Adventure Tour activities in Brazil
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Destino Chapada
Destino Chapada is a well-staffed multilingual agency.
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Zentur
Popular agency offering appealing weeklong tour packages.
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Lentur
Day trips and treks organized, including motorcycle adventures.
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Zebra & Pepê
Another reliable tour operator which also hires out surf-boards.
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H20 Expedições
Both day trips and treks are offered; the website offers detailed descriptions of each excursion’s attractions and level of difficulty.
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Backpacker Tours
The local powerhouse, it has the most organized, best-equipped and most expensive tours of Roraima and the region. Also rents mountain bikes.
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Órbita Expedições
Órbita Expedições is an adventure outfit that offers a wide range of tours, including rafting, canoeing, hiking and cycling trips.
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Dune-Buggy Trips
The town ends at the edge of an enormous expanse of tall white sand dunes, beyond which the wide flat sands of the Bahian coast stretch to the south. Guesthouses can arrange dune-buggy trips through the sand dunes.
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Roraima Adventures
Roraima Adventures offers professional multiday camping tours all over Roraima, including Serra do Tepequém and Mt Roraima in Venezuela, and even into the Yanomami reserve (provided the proper permissions can be secured).
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Excursions - V9
Many travel agencies and seemingly every hotel offer canoe trips upriver, rafting, mountain biking, rappelling and excursions on foot or horseback to local sights. The principal excursion is up the Peninsula de Maraú, with stops at Lagoa Azul and Praia Taipús de Fora. V9 is one of several reliable agencies offering these kinds of adventures.
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Outing Turismo
Outing Turismo caters primarily to gay and lesbian clients. Floripa is becoming Brazil's second gay capital. Its Pride celebration, Parada da Diversidade, has grown into one of Brazil's biggest, attracting 30,000 people in 2006. The city also hosts GLBT-centered 'Gay Pop' events during Carnaval. Gay and lesbian travelers from around the world descend on Florianópolis, which is safer and more affordable than Rio.
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Jungle Trips
Tabatinga and the Colombian town of Leticia lie side-by-side on the eastern bank of the Amazon, about 1100km west of Manaus, while the far bank belongs to Peru. This area, known as the 'triple frontier', is a logical travel hub and also happens to be good for taking jungle trips, particularly to remote areas up the Rio Javarí (the Brazil-Peru border) and further up the Rio Amazonas in Colombia.
Most travelers base themselves in Leticia, which is more pleasant and better equipped than Tabatinga or the small villages on Peruvian side.
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Jungle Tours
Tour operators in town offer multiday jungle trips from Alter do Chão. Most are on riverboats, where you eat and sleep onboard (in hammocks or small cabins) and stop at different locations for outings. Prices vary, but expect to pay R$120 to R$250 per person per day for most trips, with a minimum of two people.
As anywhere in the Amazon, there is no guarantee you will see wildlife; in fact, this region is better known for its flora, like massive sumauná trees and Vitória Régia water lilies, than its animal life. That said, it is possible to spot dolphins, sloth, monkeys, crocodiles and numerous bird species.
There are various options including visiting rubber tapper…
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Kamadac
A German- and Venezuelan-owned agency, it offers staples (Gran Sabana, Roraima) as well as some more adventurous tours (Auyantepui, Akopán Tepui).
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Adrenaline Expeditions
An agency that offers great value tour packages and is particularly good for those into extreme sports. The owner Luis speaks great English and is very helpful.
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