Hiking Tour São Paulo - Rio de Janeiro

Day 1: São Paulo

In the morning visit of the historical center, the japanese village Liberdade and Little Italy "Bela Vista". After Lunch visit of the howler monkey colony at Serra da Cantareira. At night diner at a typical barbecue restaurant (Churrascaria).

Day 2 - 3: Ilhabela

The next two days are reserved for the Ilhabela State Park and it’s caiçara culture, result of the contact of different races, - european, indian and african -. The first day, walk along the Água Branca trail and observation of typical Atlantic Rainforest vegetation such as figueira, pau-jacaré, ipê and manacá da serra. The second day transport to the southern point and walk on desert trails to Bonete, an tiny fishing village on the isolated eastern part of the island.

Day 4 -5: Picinguaba

Picinguaba is one of the main entrances to the Serra do Mar Statepark. On our way we hike around one of the peninsulas north of São Sebastião with 7 deserted beaches, only accessible by feet or by boat. Beside ruins from the colonial epoch and caiçara villages inhabited by descendants of slaves who worked on the farms, the trail crosses banana plantations, bromelia gardens, heliconias and immense trees such as guapuruvu. The next day in the morning walk to the deserted Brava de Almeida beach and in the afternoon exploration of the rainforest trail Trilha do Jatobá including visit of the historic sugar cane mill "Casa da Farinha".

Day 6 – 7: Juatinga

The next two days we traverse the Juatinga Ecological Reserve. Passing the dream beaches Sono, Antigua and Antiguinha we arrive at the end of the first day at the isolated fishing village Ponta Negra. After a steep ascent to the pass which leads to the northern part of the peninsula and a long hike through native Atlantic Rainforest we reach in the evening of the second day the romantic Cajaiba.

Day 8 - 9: Paraty

After 7 days of trekking we enjoy in the morning the boat transfer to colonial Paraty. In the afternoon visit of Paraty´s historical center. The next day hike along a part of the historic gold trail "Trilha de Ouro" at Bocaina National Park and in the afternoon visit of a little cachaça distillery.

Day 10 – 11: Ilha Grande

In the morning visit of the Pedra Branca waterfall and Fazenda Murycana. Afterwards we continue to Mambucaba, the second important gold shipping point of the 15th century. In the afternoon, arrival at Angra dos Reis where we embark to the island of Ilha Grande. The next day, either hike to the wild beaches on the southern part of the island or climb of Pico do Papagaio, with 980 m one of the islands highest peaks.

Day 12 - 13: Rio de Janeiro

In the morning boat transfer to Angra dos Reis and continuation to the Guaratiba Biological Reserve where we enjoy the first views on Rio. The next day visit of Tijuca National Park including "Corcovado" and hike to the top of Pico da Tijuca, with 1.022 m the highest elevation of Rio de Janeiro.

Day 14: Rio de Janeiro – São Paulo