Everyone knows that the lungs of our planet – home to more species of plants, birds, and mammals than anywhere in the world – hold the key to our survival, but few have floated through this region’s labyrinthine waterways or climbed high into its canopy, laced with liana vines, bromeliads and flashes of iridescent plumage. Welcome to nature with the volume, dimensions, and colour turned up to the max.

Covering much of north-western Brazil, the Amazon rainforest is crisscrossed by thousands of rivers and is made up of several different eco-systems such as terra firma, várzea forest, and tropical campinarana, each with their unique flora and fauna.