Travel to the Amazon and float down the world’s largest river. Examine thick stands of spiny bamboo, fruit-eating bats, and hand-sized, metallic-blue morpho butterflies, favorites of photographers. Along the main artery of the Amazon Basin thrives a forest shrouded with lianas, bromeliads, orchids, and a canopy alive with birds, insects, and amphibians.

   

Dense tropical forests reveal hundreds of tree species and untold numbers of kinds of insects, spiders, and arthropods living in the crowns of these trees. Over two thousand different bird species live in the Amazon, including the scarlet macaw, the Amazon kingfisher, and the strange-looking hoatzin. Twelve hundred kinds of butterflies live in the Upper Amazon Basin. Spider monkeys, howler monkeys, tapirs, giant river otters, ocelots, caimans, anacondas, river dolphins, and a full spectrum of interrelated animals saturate this legendary rainforest.

The Amazon region includes portions of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil, and encompasses not only the Amazon River itself, but also the numerous streams and tributaries that feed into it. The Amazon Basin and the largely intact forests of the southwestern Amazon mark some of the Earth’s most biologically rich forests.

  

The Amazon teems with wildlife: tapirs, agoutis, howler monkeys, spider monkeys, pumas, ocelots, bush dogs, black caimans, blue-throated piping guans, and black curassows, to name but a few. Clay licks along the rivers of the southwestern Amazon attract red-and-green, scarlet, blue-and-yellow, and chestnut-fronted macaws, Amazon parrots, and white-eyed parakeets. On the river itself, watch for Amazon River dolphins, or botos. They emerge from the depths of the river with a popping sound, exhaling and then quickly inhaling.

At ICAN Holidays we pride ourselves in the fact that we offer clients what they want - our packages are all tailor made. Only you know what your ideal holiday should include. Whether you want to concentrate on culture or spend time wildlife watching, sample a city’s hustle and bustle or relax in a secluded beauty spot, ICAN Holidays will assist you discover the joy of designing a unique holiday just for you.

Throughout this website we have provided suggested itineraries for all the regions we visit, and you may wish to base your travels on these. After an initial consultation, one of our Specialists will create a unique itinerary for your holiday, complete with background information, historical notes, colour pictures, etc. We will not begin to book your holiday until you are completely satisfied with it.

Because our Specialists travel to the regions you will be visiting, they can offer invaluable advice and suggestions for things to see and do while you are there and you can be confident that your unique itinerary has been created by someone who has extensive first-hand knowledge of the places and accommodation it contains.

All our holidays are unique travel experiences, and therefore tailor-made to suit individual requirements. We do not publish prices on our website as they can vary enormously for tailor-made travel.

Prices are generally for private arrangements and are per person using economy class flights based on two people travelling together and sharing a room.

There are a number of factors which will influence the price of your travel arrangements, these include the standard of hotel (we offer a variety of standards from ‘three star’ to the super-luxurious), the season, the duration of your trip, the class of flights and the airline used, the level of private guiding and the complexity of the itinerary. Our specialists will be delighted to discuss the various options in more detail with you.