Paddling near Oiapoque, Amapá

Oiapoque sits at the far northern edge of Amapá, on the banks of the Rio Oiapoque, which forms the border with French Guiana. The river is the defining water here — wide, Amazonian in character, and busy with pirogues crossing between Oiapoque and Saint-Georges-de-l'Oyapock on the French Guiana side. For paddlers, the Rio Oiapoque is the marquee water: a broad, equatorial river with strong currents and dense forest along its margins.