Jau National Park, Amazonia
From the Air
Rapids
Flood season
Igarapes
Campinas
Cutting Trees
How About a Swim?
We Live Here
Park Ranger
Research
Here's Your Hotel
Sunset
Your Turn
 

From the Air

Thanks for coming with me. We're on an airplane flying to Jau National Park. Down there is the "entrance" to the park. This is the quick route, but it's also the scenic route, don't you think? We can see a lot more from up here than if we were in a boat. Right now you can see where the Jau River and the Negro (black) River meet, before they continue on to the Amazonas (Amazon). The white areas you can see are beaches. (Hey, we don't have to go to the ocean to lie on the beach!) No place to buy a hot dog and a Coke, but if you are lucky you might run across some great animals and birds, like araras -- or even some that scientists haven't discovered! Don't worry, they're not dangerous as long as we keep our distance -- in fact, they are afraid of us.

By the way, if a picture has a yellow frame around it, you can click it to make it bigger.



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