1 00:00:04,470 --> 00:00:03,110 one of my favorite places on earth 2 00:00:06,309 --> 00:00:04,480 is 3 00:00:08,310 --> 00:00:06,319 one of the most beautiful 4 00:00:10,950 --> 00:00:08,320 parts of the amazon basin that i've ever 5 00:00:13,509 --> 00:00:10,960 had the privilege of visiting 6 00:00:16,390 --> 00:00:13,519 there's a national forest 7 00:00:18,070 --> 00:00:16,400 right next to the tapas river 8 00:00:22,070 --> 00:00:18,080 and it's a place we've long studied in 9 00:00:27,029 --> 00:00:24,150 inside the national forest we've built a 10 00:00:29,669 --> 00:00:27,039 tower that allows you to walk up 11 00:00:31,910 --> 00:00:29,679 150 feet into the air 12 00:00:33,670 --> 00:00:31,920 as you walk the steps of this 13 00:00:35,750 --> 00:00:33,680 metal tower 14 00:00:37,590 --> 00:00:35,760 you finally step out into the sunlight 15 00:00:42,869 --> 00:00:37,600 on the top of the canopy 16 00:00:47,350 --> 00:00:44,389 and in every direction you look you're 17 00:00:51,110 --> 00:00:47,360 seeing the vivid colors of the tropical 18 00:00:55,830 --> 00:00:53,350 it's really striking to me to be able to 19 00:01:01,830 --> 00:00:58,470 so immersed in that environment from the 20 00:01:04,549 --> 00:01:01,840 forest floor all the way to the canopy 21 00:01:07,109 --> 00:01:04,559 and if you're sitting there at sunset 22 00:01:09,030 --> 00:01:07,119 when the macaws are coming into roost 23 00:01:11,830 --> 00:01:09,040 the monkeys are making their last calls 24 00:01:15,030 --> 00:01:11,840 for friends or 25 00:01:17,910 --> 00:01:15,040 it's a really peaceful 26 00:01:20,469 --> 00:01:17,920 and alive place 27 00:01:22,230 --> 00:01:20,479 that just reminds us that there are