Map can be found at www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/south_america/brazil/
 

DAY EIGHT: RETURN TO BELEM

• VISIT CIKEL CERTIFIED SAWMILL

• VISIT TOWN OF TAILANDIA

 

 

Cool link: http://www.cikel.com.br/index.html

Harvest tree mapping at Cikel

 


Cikel Log patio

Veneer produced at Cikel.

Photos by Lucas Fortini

 

Our day consisted of a visit to Cikel, one of the largest logging companies in Brazil, and Tailandia, a municipality that is on the old logging frontier.

Between stops we drove for hours through Cikel's property and along PA 150. By making this long drive we were able to see the extent of deforestation that has occurred, and is still occurring, in the eastern Amazon.