Viajamos por la selva.

Viajamos is the first-person plural form of the verb viajar (to travel). It means we travel, we are traveling, or sometimes we traveled, depending on context.

This happens because viajamos can be:

• present tense: we travel / we are traveling
• preterite: we traveled

For -ar verbs, the nosotros form is the same in both tenses:

• present: viajamos
• preterite: viajamos

So the surrounding context tells you which one is meant.

Por is very common when talking about movement through, along, or around a place.

So viajar por la selva suggests traveling through the jungle or around within the jungle area.

Compare:

• viajamos por la selva = we travel through/across the jungle
• estamos en la selva = we are in the jungle

So en focuses more on location, while por often focuses on movement within or through a space.

In Spanish, it is very common to use the definite article (el, la, los, las) with nouns where English might not always use the.

Here, la selva simply refers to the jungle as a known or relevant place. Spanish generally sounds more natural with the article in this kind of sentence.

So:

• Viajamos por la selva = natural
• Viajamos por selva = not natural here

No. Spanish often leaves out subject pronouns because the verb ending already tells you who is doing the action.

• viajamos already means we travel / we traveled

So nosotros is optional.

You might include nosotros only for emphasis, contrast, or clarity:

• Nosotros viajamos por la selva, pero ellos se quedan en el campamento.

Without emphasis, just Viajamos por la selva is perfectly normal.

Yes. Spanish present tense often covers both ideas.

So viajamos can mean:

• we travel in general
• we are traveling right now, depending on context

If you want to make the ongoing action extra clear, Spanish can also use estar + gerund:

• Estamos viajando por la selva.

But the simple present is still very common and natural.

They are similar, but selva is often the more usual word for a dense tropical forest / rainforest / jungle.

• selva often sounds more geographical or natural
• jungla can also mean jungle, but it may sound a bit more like the direct English equivalent in some contexts

In many travel or nature contexts, selva is a very natural choice.

Yes, but it changes the feel slightly.

• por la selva = through/around the jungle; very natural and general
• a través de la selva = across/through the jungle; a bit more explicit about crossing through it

So both are possible, but por la selva is simpler and very idiomatic.

This is the normal Spanish order:

• verb: viajamos
• prepositional phrase: por la selva

Spanish word order is often flexible, but this version is the most neutral and natural.

You could change the order for emphasis, for example:

• Por la selva viajamos.

But that sounds marked or poetic in many contexts. The standard choice is Viajamos por la selva.

A simple pronunciation guide is:

• viajamos ≈ bee-ah-HA-mos
• por ≈ por
• la ≈ lah
• selva ≈ SEL-bah

A few useful notes for Spain:

• v and b are pronounced very similarly in Spanish
• the j in viajamos is a strong throaty sound, like the ch in Scottish loch
• the stress is on -ja- in viajamos
• the stress is on sel- in selva

Yes, and that is one of the trickiest things for learners.

Because viajamos can be either present or preterite, the sentence could mean:

• a present/habitual idea: we travel through the jungle
• a present current activity: we are traveling through the jungle
• a completed past event: we traveled through the jungle

Context decides which reading is correct.

For example:

• Cada verano viajamos por la selva. = habitual present
• Ahora viajamos por la selva. = currently
• Ayer viajamos por la selva. = past

Yes, but it is not exactly the same.

• viajamos por la selva focuses on traveling
• vamos por la selva literally means we go through the jungle or we are going through the jungle

Ir (to go) is more general. Viajar specifically expresses the idea of traveling. So if the point is about a journey or travel, viajamos is the better choice.

Yes, it sounds natural in Spain.

A speaker from Spain would understand it immediately, and viajar por la selva is a normal way to talk about traveling through a jungle or rainforest area.

Depending on context, someone might also say things like:

• Recorremos la selva
• Vamos por la selva
• Estamos viajando por la selva

But Viajamos por la selva is absolutely correct and natural.