The Amazon represents over half of the planet’s remaining rainforests and comprises the largest (5,500,000 sq km) and most biodiverse tract of tropical rainforest in the world. It is a true sanctuary of natural life, where more than a third of the planet’s living beings live and reproduce, including giant otters, anteaters, jaguars, pirarucu fish, and pink dolphins. The forest hosts 2,500 species of trees, some up to 60 meters tall, and 30 out of the 100 thousand species of plants from Latin America. It is also home to the largest river by discharge volume of water in the world, the Amazon River, as well as to more than 65 ethnic groups. We can learn a lot from the local Amazonian communities when it comes to a harmonious and sustainable relationship with our natural environment, and be delighted by their unique artistic expressions and authentic gastronomy.