Last Frontiers' articles for Brazil (all categories)
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Spring Newsletter March 2012
Welcome to a spring update from Last Frontiers: our 20th newsletter for our 20th anniversary! In this issue: | Canyons and coasts - Sue and Ed in Brazil | Culture and Caribbean - Claire in Guatemala and Belize | Beyond the Canal - Oli in Panama | Galapagos update | Last Frontiers in the press | New... Read more»
Sian Lloyd in Brazil
Sian Lloyd and her husband Jonathan visted Brazil with Last Frontiers. Her article was published in the Mail on Sunday on 11 March 2012 (please forgive her spelling of Paraty!). Their journey began in Rio, where they stayed at the iconic Copacabana Palace, owned by Orient-Express. They then continue... Read more»
Ibitipoca - a hidden secret in Brazil
After a 4 hour journey by road from Rio de Janeiro I arrived to Reserva do Ibitipoca, a special new find for Last Frontiers. I was given a wonderful welcome by the friendly staff, with drinks and delicious home-made cakes for tea - what more could one ask for? This is an isolated property, sitting a... Read more»
Satnav in Latin America
While I was planning a recent driving trip to southern Brazil (with my trusty co-driver Sue) I thought I would (or should) trial some form of satellite navigation (Satnav). Local maps only tend to show the major roads and are sketchy at best when it comes to town plans, and online maps (such as Goog... Read more»
Brazilian wildlife and adventure - Bonito and the Pantanal
So there I was snorkelling down a crystal-clear river through virgin forest, capuchin monkeys in the trees, shoals of coloured fish all around when suddenly the fish scatter as a giant river otter breaks the water to my right - wow! Such is Bonito in southern Brazil, a picturesque area of forested h... Read more»
Planes, trains and scarlet ibis - Ed in southern Brazil
In September, I headed to southern Brazil to visit the colonial cities, Atlantic rainforest and picture-postcard beaches of Paraná state. From Sao Paulo, I flew to the regional capital Curitiba to take the Serra Verde Express, one of the most impressive train journeys in South America. The train cut... Read more»
The Lost City of Z - David Grann
David Grann, a staff writer at The New Yorker, decided to investigate the story of British explorer Colonel Percy Fawcett, whose disappearance without trace in the Amazon in 1925 has fired imagination, novels and films ever since. Fawcett was the inspiration for Conan Doyle’s Lost World, as he penet... Read more»
Scarlet Ibis return to Southern Brazil!
The Scarlet Ibis, one of South America's most iconic and eye-catching birds has finally returned to the Atlantic Rainforest of Paraná State after an absence of some 40 years. Pollution and destruction of the rainforest drove them away in the 60's but now following numerous conservation projects to r... Read more»