One thing that makes the beaches of the northern coast of São Paulo (and the southern coast of Rio, and other bits further south) unique is that they are found right by the Atlantic rainforest. The biodiversity of the Mata Atlántica, as the forest is known in Portuguese, is unrivalled. The scenery too. The sequence [...]
The distance from the city of São Paulo to the shore is relatively short, and there is no shortage of beaches along the coastline. The coast of the state of São Paulo is divided in two large regions: the north coast (litoral norte), from Ubatuba, on the border with the state of Rio de Janeiro, [...]
We have a new, expanded and updated entry on Alter do Chão: destination: Alter do Chão and the river Tapajós. ————————————————————– Alter do Chão is a small town in the state of Pará, council of Santarém. It is located at the entrance of a lake formed on the right bank of the Tapajós river – [...]
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