Community-Based Travel in Brazil
Community-based tourism in Brazil, where the families and villages who host you also run the trip and keep most of what you spend.
19 trips found
Ideal for those with limited time to visit the most beautiful trek in Brazil. Discover caves, waterfalls, and trails and stay with families in Pati.
from $ 300
Cross Lençóis Maranhenses National Park on foot. Two nights in oasis families, daily lagoon swims, sunrise hikes, end at Santo Amaro.
from $ 500
Navigate and explore two national parks, Jaú and Anavilhanas, with a comfortable stay on board and plenty of jungle adventure.
from $ 2,100
Hike 12 km across dunes from Atins to Baixa Grande Oasis, swim in freshwater lagoons, and overnight in a hammock at a local family's home.
from $ 400
Enjoy Jalapão State Park with crystal fervedouros, waterfalls, rafting, and local culture. Relax in cozy inns on an authentic Brazilian adventure!
from $ 600
An extra day in this paradise to enjoy local hospitality, cuisine, caves, waterfalls and trails without compromising comfort.
from $ 400
Join a 5-day Lençóis Maranhenses hike to discover stunning oases, cross endless white dunes, and stay with locals to fully experience this unique region!
from $ 700
Make the crossing and discover the most beautiful trek in Brazil! Ideal for those who have the time to do the whole route and enjoy every corner of this beautiful valley.
from $ 500
Combine natural and cultural beauty, three oases, and breathtaking white dunes with 4 days of trekking in Lençóis Maranhenses.
from $ 600
A 3-day horseback crossing of Lençóis Maranhenses: ride the dunes and lagoons between welcoming local communities, from Lagoa Bonita to Santo Amaro.
from $ 1,200
30 km trek across Lençóis Maranhenses National Park from Barreirinhas to Baixa Grande Oasis, with hammock overnight, lagoon swims, and Day 2 sunrise.
from $ 400
Live an authentic experience in Jalapão State Park by exploring trails, fervedouros, waterfalls, and river beaches in an adventure-packed trip!
from $ 700
Discover fervedouros, waterfalls, rock formations, hiking trails, river beaches, and much more in an amazing 4-day tour in Jalapão, Tocantins!
from $ 850
Besides trekking and exploring waterfalls, fervedouros, and dunes, this Jalapão tour includes rafting and cultural immersion with local communities!
from $ 1,150
Sail the waters of the Tapajós in high-end ships and enjoy the best activities the Amazon Rainforest and Pará's riverside communities have to offer.
from $ 2,250
What our travelers say
Real feedback from guests who traveled with local communities across Brazil with PlanetaEXO.
Community-based tourism in Brazil: who hosts you, and where your money actually goes
Community-based tourism turns the usual tour on its head. Instead of a company flying you in and out, the local families, riverside settlements, and quilombola communities who host you also guide the days and keep most of what you spend.
In Vale do Pati, inside Chapada Diamantina National Park, that is literal: you spend the nights in family homes, eat wood-fired meals cooked by your hosts, and pay for drinks and tips directly to them. This is some of Brazil’s finest trekking, and for many travelers, the homestays are the part they remember most.
Brazil makes this easy across three very different landscapes. In the Amazon, trips visit caboclo and riverside communities such as São Marcos—which earns its living from cassava flour—and Coroca—where families run an Amazon turtle breeding center in partnership with IBAMA, the federal environment agency, so the community makes a living while taking turtles off the endangered list. You travel with local guides who read the forest the way most people read a street map.
In Jalapão, in the Cerrado savanna, the route runs through quilombola communities like Mumbuca, the cradle of Brazil’s capim-dourado (golden grass) craft, and stops for home cooking in family kitchens. At the Boa Esperança community near Mateiros, your visit is part of what keeps the settlement going. This is responsible travel you can watch working, meal by meal and bed by bed.
How does it feel on the ground? You travel in small groups, you are a guest rather than a spectator, and nothing is staged for a camera. PlanetaEXO is the first Brazilian travel company to join The Long Run, a global network of nature-based businesses held to strict sustainability standards, so this approach runs through every trip, not only the ones labeled community-based travel. Accommodation is honest and rustic (simple beds, often shared bathrooms, frequently no Wi-Fi), and that is rather the point.
