South America's giant, Brazil is a seductive country with dazzling beaches, tropical islands and picturesque colonial towns. The landscape is as diverse as the people who inhabit it. Few tourists venture far from Brazil's spectacular coastline (which spans 7400km/4598 miles), but a trip into the interior reveals a different but equally captivating Brazil. As well as the world's biggest rainforest in the Amazon, Brazil boasts many wilderness areas including the wildlife-rich wetlands of the Pantanal, the canyons and caves of the Chapada Diamantina and the colorful old gold-mining towns in the mountains of Minas Gerais.
Spontaneous encounters with multiracial cultures in the backcountry, joining-in their traditional feasts, experience their exotic food and drinks and last but not least, the making of good friends, are indispensable components of an unforgettable voyage.