Brazil

While jaguars are found all over South and Central America, actually seeing one is a rare coup. But not impossible, and all the more likely if you put yourself in the best situation for the magic moment to happen. If your interest is piqued by the thought of putting yourself in the advantageous position to…

Rio Carnival 2018 kicked-off with hundreds climbing onto enormous, extravagant floats and hundreds more still gathered in brilliant costumes , drumming and dancing to pulsing samba music. Stretching 700-plus meters of technicolor jubilation, the legendary party parade announced the official return of Carnival season once more. This year’s parade pitted 13 of the best samba…

Brazil first made entry into the country simpler for citizens of Canada, Japan, and Australia , and now U.S. citizens can officially travel to Brazil easier than ever thanks to the introduction of a new e-visa program. Our goal at Southern Explorations is to always make sure your trip planning experience is as smooth and…

Thanks to a new electronic visa system, Brazil is becoming much easier to visit for North Americans. Southern Explorations expects a rush of bookings for Brazil starting in the new year. Beginning in January 2018, tourists from the United States and Canada will no longer have to wade through the complicated bureaucracy and paperwork to…

Nothing so personifies travel to Brazil as the beaches in and around Rio de Janeiro, the stuff of legends and films. Though it was once the beaches of Guanabara Bay that attracted the in-crowd, since the early 1920s, sun-worshippers by day and revelers by night have sought out the westerly beaches along Avenida Atlantica and…

Chapada Diamantina National Park was established to preserve the region’s mountainous canyon country, river valleys and vegetation ranging from orchids and bromeliads to cactus. After much community campaigning, the federal government designated the area as a national park in 1985 and eliminated diamond mining within the park’s boundaries. An historic area of diamond deposits, many…

To the delight of visitors on Brazil tours, Bahia offers an interesting cuisine of African, Portuguese and Caribbean origins, reflecting the region’s rich cultural history. There are two central themes; fish from Brazil’s northern coast, and the distinctively orange, spicy palm nut oil, “azeite de dendi,” from the trees that grow along the coasts of…

This week, the 2016 Summer Olympics will mark the first time a South American city has hosted the Games . Rio de Janeiro, the city known for its extravagant coastline of white beach and emerald mountains, gears up for the arrival of more than 10,000 athletes . In true Latin American fashion, celebrations will make…