Fishing near Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre

Cruzeiro do Sul sits in the far west of Acre, on the banks of the Rio Juruá, close to the Peruvian border and within the broader Amazon basin. The city is flanked by a network of rivers and igarapés — including the Rio Moa, Igarapé São Francisco, and Rio Paraná do Japum — that draw local anglers year-round. Fishing here is a deeply embedded part of daily life, with the Juruá and its tributaries producing a wide variety of Amazonian species in largely undisturbed forest waters.