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Chapada Expedition - 5 days PDF Print E-mail
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Written by Iago Marinho   
Monday, 09 March 2009 03:08

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Torrinha Cavern - Pratinha Waterfall - Pai Inácio Hill PDF Print E-mail
Tours - Mountain Bike
Written by Iago Marinho   
Tuesday, 24 February 2009 18:30
Conditioning:  Medium
Technique: Light
Bike: 30km Back by car / 50km – Back by bike

We will go by car to Torrinha Cavern, the rooms have 15 to 50 meters of width and 12 to 20 meters of height. After we will go by bike to Pratinha Waterfall to have lunch and swim in its clear blue waters. We will visit as well the Blue Cavern in the same place.
Then we will take a dirt road to the cemented road where we will follow to Campos de São João to taste “Doce de Leite”, one of the best sweets of Chapada Diamatina which is made by Dona Afra for more than 58 years.
The adventure will continue until Pai Inácio Hill, we will follow a track of 15 minutes to the top to check out the Chapada Diamantina National Park with a 360 degree view. The way back to Lençóis can be done by bike through  Barro Branco track or through the cemented road. If preferred the way back can be done by car as well.
 
Tanquinho City - Pinturas Rupestres - Mosquito Waterfall PDF Print E-mail
Tours - Mountain Bike
Written by Iago Marinho   
Tuesday, 24 February 2009 18:25

Conditioning: Medium
Techinique: Medium
Bike: 45km

We will leave the historical city of Lençóis through the cemented road until we reach a dirt road. We will bikeride by farms, cross rivers, sandy parts and wild animals.
We will stop in Tanquinho City to relax and after we will put the bikes in the car to go to the Archeological Siege of the Paridas Mountain Range which is located 19km of the Tanquinho City. This place has rare old paitings which is dated 8 to 12 thousand years old.

To end the bike ride we will continue through a 23km dirt road until the Sítio dos Impossíveis in Seu Vangele´s home. Over there we will rest for a while and have lunch.
After lunch we will follow on a 40 minutes track of easy access. We will visit Mosquito Waterfall, which is 50 meters high, a place of rare beauty where we will swim in its dark and cold waters.
On the way back we will have dinner in a place with typical food of Bahia. We will go back in the end of the day by car.


 

 
Roncador Waterfall PDF Print E-mail
Tours - Mountain Bike
Written by Iago Marinho   
Tuesday, 24 February 2009 18:22

Conditioning: Medium

Technique: Medium

Bike: 36km – There and back

The adventure starts through the Garimpo Road crossing many rivers including Ribeirão de Baixo, Capivara and Roncador.  Our final destination will be the Centenary House, “O Casarão”, where we will eat delicious typcal foor of Bahia and the Roncador Waterfall which is a 15 minute walk from the house, a place where we can swim in its natural swim holes. We will return through the same way that we came to Lençóis. The duration of the tour will be of approximately 3 hours.

 
Diabo Well - Pai Inácio Hill - Barro Branco PDF Print E-mail
Tours - Mountain Bike
Written by Iago Marinho   
Tuesday, 24 February 2009 18:17

Condicionamento: Leve
Técnica: Média
Bike: 33km

We will arrive by car in 30 minutes to Diabo Well and walk for 15 minute to the waterfall. After the car will take us to the bottom of Pai Inácio Hill, a symbol of Chapada Diamantina. We will walk up to the top which will take 15 minutes where we will enjoy an amazing 360 degree view of the Park. After we will go down and follow a cemented road by bike towards Barro Branco for 18km. In the first 5km the participant will have to use high techinique and on some sandy parts we will have to push the bike. After we reach the highest point we will go downhill for 9km, going through a river and lots of vegetation. We will end in Lençóis after a unique biker´s experience.

 

 
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