Arapaima in Brazil

Looking for the arapaima in Brazil? Start with Amazon Rainforest, where access and habitat make a sighting more likely than a chance roadside glimpse.

Amazon Rainforest in Amazonas is the place to begin. Riverboat journeys through flooded forest, with pink dolphins, sloths, and more species than anywhere else on Earth. Give yourself quiet time at dawn or dusk and keep your distance.

Brazil context: Capybaras in the Pantanal, jaguars on the riverbank, and the lungs of the Earth in the Amazon.

In Brazil, look especially around floodplain lake, amazon channel, and várzea forest. Those settings usually put you closest to where this species is active.