Salvador Residency
Hotel or lodge, twin sharing
9 days, planned by Pumice & Pine
Nine days in Bahia — the city, a national park of tabletop mountains, and the coast south of it.
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| Pelourinho |
| Elevador Lacerda |
| São Francisco |
São Francisco is covered in gold leaf paid for by the sugar economy, which was built on slavery — the museum next door is where that is addressed rather than skirted.
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| Igreja São Francisco |
| Museu Afro-Brasileiro |
| Capoeira roda |
Lençóis was a diamond town in the nineteenth century and emptied when the diamonds went. The park brought it back.
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| Lençóis |
| Diamond-era buildings |
| Chapada |
The Vale do Pati has families farming in it who walk everything in and out. The full traverse is a multi-day trek; this walks the rim above it.
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| Morro do Pai Inácio |
| Vale do Pati |
| Tabletop mesas |
The Poço Azul only turns blue when the sun angle is right, roughly April to September between ten and one. Outside that it is a dark pool.
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| Poço Azul |
| Lapa Doce |
| Poço do Diabo |
Eight hours, and the longest transfer of the trip. Itacaré is where the Mata Atlântica comes down to the beach.
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| Itacaré |
| Atlantic forest |
| Praia da Concha |
Southern Bahia is cacao country and the surviving Atlantic forest here largely survived because it was shaded cacao rather than cleared.
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| Prainha |
| Itacarezinho |
| Cacao farms |
There are no vehicles on the island — luggage moves by wheelbarrow, and the beaches are numbered rather than named.
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| Morro de São Paulo |
| Segunda Praia |
| Fortress |
Two and a half hours across the Baía de Todos os Santos, and it is genuinely rough when the wind is up.
Day 1 · Fri, 18 Sept, 2026
Most of these can be added to your booking later — the operator confirms within a day.
Published by the operator. Nights on the ground can move with weather and permissions.
Hotel or lodge, twin sharing
Hotel or lodge, twin sharing
Hotel or lodge, twin sharing
Hotel or lodge, twin sharing
8 breakfasts, 1 lunch and 7 dinners across 9 days, at the lodges you sleep in. It opens with dinner on day 1 and closes with breakfast on day 9.
16 meal services named in the itinerary. Vegetarian and vegan covered; Jain, gluten-free and allergies on notice at booking
“Andes and Central America, altitude planned properly”
Every itinerary is built around where you sleep rather than where you go, because in the Andes that is the only decision that matters.
Everything was arranged properly — transfers, entries, all of it. Accommodation was a notch better than the price suggested. Never went hungry, and the tea appeared exactly when it was needed. Good value for what's included.
Glad you enjoyed it. Hope to see you on another trip.
Well paced over 9 days with enough free time to not feel herded. The lead was calm and knew when to slow the group down. Worth every rupee.
Too much time on the coach and not enough at the places we'd come for.
Thank you. We've taken the point about the transfer and are reviewing it.
North-east Brazil done well. The itinerary had room to breathe. Accommodation was a notch better than the price suggested. The team read the group well and adjusted without making a thing of it.
Glad you enjoyed it. Hope to see you on another trip.
Everything was arranged properly — transfers, entries, all of it. Worth every rupee.
Good mix of the obvious things and a few places we'd never have found.
Roughly April to September, between about ten and one, when the sun angle puts a beam through the opening onto the water. Outside that window it is a dark cave pool. The itinerary times the day around it and still cannot promise cloud cover will cooperate.
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