15-day family Brazil — Rio, Iguaçu, the Amazon and Bahia

A first Brazil trip for a family with two teenagers in the July school holidays: Rio’s icons, the Iguaçu falls from both sides, three nights in a family-friendly Amazon lodge and a relaxed beach finale on Morro de São Paulo. Comfortable tourist-class hotels with family rooms, private transfers and English-speaking guides.

Highlights

• Sugarloaf, Christ the Redeemer and a favela-community walk in Rio
• Iguaçu falls — Brazilian and Argentine sides, boat ride under the falls
• Amazon lodge with canoe trips, piranha fishing and caiman spotting at night
• Salvador’s Pelourinho and a capoeira demonstration
• Car-free beaches of Morro de São Paulo to finish
• Family rooms and short travel days throughout

Itinerary

1. Day 1–4

   Rio de Janeiro

   City highlights at a family pace, Copacabana beach time.

2. Day 5–6

   Foz do Iguaçu

   Both sides of the falls and the bird park.

3. Day 7–10

   Amazon lodge

   Flight to Manaus; three nights at a jungle lodge on the Rio Negro.

4. Day 11–12

   Salvador

   Colonial centre, music and Bahian food.

5. Day 13–15

   Morro de São Paulo

   Catamaran to the island; beach days before flying home from Salvador.

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