Can you drink water from any part of the Amazon River?

As part of our on-going partnership with the Peruvian NGO CONAPAC, International Expeditions employee Emily Harley-Reid traveled to Peru in April to participate in the Adopt-a-School program's annual school supply distribution trip. read more

No. You can never drink water directly from a river. Right at a spring, where water comes out of the rock you might be able to drink. But the water of a major river is pretty much guaranteed to make you sick. read more

When you look at the picture above and think “I would never let my children and family drink that water,” you can rest assured that dozens of families now have access to clean water, and know that International Expeditions is committed to spreading water filtration systems across the Upper Amazon Basin. read more