The largest contiguous wetland on the planet, declared a World Heritage Site and Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO, The Pantanal is South America’s primary wildlife sanctuary. With a total area of approximately 150,000km2 and located in the centre of the continent, it’s is a bio-geographic mixing bowl containing elements of the Amazon Forest, the Caatinga, the…

Atins, one of the main gateways to the Lencois Maranhenses isone of Brazil’s real hidden gems. The village is set on the mouth of the river with a long stretch of golden sandy beach, lapped by warm calm tropical waters which are protected from the open seas by a sand bar. As well as just relaxing…

Ornate baroque architecture, rolling countryside, hearty cuisine and contemporary art in Brazil’s sleepy interior Brazil’s fourth largest state may be landlocked, but what Minas Gerais lacks in beaches it more than makes up for with its other assets. The sparsely populated countryside is characterised by both cerrado and Atlantic rainforest and is crisscrossed by some…

Hundreds of waterfalls meet in a colossal, rainbow-flecked cauldron surrounded by lush national parks. The most awe-inspiring, the most beautiful, the most magnificent; it’s tricky to describe Iguazu Falls with anything but a thunderous cascade of superlatives. Straddling the borders of Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina, its chain of 275 separate falls cascading over a 3km…

Balearic style nightlife, world class surfing, and a beach for every mood Glitz, glamour and gazelle-like models: Floripa, as the island city of Florianopolis is affectionately known, couldn’t be described as understated. But, for those in the know there’s a treasure trove of natural wonders lying hidden behind the champagne-soaked party mecca that is Jurerê…

Heavenly beaches and world-class diving in a protected tropical archipelago. The tip of a submerged volcano, framed by postcard-perfect castaway beaches and virgin Atlantic rainforest cascading over its dramatic clifftops, Fernando de Noronha might just be the last pristine island on earth, untouched by mass tourism. The colour saturation dial is on full here. A…

Tropical coves, fabulous villas and the best beaches close to Rio – discover the timeless charms of Brazil’s “Saint-Tropez”. This dazzling cluster of over twenty white-sand beaches was once a little-known fishing village until Brigitte Bardot escaped here with her Brazilian beau in the 1960s, and the secret was out. With a year-round tropical climate,…

Lush rainforests, gin-clear turquoise seas, a year-round tropical climate and a different island for every day of the year on Brazil’s Emerald Coast. Angra dos Reis, which translates as the ‘Bay of Kings,’ is the jewel in the crown of the stretch of Atlantic Rainforest covered coastline that runs between Rio de Janeiro and Sao…

A sensorial, richly-layered journey to the depths of the most biodiverse, complex biome on our planet Everyone knows that the lungs of our planet – home to more species of plants, birds and mammals than anywhere in the world – hold the key to our survival, but few have floated through this region’s labyrinthine waterways…

Nicknamed ‘Salta la Linda’ or ‘Salta the beautiful’ by locals and tourists alike, the provincial capital has much to offer beyond just being the setting off point for the surrounding countryside. Prior to the Spanish occupation it was an important city in the southernmost reaches of the Inca empire and the city’s museums are home…