<p>A river in the Amazon is so hot that anything that falls into it will die … but how did it get this way?</p>
<p>Read more in the Atlas: <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-boiling-river-of-the-amazon-puerto-inca-peru__;!!NUnUjx3wvH5xgA!KASUs8_fiwRPdtbRxeIVK2Ny5Tldh1Ryze4HQKvKWP2epwzlIMDb6TAXNAAwTA$">https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-boiling-river-of-the-amazon-puerto-inca-peru</a></p>


The Atlas Obscura Podcast

The Boiling River

An audio guide to the world’s strange, incredible, and wondrous places. Co-founder Dylan Thuras and a neighborhood of Atlas Obscura reporters explore a new wonder every day, Monday through Thursday. In under 15 minutes, they’ll take you to an incredible place, and along the way, you’ll meet some fascinating people and hear their stories. Our theme and end credit music is composed by Sam Tyndall.