Brazil trekking tour and holiday - Chapada dos Veadeiros adventure

Arrival at the airport in Brasilia (before 10 am). Transfer from Brasilia to Alto Paraiso (3 hours).  Lunch in Alto Paraiso. Guided tour to Vale da Lua, an extraordinary moon-scape of rock sculpted by the force of the São Miguel river. Transfer to São Jorge, 25 miles (38 km) away, and check-in to your chosen pousada. Visit to the relaxing hot springs at nearby Agua Quente. Dinner in São Jorge.

Breakfast at your pousada in São Jorge.  Day hike of 6 miles (10km) in Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park, visiting the spectacular rock gorges, Canyon I & II, and the lovely Cariocas waterfalls on Rio Preto river. We will stop for a picnic lunch and we will pass through a range of high-altitude cerrado landscapes with their distinct flora and fauna. Late lunch in São Jorge.

Breakfast at your pousada in Sao Jorge.  Day hike of 5 miles (8km) in 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 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. Late lunch in São Jorge.

Breakfast at your pousada in São Jorge. Transfer to Alto Paraiso, 45 minutes away, to your chosen pousada. Transfer of 57 km, 1:30h drive on off roads.  We'll visit the most impressive Chapada dos Veadeiros waterfalls complex, Couros Falls, walking approximately 1.5 kilometers bordering the Rio Couros to the top of the canyon, where the river falls into several plates, inside a huge canyon with approximately 300m down, forming several waterfalls and pools.

We'll descend to the middle of the falls, where it is possible see above and below the complex. Return to Alto Paraíso in the afternoon. Late lunch in Alto Paraíso.

Breakfast at your pousada in Alto Paraiso. 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, pm 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 easy and passive activity.