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10 days · Culture & beaches
Rio & the Northeast
The Marvellous City, Bahia's soul, and white-dune lagoons
- Duration10 days
- FocusCulture & beaches
- Regions3
- PricingOn request
The idea
Rio's icons, then north into the sun: Salvador — the soulful heart of Afro-Brazilian culture — and, for the truly adventurous, the surreal white dunes and rain-fed lagoons of Lençóis Maranhenses.
Colour, rhythm and coastline, planned privately and paced for the heat.
Best for: Travellers drawn to music, history, food and beaches over pure nature.
Day by day
Your 10 days
A guide, not a script — every day flexes around you, the weather, and the best of the moment.
- 1
Arrive in Rio
Settle into the Marvellous City.
- 2
Rio's icons
Corcovado and Sugarloaf, timed well.
- 3
Historic Rio & beaches
Santa Teresa and Lapa, then the sands of Ipanema.
- 4
Fly to Salvador
North to Bahia — Brazil's first colonial capital, founded in 1549.
- 5
The Pelourinho
Pastel baroque streets, gold-leaf churches, and the rhythms of the upper town.
- 6
Afro-Brazilian Bahia
Capoeira, acarajé from the baianas, and the living culture that shaped Brazilian music and food.
- 7
Bahian coast
A beach town or island escape — the coastline where cariocas and Bahians themselves unwind.
- 8
Toward Lençóis Maranhenses
For the adventurous ending: travel toward the improbable dunes of Maranhão (best roughly June–September, when the lagoons fill).
- 9
Dunes & lagoons
White sand dunes cradling pools of clear rainwater — one of Brazil's most surreal landscapes.
- 10
Homeward
Connect for your onward flight.
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