.co — Mon, 20 jun 2011 12:10:33 -0500

Watching caimans, especially in the night, have become a unique and exciting experience for those tourists that spend their Amazon vacations in Heliconia nature reserve we have a native guide who helps the tourists during this activity...

Pink dolphins

damaya@paxzu.co — Mon, 13 jun 2011 10:50:55 -0500

One of the most attractive choices to our guests is the pink dolphins watching, an ecotourism typical activity, you can watch the dolphins in the wild without interrupting or affecting their ecosystem...

Amazon ecotourism

damaya@paxzu.co — Mon, 6 Jun 2011 10:51:34 -0500

Amazon ecotourism is basically traveling in the jungle without disturbing the nature, so you can watch, enjoy and study the landscape, fauna, flora and the typical cultural manifestations from the Amazon rainforest...

Explore the jungle

damaya@paxzu.co — Mon, 30 may 2011 10:15:31 -0500

Amazon Heliconia nature reserve is located in the Amazonian rainforest next to the Javari River, which is a tributary of the Amazon River and the frontier with the Peruvian territory. Heliconia is a perfect place to spend your Amazon vacations and take an excursion in the jungle.

Species to observe

info@amazonheliconia.com — Mon, 23 may 2011 12:23:56 -0500

Amazon jungle is an enigmatic place, a piece of the virgin jungle full of magic. Is a paradisiacal place, ideal to see the immensity of the jungle, this beautiful place gives you the opportunity to be in contact with nature and to practice ecotourism activities.

Other tribes

info@amazonheliconia.com — Mon, 9 May 2011 12:23:56 -0500

KULINA, KURUBO, FLECHERO, TSOHON DJAPA...

Kanamary indigenous tribe

info@amazonheliconia.com — Mon, 9 May 2011 12:21:25 -0500

In the Javari valley, they are found in the lower valley of the Curuca River, in the upper and middle valleys of the Itacoai River, and the lower Javari River, with an approximate population of 500 people.

Matis indigenous tribe

info@amazonheliconia.com — Thu, 5 May 2011 12:20:24 -0500

They are found located in the region of the middle valley of the Itui River. The approximate population is 178.

Mayoruna indigenous tribe

info@amazonheliconia.com — Mon, 2 May 2011 12:19:19 -0500

They dwell in the middle valley of the Javari River and the upper Jaquirana River.

Marubo indigenous tribe

info@amazonheliconia.com — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 12:18:25 -0500

They are located in the middle valley of the Curuca River, on the upper Meronal River, and upper and middle Ituí River.

Indigenous population

info@amazonheliconia.cm — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 12:17:28 -0500

It is evident that the continuous reduction of the areas dominated by the indigenous populations, and Malaria and the other contagious diseases such as measles, tuberculosis, yellow fever, cholera, venereal diseases and others that the White man carries with him unto the deepest parts of the jungle, are the causes of the ever decreasing population density of these ethnicities.

The tikuna indians

info@amazonheliconia.com — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 12:16:40 -0500

Throughout the course of history, these indians have been called by different names: Tecuna, Tocuna, Tacana, Yauna, and finally Tikuna.

Yaje

info@amazonheliconia.com — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 12:15:51 -0500

It is a wild or cultivated vine from whose core is extracted a drink with strong hallucinogenic powers.

Victoria regia

info@amazonheliconia.com — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 12:14:47 -0500

It is an aquatic plant with floating leaves that can reach up to 2 meters in width.

Water boa

info@amazonheliconia.com — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 12:11:13 -0500

It is the biggest serpent in the world, growing to reach between 15 and 20 meters in length.