While elegant Rio de Janeiro and cosmopolitan Sao Paulo are best-known places in Brazil, the '''North''' is the most unexplored part of the country. Its cities developed during the rubber tapping cycle of the XIX century. Nowadays, the region tries to protect the most valued thing there: the Amazon forest.
Regions (States)
Acre
Amapa
Amazonas
Para
Rondonia
Roraima
Tocantins
Cities
Belem - Capital of Para.
Boa Vista - Capital of Roraima.
Macapa - Capital of Amapa.
Manaus - Capital of Amazonas.
Natividade - A historic town from the mining ages in Tocantins.
Palmas - Capital of Tocantins.
Parintins - Famous for the ''Boi Bumba'' festival, a celebration of Amazonian culture.
Porto Velho - Capital of Rondonia.
Rio Branco - Capital of Acre.
Santarem - A typical Amazonian city, with forests, rivers, lakes and ''igarapes'' (canoe-navigable creeks) at a stone's throw from the city center.
Other destinations
Algodoal - In the coast of Para, about 200km from the capital (Belem), you can find the wonderful island of Algodoal. It receives mainly foreigns tourists. The archipelago to which the island belongs received this name because, at a distance, its white sand dunes remind one of a vast plantation of cotton (''algodao'').
Guajara-Mirim
Ilha de Marajo - the large island at the mouth of the Amazon
Jalapao - A departure from the Amazon region, this uninhabited ''cerrado'' area has bright orange sand dunes, rivers and waterfalls. Increasingly popular with off-road adventure lovers.
amazon rainforest - jungle tours, wildlife, floated wood, the Mysteries of the amazon *''[http://www.eco-discovery-tours.com AMAZON TOUROPERATOR]''[mailto:eco-discovery@bol.com.br]
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