The boat first takes us to witness the meeting of the waters, which is the union of the dark waters of Negro River with the muddy Amazon River. Due to the different temperatures and densities of these waters, they mix very slowly. Then we visited Janauary Ecological Park, where we saw the 'vitoria regia', a waterlily, with its huge disk-shaped leaves that may grow to diameters of almost two meters! After lunch, we left in canoes into the 'igarapes' - channels formed during the wet season, which last from December to May. We stopped at a native people's home, where they keep animals like monkeys, caymans, sloths and anacondas that tourists can photograph (a R$1 tip - about US$0.50 - is recommended for
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