All Brazil Tour
13 Days - 12 Nights
- Based on Double Occupancy
Visit Rio, the Amazon, Lençois Maranhenses National Park and Salvador with a small group of enthusiastic travelers for 13D/12N starting at $1,728.00 per person.
This itinerary stitches together three distinct Brazilian worlds, each revealing a different face of the country’s vast scale and character.
It opens in Rio de Janeiro, a city that needs no spotlight because it carries its own—gleaming off the Atlantic, climbing up the flanks of Tijuca Forest, and circling the outstretched arms of Christ the Redeemer. Your time here blends iconic viewpoints with flexible space to explore the city’s rhythm at your own pace. Whether you dive into the metro for a day lived alongside cariocas or opt for a quiet afternoon in a botanical oasis, these first days ease you in with urban energy and coastal beauty.
From there, the narrative shifts dramatically. Manaus serves as the literal and figurative gateway into the Amazon, and the journey upriver places you inside landscapes that feel as ancient as they are alive. The trilogy of nights on the private expedition boat moves you from meeting waters that refuse to blend to nights lit by caiman eyes and dinners under a rising moon. Daily encounters—piranha fishing, forest treks, traditional communities, and the improbable grace of pink river dolphins—anchor you in the region’s natural and cultural reality rather than in postcard fantasy. By the time you return to Manaus, the jungle’s scale has shifted from abstract idea to lived experience.
The route then swings northeast to São Luís, where tiled facades and narrow colonial streets form a counterpoint to everything you’ve just seen. This is the calm before another transformation: the dunes and freshwater pools of Lençóis Maranhenses. The park feels almost imaginary, a desert that forgot to be a desert, and your days here alternate between 4×4 access to hidden lagoons and river journeys lined with mangrove and açaí stands. Small communities, lighthouse panoramas, and stretches of sand wedged between river and sea shape an entirely new rhythm.
The finale takes place in Salvador, anchoring the trip in a city defined by its Afro-Brazilian heritage, its music, and its architecture. Pelourinho’s maze of pastel buildings and cobblestone streets provides the frame, while guided walks introduce the layers of culture that make Salvador one of Brazil’s most compelling urban experiences. With time built in for optional exploration, you can close the journey with breadth or depth—panoramic views or neighborhood wanderings—before departure.
Across these thirteen days, the itinerary moves like a story with three acts: coast, forest, sand, and culture intertwining in sequence, each region distinct yet connected through the journey’s pace and design.
Lost World Adventures itineraries can be tailor-made according to your plans and preferences: budget, hotel selections, travel dates, optional excursions, length of trip, etc.
Day 1 : Rio de Janeiro
Arrival at the Rio de Janeiro International Airport. The Carioca City with its magical quality offers the traveler a wide variety of points of interest and a great number of leisure activities. You will be met in the arrivals hall and transfer to your Rio hotel. Daily breakfast included – 3 nights.
Day 2 : Rio de Janeiro
In the morning, we will take a regular tour to the Christ the Redeemer statue atop Corcovado Mountain, one of the seven wonders of the world, from where you will have an excellent view of the city.
Free afternoon to take an optional excursion. You will be able to choose between a great variety of activities in Rio de Janeiro, including a visit to the Maracaná and the Botanical Garden.
Day 3 : Rio de Janeiro
Free day to enjoy the city of Rio de Janeiro. You will have the option to take any of our optional activities. We recommend you to choose the Vida Carioca activity, where you will take the metro to witness the lifestyle of the inhabitants of Rio de Janeiro, also known as “cariocas”. This optional activity is a guided walking tour around the historical and commercial center of Rio, highlighting the Cathedral and the Saara neighborhood.
It also includes a stop to taste a delicious carioca fresh juice and a stop to have lunch at one of the oldest and most historical restaurants in Brazil. In the afternoon, you will have free time to take part in other optional activities such as a trip to the Favela Rocinha or a visit to the Sugar Loaf. There are also optional one-day trips out of the city such as a visit to Petrópolis, Niterói or Búzios.
A menu of our optional tours and excursions can be found here.
Day 4 : Rio – Manaus
Transfer to Rio de Janeiro airport for your flight to Manaus, the capital of the Brazilian Amazon and the central point for all excursions into the Amazon jungle. Airport reception and transfer to your hotel. You will have free time to have a rest or to take an optional tour to visit the Amazon Theatre, the Market and the Port of Manaus. Overnight Manaus hotel, breakfast included.
Day 5 : Amazon Expedition
In the morning, the expedition along the Amazon River will begin at the Port of Manaus in a private boat that will accommodate you for 3 days. The journey will start by arriving at the “Encontro Das Aguas”, the place where Rio Negro and Rio Solimoes meet without mixing waters for several kilometers.
Afterwards you will enter the river in small boats to fish for piranhas, discover the giant Vitoria Regia plant and later spot caimans at night. Accommodation aboard the boat in hammocks. All meals included today.
Day 6 : Amazon Expedition
During the second day on this Amazon Expedition you will continue along Rio Negro to the area of Acajatuba. There, you will first visit a traditional mandioc house and then visit the Acajatuba community to experience the natives’ customs and crafts. You will also have an opportunity to swim with river dolphins in a natural spot. Later you will travel by canoe to a beach where you will enjoy a moonlight churrasco dinner (or on the boat if the river water levels are high). All meals included today.
Day 7 : Amazon Expedition
On the third day of the expedition, after breakfast you will take a jungle trek to learn about jungle hunting techniques and medicinal plants and hopefully see some wildlife. Continue downriver to the Caucho Museum, where you will learn about historical importance of rubber for the region. Later we will reach the Port of Manaus. Overnight Manaus hotel, breakfast included. Lunch included today.
Day 8 : Manaus – Sao Luis de Maranhao
Transfer to the Manaus Airport for your flight to Sao Luis de Maranhao, the capital of the state of Maranhao. Airport reception and transfer to the pousada where you will be staying. The pousada is located in the historic downtown of the city, which was declared an UNESCO World Heritage Site for its magnificent colonial architecture. Overnight at the pousada, breakfast included.
Day 9 : Sao Luis de Maranhao – Lençois Maranhenses
In the morning, depart for Barreirinhas. Today’s tour begins with a ride in a 4×4 vehicle to get to the heart of the Park, where you walk in the Blue Pond circuit with possible bathing in the ponds and contemplation of the beautiful sunset in the dunes. You will then return to Barreirinhas. You may swim in the hotel pool or go out at night in the quiet streets of the city or simply enjoy on the riverside the calm waters and having dinner at one of the restaurants in the town. Overnight hotel, breakfast included.
Day 10 : Lençois Maranhenses – Preguiças River
Embark on a speedboat ride on the majestic calm waters of the Preguiças River. You will see bayous on their margin, mangrove, buritis, Juçara’s trees (açai), tucunzeiros, as well as herons and kingfishers.
Stops will be made to the communities of Vassouras, also known as small “Lençóis” and place where you can enjoy a delicious coconut water, interact with monkeys that dwell there. At Mandacaru, a small fishing village where you will ascend 160 steps in the Mandacaru’s lighthouse to contemplate scenic view of the dunes, river and its estuary, ocean and vegetation typical.
Next stop is Caburé, an arm of dunes located between the river and the sea. Return to Barreirinhas.
Day 11 : Sao Luis de Maranhao – Salvador
Transfer to the Sao Luis de Maranhao Airport for your flight to Salvador. Salvador is the cradle of the Afro-Brazilian culture and offers the visitor many popular amusements with its cuisine, music, enchantment and cheerfulness.
Airport reception and transfer to your pousada, located near downtown and known as the Pelourinho. Here you will find the most important architectural collection of Hispanic America, and it is also the meeting point for all the locals. Overnight pousada, breakfast included – 2 nights.
Day 12 : Salvador
After breakfast you will depart for a walking tour of the historic downtown, where it is possible to spot different places representing the city’s culture and art. In the afternoon you will have free time to take part in other optional activities, such as a panoramic tour to get to know the rest of the interesting city of Salvador.
Day 13 : Int’l departure
After breakfast you will depart for a walking tour of the historic downtown, where it is possible to spot different places representing the city’s culture and art. In the afternoon you will have free time to take part in other optional activities, such as a panoramic tour to get to know the rest of the interesting city of Salvador.
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