Day of exploration in Mamangua

Visit the historic center of Rio de Janeiro. Rio's historic center offers an extraordinary mix of styles and eras, and on Praça Quinze, the centuries collide. Behind the imperial palace stands the University tower, built in the middle of a 17th-century convent. Further on, pastel-toned colonial houses, the sobrados, hold their ground against developers as best they can. The historic center is ...

Make your way to the Salvador de Bahia ferry terminal in the Lower Town. Crossing of the Bay of All Saints by catamaran to Morro do Sao Paulo (about 2h30 crossing, departures daily at 9am and 2pm). Arrival in Morro do Sao Paulo, a village set on an island at the northern tip of the Marau Peninsula, accessible only by boat or by plane. A series of magnificent beaches make this a charming ...

It is in the northern part of the Pantanal that the chances of observing the largest cat on the South American continent, the prince of the Pantanal, are highest. Head to Cuiaba, the capital of Mato Grosso, then drive to Poconé to take the Transpantaneira, the only road crossing this part of the Pantanal. Arrival in Porto Jofre, where the search for jaguars begins. Located at the heart of a ...