The diverse local flora and fauna attract visitors from all over the world The first Sustainable Development Reserve of Brazil, founded in 1996, occupies an area of 1,124,000 hectares in the heart of the Amazon Forest. The Mamirauá Reserve is one of the largest reserves of flooded area in the world and is home…
We never get tired of saying that every traveller needs to go to the Amazon once in a lifetime. The feeling of belonging to that immense tropical forest, surrounded by rivers, waters and freshwater beaches, is almost magical. But the experience gets even more enchanting when we have the opportunity get close to the traditional…
In Brazil’s most western region, in the state of Acre, in the middle of the Amazon Rainforest, about one thousand indigenous people live and resist today in seven Yawanawá villages. Colonisation, religious missions and tappers have almost extinguished the jawbone people (translation for Yawanawá) during the years, but they have resisted, conquered their rights for…
article written by Marianne Costa to Folha de S. Paulo newspaper Chief of a Xavante village, in Mato Grosso, explains that tourist visitation is part of their strategy I have recently returned from a trip to the Xavante indigenous village Etenhiritipá, and that was one of the most beautiful and special experiences of…
Hard to believe. But only 30 km from the centre of São Paulo, at the southern end of the city, we find one of the greenest areas of the state. With only 200,000 residents and several parks and Environmental Preservation Areas, Parelheiros district gathers an outskirts environment and activities for all ages. In 2014,…
The ‘banho de cheiro’ (a typical herbal scented bath) from the North and Northeast of Brazil was made famous in a pulsating frevo song from singer Elba Ramalho that left the whole country thirsty for a bath. A natural and relaxing therapy, with healing properties that combines indigenous, African and even Catholic traditions, the banho…
Celebrating the International Women’s Day, community tour operator Vivejar promotes Brazilian women’s empowering trips Women are great part of the force that drives the world’s travel and tourism industry. They travel more each day, alone or accompanied, and they have more significant jobs in the sector, although they still have to face gender disparities and…
What is Sustainable Tourism? Well, let’s start with mass tourism. Mass tourism is usually characterized as a large-scale and relatively low-cost form of tourism for low and middle-income individuals, often sold as a package deal or an “all-inclusive” type holiday. In short a type of commodified tourism. Mass tourism owes its existence to mainly two…
All we want when traveling is to live unforgettable experiences. Coming home after having moments that will be forever in our memory is one of the best sensations of life. In search of these experiences, community-based tourism is one of the sides of tourism in Brazil that has grown a lot in recent years. And…
We may or may not know the Brazilian sertão up close, but it is certainly something we learn and hear a lot about as Brazilians. So much that it is rare to not know anybody who says “I come from the sertão”. We have heard beautiful stories of struggle, culture, and survival, but in the…
