"Top Ten Bahian Beaches"


-Difficulty Level
: Medium.

-Recomended Ages
:15 years old and up.


-Activities:
off-road, rafting in ducks, camping, rappel, cascading, night ducking surf , motocross, rafting levels III and IV, trekking, schooner ride with overnight in Abrolhos coral reefs, snorkeling, diving, tirolesa.

-Places to visit: Salvador, Itaparica, Nilo Peçanha, Pancada Grande, Pratigí, Tremenbé, Itacaré, Taboquinhas, Porto Seguro, Trancoso, Arraial D' Ajuda, Alcobaça, Abrolhos Marine Nacional Park, Caraiva, Monte Pascoal National Park, Pataxós Indian Reservation, Boipeba Island, Cueira Beach, Tinharé Island: Garapua Beach and Morro de São Paulo.

-Duration: 12 days


Trip
with:
Price per
person (*)
3 People
R$ 3276
4 People
R$ 2887
5 People
R$ 2626
6 People
R$ 2451
7 People
R$ 2322
8 People
R$ 2227
+ than 8 People
Consult
All Inclusive.
(*)
The price per people was calculated according the
quantity of people for each trip, if
the group is bigger,
the individual price will be lower.

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:: Day by Day Schedule ::


1st Day: Reception at Salvador's Airport; city tour -visiting Barra's Harbor and Pelourinho neighborhood- till São Joaquim's Port where we will aboard a Ferry Boat to cross All Saints Bay in direction to Itaparica Island. Once there, transfer on a 4x4 to Nilo Peçanha -at Dendê Cost- where a radical Rafting on ducks will be practice along das Almas River. After that we will camp and spend part of the night around a bonfire and drinking caipirinha.

2nd Day: We will have breakfast at sunrise and strike the camp to go on in our Land Rover to one of the most beautiful cascades of the Brazilian seaside: Pancada Grande. We will take a bath on those delicious waters and will practice Rappel on the 40 meters tall of the cascade till get down into the water.
After such adrenaline spend, we will go to Pratigi beautiful and isolated beaches where we will cook a delicious chicken on wine sauce on a plow disc. Meanwhile our cheff prepares such a delicious plate, the group will practice a new, funny activity called Ducking Surf (mix of rafting and surf). We will spend the rest of the day on this beach. There is the possibility to practice Ducking Surf at night if moon is full on this day.

3rd Day: We will strike camp at sunrise after having breakfast. We will go till Itacaré along a hard road which can only be transit on a well prepared 4x4. On the way we will stop at Tremenbe Town -a real isolated one- to visit the cascade with the same name and will take a bath in it. After lunch, we will continue along roads forgotten by men and only frequented by some animals. Once at Das Contas River mouth, a raft will transport us and our Land Rover till the Brazilian Surf Paradise called Itacaré. There we will stay in a comfortable inn to rest after all our adventures and camps. We will have dinner in a beautiful restaurant and will taste some regional drinks in a bar.

4th Day: After the breakfast offer by the inn, some motorcycles will be waiting for us to begin our new adventure. Those who do not know how lead motorcycles will be driven by our instructors. With those vehicles we will go till Taboquinhas Town. There a Rafting instructor will be waiting for us to practice a radical rafting way down along Das Contas River, one of the three more radical rivers in Brazil, with rapids that could have a difficulty level 5 if it had rain on the previous days. After two hours of pure adrenaline and a marvelous lunch, we will go back to Itacaré. We will visit the surrounded area -some places on our motorcycles, some others just walking- and will visit some small, lost beaches. At sunset time, we will return to the inn to prepare ourselves to other ride: Itacaré at night. After having lunch and some drinks at a bar, we will go to sleep to be prepare to the following day.

5th Day: Early in the morning, after having breakfast at sunrise, we will start a journey of about 4 hours on our Land Rover in direction to Trancoso, crossing Porto Seguro and visiting Arraial d'Ajuda, where we will have lunch at a Restaurant placed at the Beach. After that we will continue travel to Trancoso. Once there, we will stop in a small inn to leave our things and will go to some beach of this paradise to enjoy the sunset sitting at seaside. Here, if somebody wants to, ducks can be used to go down the rivers that end into the sea or enjoy that funny activity called Ducking Surf. At night, we will have dinner at a restaurant: a traditional plate called Moqueca, based on fish or siri (kind of crab).

6th Day: After having breakfast early in the morning, we will start a 2 hours time journey aboard our Land Rover, along a small road, in direction to Alcobaça city, one of the three cities that give access to Abrolhos Marine National Park. There a wood schooner will be waiting for us to live our following adventures. We will go until the "Parcel de Paredes" looking for marvelous places where practice some scuba-diving and snorkeling before lunch aboard. If the trip is done between July and October, there is possible to see Jubarte whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) from the schooner. At night, after some exciting scuba-dive sessions into Abrolhos' submarine world, we will have dinner and will go to sleep under a wonderful sky, slightly swung by this unique sea.

7th Day: At sunrise we will be very near to the wonderful and vacated islands of Abrolhos area. We will land in one of them and guided by a park guardian of IBAMA (Environment Brazilian Institute) we will do some trekking to sight many kinds of marvellous birds. After leaving the Island, lunch will be offer on board meanwhile the ship take us to other fantastic place to practice some scuba-dive. Around 6pm we will be back in Alcobaça, where the Land Rover will be waiting to take us to a near city, Caraiva, to rest in a comfortable inn.

8th Day: After breakfast, we will visit some Caraiva's fantastic beaches looking for a fishing boat that take us to Pataxós Indians Reservation located into Monte Pascoal National Park. This mount is an Ecological Reservation placed on the first hill that Portuguese navigators saw before arriving to Brazilian land. This journey will surprise everyone. At the Reservation it is possible to buy some crafts made by the Indians; in the park is also possible to see some suçuaranas (kind of leopard in extinction), Three-Toed Sloth (bradypus torquatos, known in Brazil as Bicho Preguiça), toucans and papagayos, among other species. We will return to Caraivas at sunset before light generators of the town stop illuminate streets, around 10pm.

9th Day: After breakfast and place everything on the Land Rover, we'll start a long, hard way on 4x4, ship and tractor, in direction to Boipeba Island at Dendê Coast. Before sunset, the Land Rover will leave us at Barra do Carvalho where a fishing ship will be waiting to transport us to Cova da Onça Town, at Boipeba Island. Over there, a tractor will drive us until Moreré village. We'll spend the night at one of the two lodging houses to rest after a long journey.

10th Day: This day we will go to some coral reefs -swimming or on a boat- placed 1000 meters away from coast with our snorkeling equipment to enjoy one more time this amazing marine life. At noon we will have lunch at the only restaurant at town after which a trekking will be done in direction to Boipeba Town passing trough the amazing beaches of Cueira and Tassimirin. Before sunset we will cross the Rio do Inferno (Hell's River) to arrive to Tinharé Island. We will walk around 3 kilometers along Pratigi Beach looking for a good place to camp. Once we had mounted our camp, we will light a bonfire and prepare dinner. We will sleep in our tents surrounded by the white sand of this isolated beach with the company of lots of fleeting stars.

11th Day: Sunrise will tell us it is time to go away. After breakfast, we will strike camp and go till the path where a Toyota 4x4 will be waiting for us to go to Garapua Town. All morning will be spent at this beach; we will lunch some crabs and lobsters, prepared by a local fishermen's wife. After lunch, the Toyota will drive us to an internationally famous town: Morro de São Paulo. After checking in at a lodge, everybody will enjoy of a free afternoon. At evening, "O Bar" will be waiting for us with its famous tropical cocktails and food. After drinking and eating something we will go to the party celebrated at the 2nd Beach to spend the last night together.

12th Day: This morning is possible to jump from the longest Tirolesa at whole Brazil (300 meters long and 60 meters tall) to arrive at the end of the First Beach. The sight is really wonderful.
For those who must return to Salvador on this day, a reservation will be made on a small Sesna plane that leaves from the landing hint placed at the Third Beach and arrives into Salvador´s Airport in 25 minutes. Those who have more free days, could spend them at this paradise called Morro de São Paulo.

(*) The program and the activities depends on weather conditions.
Bahia 4x4 can change routes and activities without any advance notice.

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Included:
  • all items described in the schedule above.
  • foods during the 12 days programmed
  • transfers (Boats, Tractor, Land Rover, Toyota 4x4)
  • hostel
  • insurance in most of the activities (anyway, always is better to travel with an own travel insurance)
  • qualifyed guides
  • equipment for all activities
  • cd with photos of the trip (for the package thats ends in Morro de São Paulo)
  • brief of the trip on-line in the Galery of www.Bahia4x4.com
Not Include:
  • fees in Morro or Itacaré's parties (specially alcoholic drinks)
  • extra-program fees
  • plane back from Morro to Salvador