![]() Dating back to the 1870’s, the route is a true engineering masterpiece and the scenery on route breathtaking as you pass through the Marumbi National Park. Most famously, the Serra Verde Express is one of the most beautiful train rides in South America and drops from the heights of Curitiba, capital of Parana state, through lush, mountainous, Atlantic rainforest to reach the pretty colonial town of Morretes on the coast. Sadly, the vast majority of Brazil’s 30,000km of track is now dominated by cargo yet for rail enthusiasts there are several wonderful routes still in operation. Please contact us on 1300 720 443 for more information. All itineraries will involve a number of flights and these are best purchased before you travel as part of an airpass. However, longer road journeys do give you far more insight into Brazilian culture and are often broken up with visits or wildlife observation.īrazil has a comprehensive network dominated by the Latin American giant Latam (result of the merger between Lan and Tam Airlines) which has regular flights to the key destinations. Even with flights, you should expect travel times of 3-4 hours (if not longer) especially when visiting the more remote areas such as the Pantanal, north-east beaches and the interior “Chapada” canyons. Rio 3 nights, Iguassu 2-3 nights, the Amazon 3-4 nights, Salvador & beach 5 nights, the Pantanal 3-4 nights, Paraty 2 nights, Chapada Diamantina 3 nightsīrazil has a well-developed network of highways yet owing to the sheer scale of the county, it is impractical to tour the county by road. ![]() Two weeks will enable you to visit the classic highlights of Rio, Iguassu, Salvador and the Amazon while an extra week (or two) will open up areas such as the Pantanal, Chapada Diamantina, Paraty and the Atlantic Rainforest For this reason, it is important to allow plenty of time for your trip or simply limit yourself to a small number of destinations – there is so much to see and do in each place! Brazil boasts 7½ thousand kilometres of coast and it is fitting to allow several days to relax on the beach. Brazil is a vast country, almost a continent within a continent and any visit will inevitably involve great distances and a number of internal flights.
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