Lencois, Brazil Travel Blogs

Sand, sand and guess what?
Aug 2, 2006 (11 photos)

... and watched the brilliant orange sunset with the view. Fantastic and just what we wanted to see. Never thought it would be in Brazil though! Back to the hostel in an even more precarious ride as the jeeps seemed to race each other home in the near ...

Chapada Diamantina National Park
May 6, 2006 (30 photos)

... after meeting our guide, Ba, we were off for our three day trek through Chapada Diamantina National Park featuring Brazil´s highest waterfall, dozens of swimming holes, several smaller waterfalls, beautiful valley views, and sleeping in caverns(very painful ...

The Brazil Countryside
May 4, 2006 (19 photos)

... returning from a 3 day trek in the National park and gave a great recommendation for their guide... so we hired him on the spot to go the next day. The photos here are Lençois and its surroundings. The next entry is our 3 day hike in the national park.

bahia é alegría
Oct 22, 2005 (3 photos)

... and a big smile. Mio led us this first morning of trekking on a relatively flat trail which followed a ridge line above Lençois, entered into the national park and progressed to a series of natural pools featuring a long, wide natural rock waterslide. On ...

Brazil!
Sep 5, 2003

... great regularity and we spent many an hour checking out the foxy capoueira boys practicing on the beach.... And now Im in Lencois, further inland where there is amazing hiking and lots of beautiful waterfalls. I will probably head off in the next day ...

Chapada da Diamantina
Sep 9, 2005 (17 photos)

... to start another trip. A tour where you go by car and you visit many different places ... And even Martin wanted to join us, and originally he only came to Lencois because of the festival and now he is making a sightseeing tour ;) BUT No Problem ;)

Lost Guide and Biking Tour with Problems
Sep 11, 2005

... Salvador, because somebody tried to rob her, but he couldn`t get her bag. But of course she was really afraid. Porto Seguro we are coming! The Music was not really good and so we just bought some things and left Lencois at 11 pm to Salvador again.

Waterfalls, caves and a lot of rain
Feb 24, 2007 (10 photos)

... days and so I was worried I would fall asleep and get robbed!  Fortunately that didn't happen and I arrived safely in Lencois at 4am. The following morning I got my first proper view of Lencois, which was a very pretty town with cobblestone streets ...

Lençoís- Chapada Diamantina
Feb 26, 2005 (8 photos)

... cool capoeira class/show with little kids and a midget. Oh and I cannot forget my most glorious moment in Brazil, we found a Mexican restaurant!!!!!!! Anywho, Lençoís was a great way to end our stint with the boys, very nice, and a great break from all the ...

lencois
Sep 30, 2005 (6 photos)

I spent in lencois 2 days of hiking. the views there are quite similar to those of the golan heights and the upper galil. on the first day i went on a horse-back riding trip with a group of israelis i met on the bus. i was amazed of their incapability and ...

Music, Capoeira, Hawking and Hiking - BAHIA!!
Aug 30, 2004 (19 photos)

... . C´est à ce moment que je suis tombé pas seulement en amour avec le pays mais aussi avec les brésiliens. Nous sommes retournés à Lençois, j´ai payer mon conducteur, voulu payer Puma qui a refusé et m´a simplement remercié pour l´aventure, retourné à l´hotel ou notre ...

Hardcore Trekking at Chapada Diamantina
Jan 22, 2009

... nothing of that happens and we happily arrive in Capao at 2:40 PM of the third day after our leaving from Lençois. Drinking brazilian beer we celebrate the end of our Chapada Diamantina adventure. No more treeking, a relaxing night is waiting for us, a hot ...

Posauda Rita
Apr 21, 2006 (6 photos)

... went into a cave. With a couple of days relaxing by the river and some great food thrown in the mix, we left lencois feeling healthier and rejuvinated....... just so we could waste our newfound health on a night in the seediest town in brazil (feira ...

Der Trip ins Ungewisse
May 28, 2007 (40 photos)

"Fuer 140 Real bekommt ihr keinen englischsprachigen Guide" - Fuer 210 wohl leider auch nicht! Englischsprachig ist ja auch relativ. Hat ja keiner was davon gesagt, wie viele Woerter er sprechen koennen muss und ob er die dann auch versteht oder nicht... ...

THE MASSIVE UPDATE
Sep 30, 2006 (43 photos)

OK, heregoes: gonna try to do a rundown as quick as possible of the last couple months. Feel free to leave a comment or question, family or just a visitor, as there is a lot more to say about this time period. Pictures are few and far between because they ...

Days 56-62 Waterfalls, Caves & Grutas By ES
Jan 30, 2008 (99 photos)

... back to a really nice swimming hole down stream a ways. The water was clear but brown like Coca Cola.  We hiked back to Lençois, dreaming of açai the entire way since it was so hot out and had not had a proper lunch. We got back at around 5 ...

Chapada Diamantina
Oct 6, 2006 (9 photos)

... upon return to Lençóis, guessing its heat exhaustion or heat stroke (don´t know the difference), but I was yakking everywhere. I really like Lençóis and hopefully will be back to explore more of the park - it is so huge. Funny that at Chapada Veadeiros, it is ...

Weekend trips
Jun 23, 2007 (27 photos)

... a speed boat to get there!  The other weekend trip was to a city in the interior of the state named Lençois.  This place was a different type of paradise with the most beautiful waterfalls and mountains that I´ve ever seen.  Brace yourselves ...

Chapada de Diamantina
Feb 7, 2009 (28 photos)

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more on brazil
Jul 5, 2006 (10 photos)

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The Rainy Forest
Jan 19, 2008

I spent nearly a week in Lencois. It is near a national park in which I went to some caves, mountains and waterfalls.

Chapada Diamantina national park
Sep 17, 2009

... . It was perfect to recharge my batteries after the excesses of big cities. Highly, highly recommended. Hint: The treks are a bit expensive. If you want to save some money, walk back to Lencois (if that's where you're based) instead of getting the 4x4

Lovely Lencois
May 30, 2008 (54 photos)

... covered in sterile, breathable dressing - thanks very much Mum & Duncan!! That evening we enjoyed our best meal in Lencois at a fabulous restaurant called ¨Slow Cooked Restaurant¨. Richard enjoyed a local spicy goulash dish and I had an amazing pasta ...

more lencois and a little jericoacoara
Jul 13, 2006

brazil

Free Fallin´
Feb 27, 2007 (13 photos)

... a dia tranquilo (a phrase he oft repeated) was 6 hours of strenuous hiking instead of 8.  After three days, we waddled back to Lençois, actually looking forward to sitting on a bus for 24 hours the next day.  The sad news we must report is that ...

Een bijzondere ontmoeting
Aug 12, 2007 (8 photos)

... 10 mijl richting de kust door een geul varen om in beschut water te komen. We hopen vanuit het westen alsnog in Lençois de Marenhenses te kunnen komen nadat we aan de oostkant van dit prachtige duinenreservaat onvoldoende diep water hadden gevonden en het ...

A breath of fresh air!
Apr 12, 2006 (20 photos)

Resume francais a la suite du texte! Lencois is a small town near the National Park "Chiapada Diamantina". We spent a wonderful four days there, hiking in the National Park, including a day trip to Fumaca Falls which are the highest falls in the country ...

Night bus to Chapada Diamantina National Park
Feb 25, 2007 (52 photos)

... a two-hour bus back to Salvador and waiting four miserable hours in the nasty bus terminal, we caught our night bus to Lencois, the entrance point into Chapada Diamantina national park. We stayed here for five nights, and it was EXACTLY what we both needed ...

Scratched Legs and Big Smiles
Mar 7, 2007 (10 photos)

... nbsp;I've just finished washing the dirt from my shoes and backpack.  After seven days of hiking through the park around Lencois I was a bit of a mess - bloody legs, blisters, stink, sweat.  No matter, our trek was absolutely ...

Naar de Chapada Diamantina!
Apr 3, 2007 (9 photos)

... valleien en steppegebied. Het is een zeer vruchtbaar gebied, dat gevoed wordt door bronnen die in de bergen ontspringen. In Lencois leven de bewoners tegenwoordig vooral van het toerisme. In de spaarzame kleine dorpjes die de streek  verder nog telt, ...