There are not many recorded or known journeys travelling down the entire length of the Amazon from its source to mouth. However here we have a team of 6 who shall attempt to do just that! We shall travel through deep jungle and mysterious Indian land in dug out canoes, sometimes treking and with local people on passenger ferries. We shall leave from Quito on 17 October 2016, where the Andes will eventually give way to the Ecuadorian, Peruvian and Brazilian Amazon. One of the most rich and biodiverse areas of the world, full of birds, wildlife, flora and fauna but sometimes a moonscape of destruction will be encountered, as the dark side of modern decimation and contamination of the Amazon Basin is witnessed.
The Amazon is the greatest river in the world and one of the longest and this team will be travelling its entire 4,200 miles length; starting at the Chambo as a stream, near Banos in Ecuador to Brazil, where the Amazon River can stretch to nearly 7 miles wide.
The team will study changes on the Amazon River since the early explorers, principally La Condamine, Jean Godin and later Isabela Godin in the 18th century.
Isabela Godin was also the first known woman to travel the length of the river and her story will be retold along the river as each landmark of her tragic story are reached...........
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