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Journey Through Brazil

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Why travellers choose AuthenticBrazilTravel

Brazil has become our home, and as a private Brazil travel agency and tour operator, we personally plan each trip and coordinate it with trusted local partners. Together we find the destinations that fit you, then craft a private, tailor-made journey around the way you want to travel.

From the Amazon rainforest in the north to the beaches of Florianópolis in the south, we handle everything: transfers, hand-picked accommodations and privately guided tours, with the best English-speaking guides Brazil has to offer.

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Simply the best guides

Seasoned, born-here hosts with years of experience and deep local knowledge, with English-speaking guiding. German-speaking guides can be arranged where available; we confirm the language with your itinerary.

Transfers, stays & tours, all in one

Airport transfers, hand-selected accommodations and privately guided tours, organised end to end. One trip, one team, no loose ends.

24/7 personal support

We live in Brazil and stay reachable before, during and after your journey, and we answer personally.

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Signature Journeys

Choose a journey we’ve perfected

Routes we’ve refined trip after trip, complete with itineraries, stays and pacing. Pick the one that sounds like you and we shape it around your dates and wishes.

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My Journey

Design your own, stop by stop

Gather the destinations and experiences that speak to you as you browse, order them into a route, and send it to us. We turn your picks into one seamless private trip.

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Either way: private guides, all transfers, hand-picked stays, and a personal reply within 24 hours.

Where shall we take you?

A growing collection of privately guided journeys, each one built by hand around you.

The beach and bay of Lagoinha do Leste on Florianópolis island, seen from the ridge trail above

Florianópolis

The Island of 42 Beaches, Our Home

Santa Catarina, Brazil

Overview

This is the island we call home, and we know every cove on it. Surf beaches and Atlantic-forest trails to the north, lagoon villages and fresh-from-the-farm oysters to the south, a privately guided week through Florianópolis, paced entirely around you.

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Aerial view of Rio de Janeiro with Sugarloaf Mountain and Guanabara Bay

Rio de Janeiro

The Marvellous City, Privately

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Overview

Sugarloaf at golden hour, hidden Santa Teresa ateliers and a beach day with no schedule. Rio de Janeiro with a private host who knows the city beyond the postcards.

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Wetland landscape of the Brazilian Pantanal

Northern Pantanal

The World's Greatest Wildlife Stage

Mato Grosso, Brazil

Overview

The best place on Earth to see jaguars in the wild, private boats, expert trackers and a fazenda lodge under enormous skies.

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Riders crossing open Pantanal floodplain on Pantaneiro working horses at first light

Southern Pantanal

Fazenda Country, and the Calmer Half

Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

Overview

The half of the wetland where you sleep on a working cattle ranch, ride out at dawn and watch giant otters instead of queueing for a jaguar. Reached from Campo Grande, and the natural partner to Bonito two and a half hours down the road.

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White sand dunes and rain-water lagoons of Lençóis Maranhenses

Lençóis Maranhenses

White Dunes, Turquoise Lagoons

Maranhão, Brazil

Overview

An otherworldly desert of wind-sculpted dunes cradling thousands of freshwater lagoons, best in the rainy-season window, privately timed.

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Lush Amazon rainforest stretching to the horizon

Amazônia

Into the Heart of the Rainforest

Amazonas, Brazil

Overview

An intimate river journey on the Rio Negro, a traditional riverboat, air-conditioned suites and a private naturalist who takes you where the forest is still wild and untouched.

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Signature journeys, fully guided

Ready-made starting points we shape around you, every one includes private transfers, hand-picked stays and a dedicated English-speaking guide.

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The bay of Rio de Janeiro with Sugarloaf Mountain rising out of the water

Highlights of Brazil

The four places nobody wants to miss, done properly and in the right order: four days in Rio, three at the Iguaçu Falls, five on the Rio Negro and four on the Bahian coast to let it all settle. Privately guided from the first airport to the last beach.

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Sunset over Ipanema beach in Rio de Janeiro

Beaches & Islands

Fourteen days down two of Brazil's best coasts: Rio, the car-free island of Ilha Grande, colonial Paraty, a night in Salvador and four barefoot days on the turtle beaches of Praia do Forte. Every night in the plan can move.

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A wild jaguar resting on a riverbank in the Pantanal

Wildlife & Nature

Twelve privately guided days through Brazil's four great natural worlds: the Atlantic Forest above Rio, the thunder of Iguaçu, the crystal springs of the Pantanal and the deep Amazon.

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Baroque churches and colonial houses on the hills of Ouro Preto

Culture & History

Fifteen days along the Estrada Real, the old royal gold road: São Paulo, colonial Paraty, imperial Rio with Petrópolis, the baroque towns of Minas Gerais and Belo Horizonte. Self-drive or privately chauffeured, with a local historian waiting at every stop.

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A single walker on a dune crest above a turquoise rainwater lagoon in the Lençóis Maranhenses

Adventure & Active

Fourteen days of doing rather than watching: a dawn hike onto the twin peaks above Ipanema, an inflatable straight under the Iguaçu falls, surf and forest trails on our home island, and a three-day crossing of the Lençóis dunes on foot.

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A family beach day on Copacabana in Rio de Janeiro

Family & Multi-Generational

A private, tailor-made Brazil family trip built for children, parents and grandparents travelling together: family rooms, kid-friendly wildlife and beaches, a gentle pace and one coordinator who handles every detail, so everyone can simply enjoy it.

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White sand and clear green water at Lopes Mendes beach on car-free Ilha Grande

Honeymoons & Milestones

A private, tailor-made Brazil honeymoon or anniversary trip: Rio at golden hour, a car-free island to yourselves, and one wild place you will still be talking about in ten years. Planned around the season, with one coordinator from the first call to the flight home.

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Everything organised, so you only have to be there.

No piecing trips together from a dozen tabs. Every journey arrives complete.

Private local guide

Experienced English-speaking guides lead your included tours. Guiding language and schedule are confirmed in your proposal.

All transfers

Airport, accommodation and excursion transfers are coordinated for your route. Transport arrangements are set out in your proposal.

Hand-selected stays

Boutique hotels in multiple quality tiers, each one personally vetted by us.

Activities shaped around you

Activities chosen around your interests, with room to adapt where weather, logistics and availability allow.

What travelling with us was actually like

  • My wife and I have always been thrilled by Brazil, but we had never dared to organise the trip ourselves. Authentic Brazil Travel planned the whole journey for us, including some destinations we did not know. The trip was superbly organised, the guides were great, the accommodations lovely and the transfers punctual. Thanks to the wonderful guides and their tips we felt safe the entire time and got to discover a lot of new things. Gladly again!

    Ali Siblani Germany

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    We arrange the guide, transfers, stays and daily menu. You simply arrive.

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