Tall Tales of Adventure at Iguassu Falls in Brazil |
When First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt got her first glimpse of Iguassu Falls, she is said to have exclaimed: "Poor Niagara! This makes it look like a kitchen faucet." More about that - and some true tall tales of adventure tourism at popular binational park.
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Visit Foz do Iguaçu with Adventure Entrepreneur Massimo Desiati |
Tips for visitors to the city of Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná, from a former Brazilian kayaking champion whose company Cânion Iguaçu holds the first and only concession for adventure tourism inside a protected area in Brazil at Iguassu National Park.
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Brazil on Horseback: A Journey Through the Serra Gaúcha |
When in gaúcho country, BrazilMax does as the gaúchos. Join us on a cross-country horseback ride to view the waterfalls, rivers, and flat-topped Paraná pine tree forests of the Serra Gaúcha in Rio Grande do Sul.
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Recife: Revenge of the Sharks |
Environmental degradation has transformed a once fashionable beach in Northeastern Brazil into a magnet for sharks
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Serra da Abelha Ecological Reserve: Locals Protect the Forest |
Before it became fashionable to wed the interests of the environment to those of the poor, the members of the little community of Santa Cruz dos Pinhais had established a de facto barrier to logging by defending their homesteading rights as small subsistence farmers. Their battle continues.
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Gávea Rock: Urban Ecotourism Hike in Rio de Janeiro |
Flanked by the hardscrabble streets of Rio de Janeiro, the Pedra da Gávea juts out from the shore with majesty unrivaled even by the city’s postcard peaks Sugarloaf and Corcovado. The granite block is surrounded by a tangle of mysterious legends, but for enthusiasts of urban ecotourism, Gávea Rock is simply the “can’t miss” hike in Rio de Janeiro.
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| Araquem Alcântara from his book A Grande Floresta (Editora TerraBrasil, SP, 2006) |
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