Natural features
Anavilhanas Archipelago, Rio Negro
Amazonas
One of the largest river archipelagos in the world, with around 400 forested islands in the dark waters of the Rio Negro, protected as a national park.
Natural features in Brazil
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Baía do Sancho, Fernando de Noronha
Fernando de Noronha, Pernambuco
Often voted the most beautiful beach in the world: a cove of golden sand at the foot of green cliffs, with clear turquoise water full of fish, turtle…
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Baía dos Porcos and the Atalaia natural pool, Noronha
Fernando de Noronha, Pernambuco
Baía dos Porcos is a tiny cove next to Sancho, with rock pools and views of the Dois Irmãos ('two brothers') rock peaks rising from the sea, one of t…
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Iguaçu Falls (Brazilian side)
Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná
One of the world's great waterfalls, about 275 drops along nearly 3 km on the Brazil-Argentina border, a UNESCO site.
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Lençóis Maranhenses
Santo Amaro do Maranhão, Maranhão
A vast expanse of white sand dunes dotted with turquoise and green lagoons that fill with rainwater, best from June to September.
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Meeting of the Waters, Manaus
Manaus, Amazonas
Just outside Manaus, the dark, warm Rio Negro meets the cooler, sandy-coloured Rio Solimões, and the two rivers run side by side without mixing for a…
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Sugarloaf Mountain, Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
A granite peak rising 396 m at the mouth of Guanabara Bay, reached by two cable cars via Morro da Urca, with views of Copacabana and Christ the Redee…
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Transpantaneira and Porto Jofre, Pantanal
Poconé, Mato Grosso
The Pantanal is the world's largest tropical wetland, about the size of France, and much better than the Amazon for seeing wildlife.
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Copacabana and Ipanema beaches
Rio de Janeiro
Rio's famous beaches: Copacabana with its wave-patterned promenade, and Ipanema, with views of the Dois Irmãos peaks, where locals applaud the sunset…
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Jericoacoara
Jijoca de Jericoacoara, Ceará
A remote beach village of sand streets inside a national park, with dunes, lagoons such as Lagoa do Paraíso with hammocks in the water, and some of t…
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Mirante dos Golfinhos, Fernando de Noronha
Fernando de Noronha, Pernambuco
A clifftop viewpoint over the Baía dos Golfinhos, where hundreds of spinner dolphins rest in the calm, protected bay early each morning, spinning and…