Yanomami: The Amazon's Largest Isolated Indigenous People
The Yanomami — the world's largest isolated indigenous people, living in the Amazon-Guiana highlands between Brazil and Venezuela — suffered devastating gold rush invasions; their territory is now legally protected but contested
Angel Falls & Gran Sabana: Day Trips from Boa Vista to Venezuela
From Boa Vista, the Venezuela border is 220 km north — the Gran Sabana tepui landscape and the approach routes to Angel Falls are accessible as multi-day excursions from Brazil's northernmost capital
Monte Roraima: Arthur Conan Doyle's Lost World
Monte Roraima — the table-top mountain at the Brazil-Venezuela-Guyana triple border — inspired Arthur Conan Doyle's 'The Lost World'; the 6-day trek to the summit plateau is one of South America's great adventures
Lavrado: The Amazon's Northern Savanna Reaches Boa Vista
Boa Vista sits in the Lavrado — a unique open savanna that interrupts the Amazon rainforest in northern Roraima; the grassland with its giant anteaters, maned wolves, and tepui mountains on the horizon is one of Brazil's rarest ecosystems
Boa Vista's Planned City: The Amazon's Radial Capital
Boa Vista is Brazil's only city with a completely radial street plan — laid out in 1944 — making it unique among Amazon cities; the planned capital of Brazil's most sparsely populated state has a character unlike any other
Roraima on the Table: Amazon Fish & Frontier Flavours
Boa Vista's food blends Amazon ingredients with the frontier culture of Venezuela and indigenous Roraima — fresh river fish, Venezuelan arepas, and indigenous preparations create a distinctive northern Amazon cuisine
Boa Vista to Georgetown: The Brazil-Guyana Border Crossing
The Bonfim crossing from Roraima into Guyana's Lethem — and the road north to Georgetown — is one of South America's least-used border crossings and most unusual overland journeys
Rio Branco: Boa Vista's Amazon Artery
The Branco River flowing through Boa Vista is a major Amazon tributary — the 'white river' (named for its sandy colour) connects the Lavrado savanna to the Amazon and supports extraordinary wildlife