Lencois Hotels - Reviews and Rates

Following a recommendation from people we met in Paraty, we decided to take a detour from our original itinerary.

We headed 600km west from Salvador to a town called Lencois, which is the base for exploring the Chapada Diamantina National Park.

We had an action packed 3 days in the most stunning landscapes (some parts reminded us...

And so, from the bright lights of Salvador to the dusty cobbled streets of little Lençois. A drastic change of scenery to say the least!

We had a pretty uneventful 6 hour bus trip here (food disasters are no longer an event but just an accepted part of everyday life here) however, over the last 4 or 5 weeks in Brazil have discovered a ne...

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Lençois is the entry point of the huge Chapada Diamantina national park, called like that cause it formerly contained important diamond mines that provoked an intense search fever in the region. The first surprise, and this time a nice one, was the Real Expresso bus that takes...

Well, spending a couple of weeks with my mum and dad was always going to involve some hiking, and the best place to do this in Bahia is the Chapada Diamantina, a mountainous national park 5 hours drive west of Salvador, which used to be mined for diamonds, hence the name. Mum and dad had arranged the accomodation, hire car etc so it was very rel...

After my third pit stop in Salvador I went of to the city of Lencois in the area of Chapada Diamantina National Park. This park contains 1.500 square km of mountainous country, with large caves, waterfalls and rivers with natural swimming pools. After one and a half months, the trauma of my previous hikes subsided enough for me to get all excite...

Wednesday marked our last day in Lencois. When we got up we went to eat breakfast, then settled our things in the bags, and gave the big bags for storage in the Pousada. We then went out to do a 15 minute trek from the Pousada, that we had been postponing since we got there. The walk was mostly uphill, and when we got to the end of the trail mar...

After finishing up our breakfast (so far every place we've stayed in had included Cafe De Mania - breakfast, in it's price, so at least we didn't have to go looking for that particular thing), We met with our guide for the day, and got on the minivan that would take us to all the places we'd visit. 20 minute ride later, some of it on dirt road, ...

De omgeving van Ilha dos Lencois Vanuit de oceaan moeten we wel 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 nacht was! Ook een onrustig...

Imagine, if you can, arriving in a new place, it is dark - 5 am, and being greeted by at least 10 chaps from varying pousada´s vying for your custom. Now after Salvador we were a little apprehensive. We identified the chap from the place we had booked and were subsequently led through dark cobbled streets, up hills, around corners for what felt ...

After catching 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 after all the carnaval craziness! We could have done overnight treks, but o...