Chapada and Lençóis - the ultimate trek itinerary

Your English-speaking guide and a driver will be waiting for you as you get off the plane to drive you to your hotel in downtown Salvador.

n.b. : 45 minutes’ drive
Included : english speaking guide, transfer arrival

Early in the morning, your English speaking guide will come to pick you up at the hotel to take you to Salvador bus station. The bus leaves Salvador at 7h00, stops at 11h00 for lunch, and arrives at 14h30.

n.b. 7 hours and 30 minutes’ drive.

Your driver will pick you up at the bus station and drive you to the Capão Valley (20 km), starting point of the treks in the Chapada Diamantina National Park.

Arrival at your hotel Pousada Tatu Feliz and meeting with your guide at 18h00.

You will have the rest of the day to discover the small village of Palmeiras.
Included : transfer arrival, public transport

You driver will pick you up at 7h30 to drive you to Bomba village, where you will start your trek, following a trail towards the Pati Valley.

You will walk through the Vieira highlands crossed by many rivers. This region used to be exploited by gold diggers and livestock farmers.

You will make a stop for lunch and take a swim in the Cachoeira dos Cristais waterfall if you wish.

Then you will follow mule trails and enjoy an unobstructed view over the Pati uplands, one of the most isolated zones of the park, while walking through the endemic rupestrian vegetation, carnivorous plants, high-altitude orchids and everlasting flowers.

You will share a room in a local's house with no electricity and have dinner (made with local products) with your hosts.

n.b. 6 to 7 hours walk. Difference in height of 600 meters.
Included : room & breakfast, english speaking guide, private transport

After a regional breakfast, you will cross a dense forest composed by jacarandas and ipês, common trees of the Atlantic Forest.

At the end of the trail is a beautiful waterfall. Bromelias are clinging to centenary trees, as in an Amazonian scenario.

You will then go down the valley, towards the former Pati city hall, near the river.

You will sit for a nice picnic on the river shore.

In the evening, the last sunrays enlighten the foothills of Morro do Castelo.

You will have dinner and spend the night at a local’s house in this tiny village lost in the middle of the Park.

n.b. 4 hours’ walk.
Included : room & breakfast, english speaking guide, private transport, dinner, picnic lunch

You will wake up early and start the day by walking around Morro do Castelo, the quartz fortress overlooking the valley.

The trail penetrates the humid forest, where you will hear the piercing sounds of the araponga, the white bird which seems to be following you along the way. You will also probably see ruby-throated hummingbirds, tree ferns and palm trees.

The Calixto waterfall pours in a beautiful natural pool. You will have the opportunity to swim and relax in this amazing scenario.

You will then reach the highlands from which you will see all the mountain ranges. You will walk through wide open spaces during a few hours to the Capão Valley. Private transfer from Capão to Lençóis.

n.b. 6 to 7 hours walk. Difference in height of 500 meters.
Included : english speaking guide, entrance fees, private transport, picnic lunch

Departure from the hotel in the afternoon and transfer to Salvador bus station.
n.b. 7 hours’ drive.

Your guide will come to pick you up at the bus station and drive you to the hotel.
Included : transfer arrival, public transport

Free day in Salvador da Bahia: you will have time to walk through Salvador cobbled streets, eat a good "acarajé" (beans and shrimps made traditional dish) on the Porto da Barra beach, and buy some souvenirs.

Three hours before your flight, your English-speaking guide and a driver will pick you up at the hotel lobby to bring you to Salvador airport.
Included : transfer departure

Your driver will pick you up at the hotel or airport in São Luís to go straight to Barreirinhas.

You will take a small motorboat to go from Barreirinhas to Atins on the Preguiças River. After a quick stop at the “pequenos Lençóis” (a smaller version of the Lençóis Maranhenses Park), you will go up the Mandacaru lighthouse to enjoy a panoramic view of the region. The trip will continue by crossing mangroves to reach Caburé (shoal between the river and the ocean) and towards Atins beach, where the hotel staff will pick you up. n.b: two-hour trip.

Included : private transport, local guide, excursion (private)

Your driver will pick you up before sunrise to bring you and your guide to Guajirú.
From Guajirú, you will start the trek, walking between the dunes and enjoying the lagoons freshwater, until you reach the Baixa Grande oasis.
At the end of the day,you will have the pleasure to watch the sunset over the Park on the top of a surrounding dune.

Night in hammock.

n.b. 5 to 6 hours’ walk depending on your level – 16 km.
Included : guide (hiking)

You will leave the oasis early in the morning for a shorter walk than the day before.
You will have more time to enjoy the dunes and lagoons.
While you cross the Queimada dos Britos oasis, you will notice its inhabitants looking at you and saluting you.

Night in hammock.

n.b. 3 to 4 hours’ walk depending on your level – 10 km.

Included : guide (hiking)

Like on the first day of trek, you will leave very early to avoid the heat and enjoy the sunrise during the walk.
You will cross the oasis heading west and walk towards Betânia, a small village.
After lunch, you will go back to Sangue in an opened mini-bus, where another vehicle will be waiting to bring you back to São Luís.

n.b. 5 to 6 hours’ walk – 16km.
Included : guide (hiking)

Three hours before your flight, your Portuguese speaking driver will drive you to the airport.
Included : transfer departure