Quick Summary:
- Brazil is the largest country in South America, dominating the central and eastern portions of the continent.
- Visitors to Brazil will find plenty of beaches and sunshine to sate their needs, but also some of the most beautiful nature in the world.
- Home to the massive and legendary Amazon Rainforest, tourists can travel to the city of Manaus to see the meeting of the waters, where the Solimões River meets the Rio Negro to form the Amazon River.
- From Manaus, travelers can take a tour into the depths of the rainforest.
- On the coast, visitors can scuba dive to find coral reefs, shipwrecks, and an abundance of marine life in the Atlantic.
- They can see the sand dunes and seasonal lagoons of Lençóis Maranhenses National Park or enjoy Brazil’s national cocktail, a caipirinha, on the beaches of Jericoacoara.
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Sao Paulo
Angra dos Reis
Armacao dos Buzios
Arraial do Cabo
Belo Horizonte
Bonito
Brasilia
Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park
Curitiba
Fernando de Noronha
Florianopolis
Fortaleza
Foz do Iguacu
Gramado
Ilha Grande
Jijoca de Jericoacoara
Lencois Maranhenses National Park
Manaus
Morro de Sao Paulo
Natal
Paraty
Porto Alegre
Recife
Rio de Janeiro
Salvador
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