Fishing near Tabatinga, Amazonas

Tabatinga sits at the triple frontier where Brazil, Colombia, and Peru meet, flanked by the Rio Solimões and the Rio Javari. The city shares a continuous urban area with Leticia, Colombia, and together they form one of the Amazon's most active fishing hubs. Large catfishes dominate the commercial and recreational catch, and the floodplain waters, igarapés, and river channels of the Upper Solimões hold a wide range of Amazonian species accessible by canoe or motorized boat.