15-18 Feb 2018 - Chapada Diamantina Trek Travel

15-18 Feb 2018 - Chapada Diamantina Trek

15-18 February 2018

Hiking Tours of Brazil

Our Hiking Tours of Brazil are all basic ideas that can be tailor-made to match your requirements. Any tour can include one or more destinations, and can be purely dedicated to hiking, although some mountains may include a little climbing that is still suitable for those without much experience. We can also arrange serious climbing trips. We can also mix them with other activities such as climbing, kayaking or tandem hang-gliding flights, some regular tourism, and some nightlife. We include all that you need during your trip, the accommodation with breakfast; all airport transfers and other road journeys; any activities and excursions with English-speaking guides and relevant entrance fees; plus some popular extras. For our Hiking Tours of Brazil, you only need to bring your favourite hiking boots and regular outdoor clothing and equipment. Any parts where a little climbing is necessary will include ropes, helmets and safety harnesses. All hikes and climbs are undertaken with an experienced, qualified local guide, with activity insurance included.

15-18 Feb 2018. This short but very sweet trek has you hiking up and out of Lençois, across valleys and rivers, and then up the rocks of dry riverbeds. Wild camping at night, you sleep by the side of rivers and hike up the deep canyon to the bottom of Fumaça, the highest waterfall in Bahia. Next morning you have to hike out of the canyon to see it all from the top! You need to arrive in Lençois on 15 Feb for departure on the trek early on 16 Feb. It finishes in the Vale do Capao on 18 Feb, with departure on the overnight bus back to Salvador from there, or you can continue onwards into the Vale do Pati. 

It can also be combined with stays in the town to explore more of the Chapada Diamantina National Park, and makes part of the longer multi-day trek including the Vale do Pati and Buracao. 

This two-night Cachoeira da Fumaça Trek is one of the finest short treks in Brazil, taking you right through the middle of our favourite national park for activities. It can also be extended to include more nights before and after to explore Chapada Diamantina. 

Combines With: Any other Chapada Diamantina treks and activities; Salvador. 

Best Time to Visit: This tour can be taken all year round with the Chapada Diamantina National Park being a little cooler than the North-East Brazil coast, especially at night. April and May are the wet season months in Bahia although inland can still be quite dry even at this time. The advantage of doing the trek with a little rain around is that the waterfalls dropping from the flat-topped mountains are more likely to have plenty of water.
 

from $ 400 USD

15-18 Feb 2018 - Chapada Diamantina Trek

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Destinations Visited

  • Lençois & Chapada Diamantina

Trip Style

Adventure

Activities Included

  • Hiking & Trekking
  • Ecotourism

Tailor Made Tours

All our Brazil and South America Tours, are completely flexible with regards to dates, duration or the tours, activities and accommodation that we can include. All the tours featured on our website are our recommendations based on our experience of how to make the very best of your time in South America. We can adjust these details in any way that you wish. We are here to organise a tour that suits you after all!

Itinerary

Day 1
Hiking into the Hills

Destination: Lençois to Rio Capivari

16 Feb 2018. You begin your Chapada Diamantina Trek straight from the village of Lençois, striking out for the hills above town. The first 8km of the 12km to hike are in the open, traversing the rocky and with fabulous views back down to town and beyond, climbing 400m to 840m asl or so. Orchids add splashes of colour to the landscape. First stop can be the highly dangerous rock slide on Ribeirao do Meio! After a trail lunch with a view, you drop into the next valley, with difficult hiking up the rocks of a riverbed, which can be difficult in wet weather. Camp is above Cachoeira Capivara, sleeping under the overhanging rocks. After dinner you can fall asleep to the noise of the river.
Day 2
Up the Fumaça Canyon

Destination: Rio Capivari to Fumaça Canyon

17 Feb 2018. A quick morning dip in the river to wake yourselves up and refresh can also include a 6m cliff jump into the pool below the falls for those who dare! You continue up the riverbed of the Rio Capivara until you reach the entrance to the deep canyon into which falls Cachoeira da Fumaça, the highest waterfall in Bahia at some 390m - so high that the water doesn\'t reach the bottom! After leaving your bags, you hike up the 3km long canyon to the pool in the afternoon, with dizzying views up the canyon walls. After time for a quick swim you return to the campsite at the canyon mouth to spend the night. The day involves only around 8km of hiking but it can be tough and technical.
Day 3
Fumaça from Above

Destination: Fumaça Canyon to Caete-Açu & Away

18 Feb 2018. Morning brings the tough climb out of the canyon to the flat summit of the Serra do Sincora above, the first 2km of hiking including some steep scrambling in the 500m of climb. Another km of flatter ground takes you the top of Fumaça with fabulous views back down the canyon that you already hiked. The views along the valley and to other chapadas are stunning. You can also peer down to the lake from an overhanging rock... if you dare! The final part of this section of your trek is the 4km flat hike across the summit, before the stunning Vale do Capao opens out before you, and you descend the steep 1.5km to the bottom, then the final section to the valley.

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* Prices vary depending on travel dates and flight availability. Peak periods in Brazil including Carnaval, public holidays and Christmas/New Year usually require a minimum number of nights, so in these cases itineraries may need to be changed.

** Domestic flight prices are estimated on typical values when reserved six months before travel. Prices can never be guaranteed until reservations are made, and do usually become more expensive closer to the travel period.


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$400 USD
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* Prices vary depending on travel dates and flight availability. Peak periods in Brazil including Carnaval, public holidays and Christmas/New Year usually require a minimum number of nights, so in these cases itineraries may need to be changed.

** Domestic flight prices are estimated on typical values when reserved six months before travel. Prices can never be guaranteed until reservations are made, and do usually become more expensive closer to the travel period.