Brazil

Brazil is renowned for its beautiful beaches, vibrant cities and diverse culture. Yet, as the Southern Hemisphere’s largest nation, it also has a vast, wild and rarely explored heart where travel is helping protect some of the most precious ecosystems on earth.

The Amazon is the world’s largest rainforest and it dominates the north of the country. It is home to one in ten known species, a riot of life that has to be experienced to be appreciated. Discover this unique biome from a remote ecolodge, taking boats out on rivers and lagoons, following forest trails and getting a bird’s eye view from tower platforms perched above the canopy.

More unforgettable wildlife can be experienced on a safari in the Pantanal. An immense mosaic of wetlands, grass and woodland, it is one of the best places to spot South America’s most compelling animals, such as powerful jaguars, giant anteaters, capybaras, caimans, tapirs and giant otters. Another enormous but rarely seen ecosystem is the Cerrado whose tropical savannahs are prowled by maned wolves and overflown by blue, red and yellow macaws.

Combine these wild areas with highlights such as Rio, Iguazú Falls, quaint colonial relics and world-famous beaches, and Brazil becomes an even more compelling destination.