Has anyone walked the Amazon river?

Walking the Amazon was an expedition conceived and successfully completed by British explorer Ed Stafford. It was the first recorded time anyone had journeyed the entire length of the Amazon River from source to sea on foot and was recognised as an official Guinness World Record.



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After 859 days, Ed Stafford arrived at the river's mouth on the Atlantic Ocean Monday in Maruda, Brazil. Stafford said he intended the more than 4,000-mile trek to be a journey of self endurance, but also hoped the walk would raise awareness about the ongoing destruction of the Amazon rain forest.

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Can you visit the Amazon Rainforest? Yes, but since the Amazon is such a popular and amazing destination, it's important to visit in an ethical way. This means going with a tour or a well-trained guide. The best Amazon tours have local guides to help you navigate the forest so you don't get lost.

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There are at least six known expeditions along the course of the Amazon river, from its source high in the Peruvian Andes across Colombia and into Brazil before its waters are dumped into the ocean 4,200 miles (6,760 kilometers) away.

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On Sunday, April 8, 200 7, 52-year old Martin Strel completed the first-ever swim of the 3,274-mile-long Amazon River.

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It lacks one thing, though, that makes it different than most rivers: bridges. Over the course of its 4,000-mile-plus length, not a single bridge crosses the Amazon River.

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Can you swim in the Amazon River? You can swim in the Amazon River, but it would be dangerous from animals like caimans, anacondas, piranhas, electric eels, bull sharks, leeches, sting rays, and candirus.

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The pyramid was built over 5,000 years ago, even before the pyramids of Egypt and Mesopotamia, a time when archeologists had believed the Amazon was populated only by hunter-gatherers.

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