Lençois Maranhenses Private Tour

Description

When you make your reservation, you can choose between several tour options of different areas of the Lençóis Maranhenses National Park. All of them include hotel pick-up and drop off, transport by an all-terrain vehicle, and a Portuguese-speaking guide just for you.

Tubing in the Formiga River (5.5 hours)

If you want to enjoy one of the most fun experiences available in the area, this tour was meant for you. On this tour, you'll enjoy sliding down the Formiga River aboard a doughnut-shaped float. You will only have to worry about relaxing and going with the flow while trying to spot the monkeys and birds that inhabit this area. The itinerary of this tour is similar to this one.

Tour from Preguiças River to Atins (9 hours)  

With this option, we'll board a speedboat and embark on a ride along the Preguiças River. Along the way, we'll admire streams, mangroves, buriti palms, and some species such as herons and curlews. We'll stop at a local community to enjoy some delicious coconut water and meet the friendly capuchin monkeys that'll come out to greet us.

Then, we'll sail to Mandacaru, a small fishing village deeply rooted in its traditions. Next, we'll go to Caburé to admire its beautiful desert beaches and its unusual traditional huts. In Atins, we'll stop for lunch and enjoy a swim in its unique brackish water beach.

Preguiças River Speedboat Tour (8 hours)

Visit the fishing community of Vassouras, admire the dunes from the top of a tower, and enjoy the dream-like beach of Caburé on this tour of the Preguiças River. While relaxing on board a speedboat you'll be able to admire the mangroves and spot many local exotic animals. Maybe we'll even get to see the famous macaque-prey.

The itinerary we'll follow for this tour will be similar to this Preguiças River speedboat tour.

Lençois Maranhenses Jeep Tour (4 hours) 

We'll hop on a jeep to drive to the pier of Barreirinhas, where we'll board a ferry to get the vehicle across the river. Afterward, we'll get on back on the jeep to explore the large dunes and beautiful lakes of the Lençóis Maranhenses National Park. 

Also, we'll have the chance to bathe in these lagoons as the sand walls rise up next to us. What's more, we'll admire the beautiful sunset in this heavenly spot.

Atins Lagoons Tour (8.5 hours)

We'll get on a jeep to go to the Preguiças River and cross it aboard a ferry. Next, we'll set out on a one-and-a-half-hour hiking tour through the Lençóis Maranhenses National Park. 

The first stop of the day will be at the beach of Atins, the place where the Atlantic Ocean and the Preguiças River meet. We'll also stop at the beautiful Canto de Atins lagoon - an oasis in the middle of the desert! We'll continue the tour to the Época lagoon, a paradise on earth hidden among large sand dunes. There, you'll be able to take a dip and unwind.

The itinerary will be similar to this Atins Lagoons hiking tour.

Advantages of a private tour

By booking a private tour, you will receive a much more personalized service. You will be able to choose the day you prefer to do the tour, modify the itinerary to your liking.