Indigenous Amerindians currently own approximately 28% of the entire Amazon basin, but surprisingly few opportunities exist to visit authentic Indian communities, as they normally are remote and understandably xenophobic. SouthWild believes that the single most impressive and authentic locations to visit as guests of hospitable but also traditional Indians are several of the Indian communities in the 6.5-million-acre Xingu Indigenous Reserve. These sites indeed are remote and require expensive charter flights to land on small airstrips in the wilderness, where your Indian hosts receive you and show you their unique traditions.
As a result of the unbroken cultural traditions of the many tribes of the Upper Xingu, a number of extremely colorful rituals and festivals survive to this day, and some tribes allow outsiders to witness the spectacles.
