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First light on the Fitz Roy massif above El Chaltén.

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Expeditions

60 journeys across 21 countries and territories, from 6 days to 12. Every page carries the season window we will actually run, the permits that govern it, and what the price reflects. 8 are inquire-only — capped, permitted, or compliance-bound, and not bookable at any price.

A blackwater channel holding the reflection of the forest wall.

Ecuador

Amazon Canopy & River

Parque Nacional Yasuní & cuenca del Napo

Dawn mist lifts off blackwater channels as howler monkeys claim the canopy. Night walks reveal eyeshine in a forest that never truly sleeps.

Duration
10 days
Effort
Moderate
Window
Year-round

$7,200–$10,500

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The Patuca running between forest banks in La Mosquitia.

Honduras

By invitation

Mosquitia River Crossing

Río Plátano Biosphere

Only with a pre-vetted Mosquitia operator: river days in Río Plátano Biosphere under community protocols. Not an open itinerary—security screening required.

Duration
12 days
Effort
Challenging
Window
Feb–May

On inquiry

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Rainforest running straight down to the beach at Corcovado.

Costa Rica

Osa Peninsula Coast

Corcovado & Golfo Dulce

Primary rainforest meets Pacific beach where tapirs leave tracks in wet sand. Scarlet macaws cross the mouth of the gulf at dusk.

Duration
9 days
Effort
Moderate
Window
Dec–Apr

$7,500–$11,000

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Forest running down to an empty bay on the Darién coast.

Panama

By invitation

Darién Emberá Edge

Darién Frontier & Emberá Territory

Community-led river travel with Emberá hosts on the safe, permitted edge of Darién province—never a Gap crossing. Macaw flocks, piragua channels, and mapped community trails only.

Duration
11 days
Effort
Challenging
Window
Jan–Apr

On inquiry

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The Chagres running out through forest into the canal watershed.

Panama

Panama Canal Watershed Crossing

Soberanía & Pipeline Road

One of the world's densest birding corridors runs beside the canal. Capuchins move the canopy while freighters slide through the cut below.

Duration
6 days
Effort
Easy
Window
Year-round

$4,800–$7,200

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A dugout working a wide brown reach of the Colombian Amazon.

Colombia

By invitation

Amazon Putumayo River

Putumayo & Amazon Gateway

Blackwater tributaries cut through primary forest at Colombia's southern edge. Pink river dolphins work the main channels — present, not promised.

Duration
9 days
Effort
Moderate
Window
By arrangement

On inquiry

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Cloud forest ridges around Mindo with mist sitting in the valleys.

Ecuador

Quito Cloud Forest Traverse

Mindo & Chocó Andino

Hummingbirds hold still in wet air above waterfall trails. The Chocó slope drips with epiphytes; nights are loud with frogs.

Duration
7 days
Effort
Easy
Window
Jun–Sep

$4,800–$7,200

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Still water inside Manu holding the reflection of the forest wall.

Peru

By invitation

Manu Amazon River

Manu Biosphere Reserve

From Andean foothills into one of Earth's richest rainforests. Clay licks draw macaws; oxbow lakes hold giant otters at dawn.

Duration
10 days
Effort
Moderate
Window
May–Oct

On inquiry

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Cliffs above the Madidi where the Andes drop into the Amazon basin.

Bolivia

Madidi Amazon Traverse

Madidi National Park

From Andean cloud forest to lowland Amazon in one protected corridor. Jaguar country; river camps listen for night hunters.

Duration
9 days
Effort
Challenging
Window
May–Oct

$7,200–$10,500

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The Iguazú cataracts stepping through subtropical forest.

Argentina

Iguazú Falls Jungle Circuit

Iguazú & Misiones

Spray soaks the walkways as the river drops in curtains. Coatís work the forest edge; toucans cross the gorge in pairs.

Duration
6 days
Effort
Easy
Window
Year-round

$4,800–$7,400

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A cambará standing alone over flooded Pantanal grassland at sundown.

Brazil

Pantanal Wildlife Crossing

Northern Pantanal (Porto Jofre / Transpantaneira, Mato Grosso)

Jaguars hunt along flooded channels while caimans line the banks. Sunset turns the wetlands gold; night drives find eyeshine everywhere.

Duration
9 days
Effort
Easy
Window
Jun–Oct

$7,800–$11,800

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The dark Negro and the pale Solimões running side by side without mixing.

Brazil

Amazon Manaus River

Manaus & Negro–Solimões

Meeting of the waters draws a line across the river. Lodge nights bring pink dolphins and the deep bass of frogs after rain.

Duration
8 days
Effort
Easy
Window
Year-round

$6,500–$9,800

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Most of what we run never appears here

Most of what we run never appears on this list. Tell us the terrain, the dates, and the people coming, and we build against that instead of selling you the nearest published thing.

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