Morning visit Porto de Galinhas, paradise that charms everyone
, one of the greatest tourism attraction hubs of the State of Pernambuco. It is a place that harbors a bountiful nature. Tourists should take a raft tour to the reefs of rich flora and fauna. There are several corals and fishes with different tonalities giving a special coloring to the water. Exotic fauna and flora, crabs and huge mangrove roots are the innate characteristics of this itinerary. A site worth visiting is the base of Project Hippocampus, which cultivates and preserves sea horses, open daily to visitation at Manguezal de Maracaípe.
Day 2 (Mon) – Porto de Galinhas
Paradisiacal setting shaped by crystal-clear waters inhabited by colorful fish, surrounded a long line of reefs. The region offers other options, just as gorgeous. The paradisiacal beaches of Gambia, Muro Alto, Cupe, Vila de Porto de Galinhas, Pontal de Maracaípe, Serrambi and Calhetas. To get to these almost untouched lands, visitors can resort to buggies. A Buggy Association offers the best option which is to take the tour from back-to-back through the main beaches in two hours. Colorful reefs and fish in natural pools. The best alternative to explore these beauties is taking raft tours, which can only be made during low tide.
Day 3 (Tues) – Porto de Galinhas / Bezerros / Buíque
Morning departure to Bezerros visiting ecological reserve “Serra Negra (Black Mountain), including dams, mineral sources, rocky grottos, mirantes, formations, stretches of Atlantic forest and unmissable ecological tracks. We will visit “Centro de Artesanato Pernambucano” (Handcraft Center).
Day 4 (Weds) – Buíque / Kapinawá Reserve
Visit to the indigenous Kapinawá Reserve, where we will be able to find beautiful dry grass and straw artisan work produced by the Indians. Trekking to “Serra do Elefante”. In the evening we will participate in Toré and coconut samba, dance by the Indians around the Cross of the Church of São sebastião, on the native reserve. The native song and dance is principally dedicated to their rituals. Today we obey the indigenous rituals when we eat: the main course will be “Bode no Buraco” (kid barbequed in an oven excavated in the ground).
Day 5 (Thurs) – Buíque / Catimbau Valley
Morning trekking visit to the Canyons, an area of ridges, valleys and rocks, which impresses with its primordial magnificence, rock formations and beauty. The Catimbau Valley has dramatic rock formations, but the major attractions are the rupestrian inscriptions made at least five thousand years ago. After the Serra da Capivara Parque, this is the most important archaeological park in the country, with 23 sites catalogued. The graphics were made by tribes from different eras, and who used different painting techniques. Afternoon we take the trail to “Igrejinha” site, where we will find typical rock formations. We will visit Zé Bezerra craftworks.
Day 6 (Fri) – Buíque / Alcobaça
Morning visit to the “Alcobaça Site”, where we will apreciate different archaeological area with rocky shelters and unequalled prehistoric paintings and carvings. Rupestrian paitings show how our ancestors lived: hunts, sexual orgies and unknown animals, show that not only our customs, but also the landscape have changed greatly. Prehistoric sites are woven into the vegetation of the scrub savannah. Lunch under shadow of “quixabeiras”, “juazeiros, “umbuzeiros” or “algaroba trees”. Afternoon trekking tour to Serra das Torres, ancient dead Volcano. We wont miss the unforgetable sunset from this unmissable place.
Day 7 (Sat) – Buíque / Caruaru / Recife
Morning departure for Caruaru, considered by UNESCO to be “the most important figurative art centre in the Americas”, outstanding for its artisan craftworks and the festivals in June, winning for itself the title of the “Forró Capital” (n.b. “Forró is the typical mid-year country dance and festival in the North-east of Brazil). We will visit the Alto do Moura, the residence and workshop of several artists who work with clay.
Day 8. (Sun) – Recife / Historic Tour / Olinda.
Visit to the city, including the beach, Boa Viagem church, the Capibaribe and Beberibe Rivers and the Golden Chapel. Trip to the Five Points Fort, Ruas (streets) do Sol and da Aurora (Old Recife), Brum Fort, Pátio de St. Pedro, Campo das Princesas, the Maurício de Nassau Bridge (the oldest in Brazil). Visit to the city of Olinda – Historic and artistic monument (said title awarded by UNESCO), the Heights and church da Sé (1537), the old slave market, the steep streets and convent of St. Francisco (1585).
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