Paddling near Porto Acre, Acre

Porto Acre sits along the Rio Acre in the southwestern Amazon basin of Acre state, Brazil. The region is defined by slow, brown-water Amazonian rivers and igarapés — narrow forest creeks — that wind through dense rainforest.

The Rio Acre is the primary paddling corridor, with the broader network of igarapés and the distant Rio Purus extending the possibilities for canoe and kayak exploration.