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Categories: Abrolhos Archipelago
Turning out of the muddy Amazon is the blue Rio Tapajos and the village of Alter do Chao. Tour the Center for Preservation of Indigenous Arts, with displays on the lifestyles of local tribes. Or cross to a white sand beach for a refreshing swim in th...
Categories: Alter Do Chão (Amazon River)
Nature lovers may enjoy a walk “on the high side” along this 656 feet-long walkway, 30 meters above the ground, which links the six tallest treetops of the area; this is the first and largest canopy walkway in America. Also in this area is the Biosph...
Categories: Amazon Jungle
Categories: Amazonas
The huge Amazonia National Park, founded in 1974 north of Rio Tapajos and 1,550 mi/2,500 km northwest of Rio de Janeiro, can best be seen by hiring a guide locally for hikes through the dense rain forest (hiking without a guide is allowed only on cer...
Categories: Amazonia National Park
A few hours cruising from Manaus on the Amazon River’s largest tributary, the Rio Negro, lies the jungle archipelago of Anavilhanas. This remote area is comprised of 370 islands, myriads of small creeks, pools and sand beaches, all formed by the eve...
Categories: Anavilhanas Island
Categories: Anchieta
The town of Angra is between the ocean and 6000 ft mountains. The mountains are covered with rain forests and are part of the Bocaina National Park. Additionally the Ilha Grande national park is accessible by boat, 1 hour away. The archipelago of A...
Categories: Angra Dos Reis
Categories: Aquiqui
Located in north-east Brazil, Badajos is a popular port of call for Amazon River cruises.
Categories: Badajos
Categories: Bahia
Categories: Balneario Camboriu
Barão de Melgaço is located in Brazil in the state of Mato Grosso and is an ecotourism destination. The Barao de Melgaco River runs through town.
Categories: Barao de Melgaco
Barra de Sào Miguel is located in the Brazilian state of Alagoas, and is known for its exclusive coastal resorts. Located just 9 degrees south of the equator, Barra enjoys a single season year round with a tropical climate, trade winds and ple...
Categories: Barra de Sao Miguel
Categories: Barra Grande
Categories: Barra Norte River
Categories: Barra Norte Sea
Categories: Barreiras
Belem is located 60 miles from the Para River entrance to the Amazon Delta. Amid the broad avenues and busy markets of this, Brazil's chief port of the lower Amazon River, there remain many intriguing reminders of how thousands of tons of rubber were...
Categories: Belem
Belo Horizonte, called "Belo" locally, lies 220 mi/350 km northwest of Rio de Janeiro in the center of the country's most important mining area. Although you can see most of its attractions in a day, the city is pleasant and has a terrifically varied...
Categories: Belo Horizonte
Boca Da Valeria is a remote little Indian community, set at the entrance of the Valeria river on a 400ft hill overlooking the Amazon River and is reached by zodiac or tender. It is located between Parintins and Santarem. Calls allow exploration of th...
Categories: Boca Da Valeria (Amazon River)
Categories: Boca dos Botos
Bonito is a city in Brazil located in Mato Grosso do Sul. Bonito is known as the heart of eco-tourism for Brazil. Popular for abundant waterfalls, clear blue rivers, lush vegetation and diverse animals, the region carefully controls the numbers of to...
Categories: Bonito
Brasilia is the capital in Brazil, created in the center of the country in 1956 by Lúcio Costa and Oscar Niemeyer. The city and buildings are an imaginative and innovative example of 20th century modernist urbanism, making Brasilia a UNESCO Wo...
Categories: Brasilia
Categories: Breves
A few hours upriver from Belém, the region of the Thousand Islands is entered. The passage through this maze of islets is known as The Narrows. A journey through The Narrows provides the unique opportunity to obtain a close-up view of the rich equato...
Categories: Breves Narrows
This picturesque fishing village on the Costa del Sol was "discovered" by Brigitte Bardot in the '60s. Buzios boasts 23 white-sand beaches, crystal-clear waters and a verdant landscape. A town of many charms, Buzios is also known for fashionable sh...
Categories: Buzios
Cabedelo is a beautiful port city belonging to the larger metropolis of Joaa Pessoa in northeast Brazil. Joao Pessoa is known for its pristine tropical beaches, colonial buildings, modern architecture, museums and historical sites. Visitors are ...
Categories: Cabedelo
Cabo Frio in Brazil is a beach-lovers paradise. Cabo Frio offers nine crystal blue beaches, an exciting night life, and promenade shopping. The municipal theater provides modern and traditional music, plays, and cultural dance shows. Cabo F...
Categories: Cabo Frio
Categories: Camboriu
Categories: Campina Grande
Categories: Campo Grande
Categories: Canacari
Categories: Canal do Norte
Categories: Caruaru
Categories: Cassilandia
Categories: Catucaba
Chapada Diamantina National Park is Brazil’s 'Lost World' with landscapes of oddly shaped rock formations, quartzite caves with crystal clear lakes, underground rivers, national monuments, and wildlife. Translated to the Diamond Highlan...
Categories: Chapada Diamantina National Park
The magnificent Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park, located in the west-central state of Goias, showcases the unique vegetation of the hilly Cerrado region, 771 mi/1,242 km northwest of Rio de Janeiro. In the spring (September-November), the region ...
Categories: Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park
Copacabana Beach in Brazil is one of the most vibrant beaches in the world. There is always something going on here, from groups of martial artists practicing Capoeira to musicians, and artists doing what they do best. All along the beach,&...
Categories: Copacabana Beach
Categories: Copea
Categories: Corcovado Brazil
Named for the ancient Atlantic forest that covers much of the shoreline, the Costa Verde (Green Coast) 175 mi/280 km southwest of Rio de Janeiro offers relaxing day and weekend trips from Rio de Janiero as well as Sao Paulo. Locals favor its charm an...
Categories: Costa Verde
Categories: Cuiabo
Categories: Curariaca
A bustling metropolis, Curitiba boasts the highest recycling rate and the largest downtown pedestrianised shopping area in the world. With many facilities, museums, and known for the city's initiative to build parks--currently the city has 26--guests...
Categories: Curitiba
Curua Una is one of the many tributaries of the awe-inspiring Amazon. The Curua Una winds into a dense rain forest, giving explorers the sense of traveling back in time to a primeval era. Take a local boat on an excursion and explore the river clos...
Categories: Curua Una River
Cuxiu, or Cuxiu Muni is a small village situated on the bank of the Amazon River in north-west Brazil.
Categories: Cuxiu
Advance permission from the National Park Department (IBAMA) is advisable for visiting Emas National Park 745 mi/1,200 km northwest of Rio de Janeiro (there are no tourist facilities). Hard-core nature lovers will find it worth the trouble, as it's a...
Categories: Emas National Park
Archipelago of Fernando de Noronha, consists of 21 islands and is 340 miles from the coast of Pernambuco. The total area of the archipelago is 26 sq km, 75% of which belongs to the National Ecological Park, and only the main island of Fernando de Nor...
Categories: Fernando de Noronha
Florianopolis was founded in 1726 by immigrants from the Azores, along with German and Italian settlers. Located on Santa Catarina Island, which is joined to the mainland by three bridges, the late 19th century pastel-colored, plastered buildings sti...
Categories: Florianopolis
Fortaleza is one of Brazil's major cities with a colorful harbor area and a colonial history dating back to 1612. It has developed around the ancient fortress of Our Lady of Assumption. There's much to enjoy in its old center, where visitors can barg...
Categories: Fortaleza
The gateway to Paraguay and Argentina from Brazil, Iguacu is most famous for the majestic beauty of the Iguacu Falls, a cultural tourist destination for every traveler. Iguacu which also means "large-water" was first discovered in 1549 by S...
Categories: Foz do Iguacu (Iguazu Falls)
Categories: Furo Comprido
Categories: Governador Celso Ramos
The Iguassu Falls borders the Argentine Province of Misiones and the Brazilian state of Parana. The falls divides the river into the upper and lower Iguassu. The thunderous beauty of the falls meaning “big water” has 275 individual drops ...
Categories: Iguassu Falls (Brazilian Side)
Iiha da Gipoi (The Gipoi Island) is named after and in the shape of a snake. The island has many different types of beaches that each offer something unique. Some are great for surfing, some are family oriented, and some are mostly deserted and quie...
Categories: Ilha da Gipoi
Categories: Ilha Do Maia
This island off the southern coast offers the best of tropical Brazil in one compact area (300 km sq). Ilha Grande offers more than a hundred pristine beaches, a extensive network of hiking trails through its lush interior rainforest, and rumors of ...
Categories: Ilha Grande
Categories: Ilha Ipixuna
In 1502, explorer Amerigo Vespucci first navigated the channel between Brazil's Sao Paulo and the island he named Sao Sebastiao. Today, the island's port village of Ilhabela is know for lovely beaches, windsurfing, yachting and sportfishing. The is...
Categories: Ilhabela
These two tiny islands are also known as the twin sisters because of their resemblance to one another. In the whole of Angra Bay the Bonitas are the spot with the clearest waters, which make it an excellent spot for snorkeling. The islands can b...
Categories: Ilhas Botinas
Ilhéus, Jorge Amado's birthplace, is the best-known town in Brazil, scene of his most famous novel. In downtown you will find buildings rich in history, countless bars, restaurants and other enterprises here that take their names from characters in A...
Categories: Ilheus
Imbituba is considered one of the most beautiful beaches on Brazil. It has also gained popularity for it's excellent surfing, as well as windsurfing and kitesurfisurfinge beaches range from a more urban atmosphere to rustic and pristine. Whale watchi...
Categories: Imbituba
Itacare is a cocoa island with virgin rainforests, south Atlantic surf waves and pristine white sand. In the sixteenth century, Dutch and Portuguese pirates populated the area and began planting cocoa upon which later became massive ecotourism cocoa ...
Categories: Itacare
Itajai has many wonderful Brazilian beaches, among them Molhes, Praia Brava and Jeremias. There are plenty of fashionable bars and cafes along the sandy white beach for visitors to enjoy. The city has charming rural areas, an enchanting natural lands...
Categories: Itajai
Categories: Itamaraca Island
Itaqui is a municipality in Brazil located in the state of Rio Grande do Sul.
Categories: Itaqui
The main sights of mountainous Itatiaia National Park—Brazil's first—include rock formations created by erosion (such as the Prateleiras, or "shelves," made up of giant rock slabs). The park encompasses waterfalls, alpine meadows and lowland jungle. ...
Categories: Itatiaia National Park
Categories: Jariuba
Categories: Jericoacoara
The capital of Paraiba state, Joao Pessoa lies on the easternmost tip of South America and 1,060 mi/1,705 km northeast of Brasilia. It is Brazil's third-oldest city. The main reason to visit is to see the Igreja Sao Francisco, one of Brazil's most in...
Categories: Joao Pessoa
Categories: Lago Ajura
Categories: Lago Canaraci
Categories: Lago do Carauacu
Categories: Lago do Limao
Categories: Lake Acajatuba
The name of Lencois Maranhenses National Park, a 960-sq-mi/1,550-sq-km area 2,310 mi/3,720 km northwest of Rio de Janeiro, refers to its enormous and snow-white sand dunes, which bear a striking resemblance to lencois (bed sheets). Amongst these monu...
Categories: Lencois Maranhenses National Park
Categories: Lucia
Many travelers begin their Amazon experience in Manaus, Brazil. Others begin at the "end of the line", in Belém or Macapa, where the Amazon flows into the Atlantic Ocean.
Categories: Macapa (Amazon River)
Surfing and body boarding are popular watersports on the beaches of beautiful Maceio. Frances Beach has great waves all year long, and Avenida da Paz offers amazing sunsets. Maceió's sea has natural pools and reefs a few meters off the coast, ...
Categories: Maceio
Located near Tefe in the Brazilian Amazon, Mamiraua Nature Reserve is the largest protected flooded forest in the world and the largest wildlife reserve in Brazil. Visitors can view over 350 types of birds, as well as one of the world's largest f...
Categories: Mamiraua Nature Reserve
Categories: Mata de Sao Joao
Categories: Miritiapina
Categories: Mucuri
Categories: Mucurui
Natal is known as "City of the Sun" or "Bride of the Sun", where the sun stands high in the sky for almost 10 hours a day. It is also known as "City of the Dunes". Its sea is of calm, blue and crystal clear waters. The sight of dunes, coconut trees,...
Categories: Natal
Categories: Navegantes
Just 9 mi/14 km east of and across the bay from Rio de Janeiro, Niteroi is a town with three wonderful beaches: Itaipu, Camboinhas and Itacoatiara. The city is connected by bus and ferry to Rio. There are numerous restaurants, bars, clubs and kiosks....
Categories: Niteroi
Categories: North Bar
Olinda has some of the best-preserved colonial buildings in Brazil (UNESCO has declared it a "monument to humanity") with some stunning examples of baroque Portuguese architecture. The best way to see Olinda is on foot. Stroll along its 16th- and 17t...
Categories: Olinda
Originally named Vila Rica ("rich town"), this 18th-century hill town 60 mi/100 km southeast of Belo Horizonte was once the wealthiest gold-mining center of Brazil. (The name Ouro Preto means "black gold.") We think it's a must-see, particularly for ...
Categories: Ouro Preto
Categories: Panelas
The Pantanal is a massive wetland area largely located in Brazil, extending into Paraguay and Bolivia. It serves as home to a vast array of exotic wildlife, including one of the largest jaguar populations on earth. In the wet season, the region is a ...
Categories: Pantanal
Categories: Para
Categories: Paraná
Parana is known as the "land of all peoples" due to the 30 races that make up the area. The cuisine from European, Native Indian, and colonial ancestors is a treat for tourists. Parana also boasts beautiful beaches for sunning and relaxing.
Categories: Parana River
Tucked along the rim of a serene, well-protected lagoon, prosperous Paranagua has been modernized to accommodate its growing status as one of Brazil’s most important ports for exporting coffee. Still, the city hasn’t forgotten its proud colonial past...
Categories: Paranagua
The entire city of Parati (Paraty) is considered a national monument as it was deemed by UNESCO to be one of the world’s most illustrious examples of Portuguese colonial architecture. A virtual museum within a tropical paradise, it is located s...
Categories: Parati
The little Indian village of Parintins lies beside the river on Tupinambarana Island, amid the largest archipelago of the Lower Amazon. The community can trace its history back through two centuries and still proudly celebrates its traditional Indian...
Categories: Parintins (Amazon River)
Categories: Parnaiba
Categories: Penedos de Sao Pedro e Sao Paulo
Founded in 1843 as a summer refuge from Rio's incredible heat, Petropolis (40 mi/65 km northeast of Rio), Petropolis provides a nice vacation from your vacation. Set in the cool hills north of Rio, this Swiss-style town was the seasonal residence for...
Categories: Petropolis
Categories: Picinguaba
Categories: Picos
Categories: Pinheiro
A lively metropolis in the Rio Grande do Sul in southern Brazil, Porto Alegre as much to do and see. Watch the sunet over the Guaíba River, visit the Monumento aos Açorianos (a tall monument in honor of the Azorean people who firs...
Categories: Porto Alegre
Famous for the Praia de Bombas and Praia Bombinhas beaches, Porto Belo attracts visitors who are eager for lazy days at the beach. If lounging is on your list, the beaches are excellent for swimming and sunbathing or for the more active traveler, t...
Categories: Porto Belo
Categories: Porto de Galinhas
Categories: Porto Santana
Categories: Porto Seguro
Categories: Praia do Forte
Recife is Brazil's fourth largest city and and one of the country's most historic ocean cities. It also has the distinction of not having been founded by the Portuguese. In fact, it was the Dutch Prince Maurice of Nassau who founded Recife in 1637 on...
Categories: Recife
Categories: Ressaca
Categories: Rio Cajari
Brazilians say that God made the rest of the world in six days, and devoted the seventh to Rio. The jagged Sugarloaf rises from dark blue Guanabara Bay, with legendary beaches like Copacabana and Ipanema in the foreground, forested mountains behind. ...
Categories: Rio de Janeiro
Rio Grande is the oldest city in the state with beautiful buildings and monuments, typical of the Portuguese architecture of the 19th Century and with traces of other cultures that were also part of the formation of the city. Besides the physical nat...
Categories: Rio Grande
Rio Grande Do Sul has always been fiercely independent. Being Brazil’s southernmost state, it was well beyond the central government’s rule during colonial times, giving rise to the fabled gaúcho, who fearlessly roamed the land, living as he pleased....
Categories: Rio Grande Do Sul
A unique tributary of the Amazon, the Rio Negro is the largest blackwater river in the world, with the dark coffee-colored waters containing high levels of tannins creating a unique ecosystem for the wildlife it supports.
Categories: Rio Negro Brazil
Categories: Rio Preto di Boi
Rio Roosevelt (the Roosevelt River or Rio Teodoro, formerly known as the River of Doubt) is a tributary of the Aripuana River, named after Theodore Roosevelt's historic expedition. The surrounding rainforest contains unspoiled Amazonian wildernes...
Categories: Rio Roosevelt
Categories: Saint Peter and Paul Rocks
Salvador is a dynamic collage of diverse religious and cultural groups, colorful open-air markets, tropical flowers, majestic colonial buildings, golden-sand beaches and the bubbling sensuality of the Bahian people. Visit the Sao Francisco Chapel, wh...
Categories: Salvador de Bahia
Categories: Santa Luzia
Categories: Santa Sofia
Today, Santarem is one of the Amazon’s most important trading centers, and is rich in legend and nature. The town is situated at the point where the Tapajos and the Amazon waters meet. This is called the “Wedding of the waters” and is one of Santarem...
Categories: Santarem
The leading port of Brazil and outlet to the sea for São Paulo, the largest city of the country, Santos is a great center of the coffee trade. A prominent building in the city is the Coffee Exchange. Popular seaside resorts are in the area. Founded i...
Categories: Santos (São Paulo)
Visitors can explore the colonial part of town with its main focus around the central square. In close proximity are several beaches and resort hotels.
Categories: Sao Francisco do Sul
Founded by a French pirate and named after a French king (Louis XIII), Sao Luis is the bewitching capital of Maranhao and one of Brazil's most beautiful cities. It is 1,430 mi/2,300 km northeast of Rio de Janeiro.Located on an island in the Bay of Sa...
Categories: Sao Luis (Sao Luiz)
Categories: Sao Miguel Araguaia
São Paulo, Brazil's largest city is on a plateau at an elevation of about 2,700 ft and is divided by the Tietê River. Both the Modern Art Museum and the Municipal Library have outstanding collections and are worth visiting.
Categories: São Paulo
Sao Sabastio is a municipality in Brazil. It is located on the northeast coast in the state of Sao Paulo. Sao Sabastio is one of the oldest cities in the coast, situated 2 miles off the coast. It is a port for oil and has an oil industry however with...
Categories: Sao Sebastio
Categories: Sugarloaf Mountain
Categories: Teresina
Tiradentes is one of the most charming colonial towns in Brazil. It is set amidst the beautiful, lush Serra de Jose mountain range 205 mi/330 km northwest of Rio de Janeiro, where hiking trails weave through the mountains. Aside from the magnificent ...
Categories: Tiradentes
Categories: Trancoso
Categories: Vila Velha
As a city, Vitoria is vaguely reminiscent of Rio with its combination of sea, steep hills, granite outcrops and irregularly shaped mountains on the horizon. Founded in 1551, it’s one of the oldest cities in Brazil, but few traces of its past remain a...
Categories: Vitoria
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