Paddling near Marechal Thaumaturgo, Acre

Marechal Thaumaturgo sits deep in the western Amazon, in Acre state, on the banks of the Rio Juruá — one of the great sinuous tributaries of the Amazon basin. The river is the defining feature of life here, and for paddlers it means vast, slow-moving Amazonian water flanked by dense rainforest, with canoes remaining the primary mode of local transport much as they have for generations.