Paraty Explorer has had rave reviews in National Geographic Traveler, The Boston Globe, The Irish Times and Brazil's National TV Globo amongst others.
'Foreigners surrender themselves to the charms of Paraty'
- GLOBO TV National News, July 2011
click here for news report covering the Paraty Explorer David Byrne Bike Tour and interview with Michael (in Portuguese - but the images are nice!)
'Three Ways to Stay in Parati, Brazil' - National Geographic Traveler, April 2011
Paraty Explorer tours to the Eco-farm, www.eco-farmbrazil.com, make it to the List of favourite 80 places in South America of the NatGeo Traveler!
"The view over the Serra do Mar is beyond heavenly, and so is the food—organic, vegetarian, from the forest: the beans, the bananas, the fresh hearts of palm."
For complete StayList article click here or here for NatGeo site link
"The view over the Serra do Mar is beyond heavenly, and so is the food—organic, vegetarian, from the forest: the beans, the bananas, the fresh hearts of palm."
For complete StayList article click here or here for NatGeo site link
'Free of its history', Boston Globe, 19 December 2010, by Colin Barraclough
featuring our very own Rodrigo, who guided the journalist on Ilha Grande, including a hike to the site of the former high security prison, known as the 'Brazilian Alcatraz' or the 'Devil's Cauldron'.
"Vultures circled ominously overhead as Rodrigo and I picked our way through the ivy tendrils and matted weeds that covered what had once been cell blocks. From the guardhouse, I gazed through a slit window, imagining myself momentarily as an armed guard. Beyond, where the administration block was now a chaotic heap of tiles, bricks, and iron bars, I ducked beneath a heavy beam and pulled out a rusted movie projector, once used by the guards, now lying exposed to the elements."
Click here for the complete article
"Vultures circled ominously overhead as Rodrigo and I picked our way through the ivy tendrils and matted weeds that covered what had once been cell blocks. From the guardhouse, I gazed through a slit window, imagining myself momentarily as an armed guard. Beyond, where the administration block was now a chaotic heap of tiles, bricks, and iron bars, I ducked beneath a heavy beam and pulled out a rusted movie projector, once used by the guards, now lying exposed to the elements."
Click here for the complete article
'Great Escape to Brazil's Green Coast', Irish Times, 03 July 2010, by Tom Hennigan
"WITH SPECTACULAR mountains ringing the bay, there is excellent hiking for the more adventurous. In April I joined a three-day trek through the car-free nature reserve that is the Juatinga Peninsula. This involved hiking on trails often through dense rainforest which every so often would suddenly break to provide stunning views of empty tropical beaches that we climbed down to for a dip."
Click here for the complete article
Click here for the complete article
