Adventure tour and holiday in Chapada dos Veadeiros in Brazil

Meeting at Brasilia airport around midday.

Transfer to Alto Paraiso and lunch in town. After lunch transfer to São Jorge and accommodation in a local pousada.

Breakfast at your pousada in Sao Jorge.  Day hike of 5 miles (8km) in the Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park. The circuit follows an old miners’ trail passing by the quartz crystal mines that gave rise to the settlement of São Jorge. Along the way you will see a wide range of vegetation typical of the high altitude cerrado.

We will stop for a swim and hydro-massage beneath the Pedreiras waterfall, one of the main attractions of the National Park, set in the rocky valley through which Rio Preto tumbles in a series of cascades and natural swimming pools. After a picnic lunch you will return along a small path shimmering with fragments of quartz crystal.  Visit to the relaxing hot springs at nearby Agua Quente. Late lunch in São Jorge.

Breakfast at your pousada in São Jorge.  Transfer to visit São Bento farm, walking about 1.5 miles (2.5. km) to the lovely Almecegas first waterfall with its 150 ft (50 m) drop and then on to the smaller Almecegas second waterfall for a refreshing dip in the large natural swimming pool.  Lunch in Alto Paraiso.  Transfer to Brasilia (3 hours, afternoon flight).

Optional – ( depends on flight time / minimum 4 people )  
Abseiling down the middle of the Almecegas waterfall, a descent of 135 ft (45m) over rock and water and into a large natural swimming pool below. Your safety throughout is carefully controlled by expert instructors so that this is an ideal baptism into the sport with no experts people.  
Zip Line "Vôo do Gavião" (850m and 80m high) impressive National Park mountain range view. We use two parallel iron cable with a tandem pulley, it's an easy and passive activity.