About 350 km offshore from the Brazilian coast you can find a true paradise, the archipelago of Fernando de Noronha. We stayed there for a couple of nights, rented a beach buggy and explored the main island with all its' beautiful beaches.

 

A couple of hours by car from Rio de Janeiro you can find the peaceful island of Ilha Grande. There the main activities are hiking, snorkeling, swimming in the sea and relaxing. :-)

 

Our next stop was in Rio de Janeiro. There we went to see the statue of Christ the Redeemer and we also went up on the Sugar Loaf Mountain. Both places offer an amazing view over the city. We stayed one night at the luxury hotel Copacabana Palace and then three nights in a hotel in Ipanema.

 

The next stop on our journey in Brazil was in Iguazu Falls, where we stayed at the beautiful Hotel das Cataratas. The hotel is located inside the national park, which gives you an opportunity to walk to the waterfalls before the park gates open and the crowd comes in.

 

If you want to come close to wildlife in a very convenient way, Pantanal is definitely the destination for you. Here you can explore the wetlands by boat and you will see millions of birds. A bird watcher's paradise!

 

To reach the wetlands you have to travel along a 150 kilometer long gravel road with hundreds of wooden bridges. The road is called Transpantaneira. You will spot a lot of wildlife from the car. 

We spent one week in the area onboard a house boat and during the days we travelled up the rivers in a smaller boat, searching for jaguars. We were so lucky and spotted two jaguars!

 

Our Brazilian adventure started in Amazonas. We spent some days onboard a river boat and travelled upstream on Rio Negro. The accomodation was rather simple and it was a bit hot during the night, so I struggled a bit with the sleep. During the days we did excursions in a smaller boat to come closer to the nature and the wildlife. The rainforest is dense, which means that it is a bit hard to spot wildlife in Amazonas. We saw mostly birds, but they are very colourful. We also met the funny looking pink river dolphins and tried piranha fishing.

 

 

This summer we spent one month in Brazil. During our Brazilian adventure we visited the Amazonas, Pantanal, Iguazu Falls, Rio de Janeiro, Ilha Grande and Fernando de Noronha. It was an amazing trip packed with experiences and activities. One month is definitely not enough if you want to discover Brazil. We decided to pick some destinations and concentrate on them. Now I'm going to show you some photos from the trip.

Earlier this week my boyfriend took me out for dinner in Oslo. We went to Restaurant Havsmak, which is a fish and seafood restaurant. There we enjoyed a three course dinner. I had fish soup, the main course of the week, which was cod, and raspberries with licourice ice cream. The restaurant is famous for their fish soup and now I understand why. It was delicious!