Belém & Marajó, the delta of the Amazon

From its birth in the bowels of the Andes, the Amazon River executes a formidable transcontinental epopee to trace its furrow and reach the ocean. A crossing of over 4,300 miles during which, a multitude of tributaries discharging their water regularly contribute to swell its main arm. When at the end of its course it reaches the Ocean, the encounter is titanic.
With a flow reaching up to 209.000 m³/seconde (which alter the salinity and the color of the Ocean for 200 miles from the coasts), the Amazon is responsible alone for 18% of the total volume of fresh water dumped into the world’s Oceans.
The delta is bordered to the North by Macapá, crushed by heat (the town is exactly located on the Equator) and to the South by Belém, nostalgic of its glorious past.
Despite its attractiveness, this area remains little known and almost excluded from most traditional tourist roads.
Between the Amazon and the Atlantic, the ecosystems compete in creativity to exhibit a large array of contrasts.
The area of Belém offers numerous fluvial beaches, particularly on the islands of Mosqueiro, Outeiro and Cotijuba; as well as she it offers oceanic beaches such as Algodoal, Salinas and Ajuruteua.
Alt the center of the delta, the gigantic island of Marajó, the size of Switzerland, constitutes a limitless playground where alternate plains and tropical forest.