|
Update your Adobe Flash Player and try again.
|
|
Brazil is the largest and most populous country in South America, and the fifth largest in the world in both area and population. Its territory covers 8,514,876.599 km2 between central South America and the Atlantic Ocean and it is the easternmost country of the Americas.
To fly from Porto Alegre in the South to Boa Vista in the northern Amazon, you will take 9 hours (New York to Paris is only 8 hours).
It borders Venezuela, Suriname, Guyana and the French Guiana to the north, Uruguay to the south, Argentina and Paraguay to the southwest, Bolivia and Peru to the west, and Colombia to the northwest. The only South American countries not bordered by Brazil are Ecuador and Chile. The Brazilian coastline covers 7,367 km to the east. Numerous archipelagoes are part of the Brazilian territory, such as São Pedro e São Paulo, Fernando de Noronha, Trindade e Martim Vaz and Atol das Rocas.
| Ilha Grande - Costa Verde - 4 days Gateway: Rio de Janeiro Special interest: Beaches |
| Pantanal wetlands - South - Caiman Refuge - 4 days Gateway: Campo Grande Special interest: Wildlife |
| Chapada Diamantina - 4 days Gateway: Salvador Special interest: Adventure |
| Whale Watching - Abrolhos National Park - 5 days Gateway: Porto Seguro Special interest: Conservation |
| Diving - Fernando de Noronha - 4 days Gateway: Natal Special interest: Sporting |