UK FCDO Updates Brazil Travel Advice: Avoid Non-Essential Travel to Parts
The UK FCDO updated its travel advice for Brazil, still advising against all but essential travel to parts of Amazonas State, including sections of the Amazon River and tributaries, Itaquaí River, Japurá River, and Rio Negro. The latest update includes information about taxi travel safety.
Impact and considerations
This advice affects business travelers to remote areas of Brazil; they must assess risks and ensure insurance validity.
Key points
- FCDO advises against all but essential travel to western river areas of Amazonas.
- Latest update includes taxi travel safety.
- Traveling against advice may invalidate insurance.
Sources and time
- Primary source
- UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
- Other sources
- 0
- First source publication
- 11 May 2026, 19:32
- Page published
- 12 Aug 2026, 14:28
- Last updated
- 11 May 2026, 19:32
- Original links
- FCDO Travel Advice：Brazil travel advice (opens in a new tab)Primary source · en · Published 18 Mar 2013, 23:00