Plácido de Castro

Only 97 kilometers from Rio Branco, the capital of the state of Acre, and facing the Bolivian town of Montevideo across the frontier, is Plácido de Castro. The town stands on the banks of the Abunã river and has unspoilt river beaches and a 34 hectare ecological park with 113 species of tropical plants. A canoe trip along the Abunã to observe the pink dolphins which inhabit the river is one of the local attractions.