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Lençóis
With its colonial architecture –
a legacy of the times when diamonds
were the source of wealth –
preserved as historical heritage since
1973, the town of Lençóis
is an attraction in itself.
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Mucugê
Located 150 km
from Lençóis, the town
recently opened a beautiful square,
called Praça dos Garimpeiros,
in a festival paying homage to the
original prospectors, whose story
is intertwined with the local architecture
itself. The Sempre Viva Project, the
Bizantine Cemetery and the waterfalls
of Tiburtino and Andorinhas are some
of the beautiful sights that nature
has bequeathed this lovely, peaceful
town.
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Xique
Xique de Igatú
114 km from Lençóis,
only four hundred residents remain
in the once bustling mining town,
where the ruins of stone houses fascinate
visitors.
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Serrano
A complex formed
by the River Lençóis
with its natural pools and potholes.
Upriver are the Halley Lake, the Cavern
of Coloured Sands, and the waterfalls
of Cachoeirinha and Cachoeira da Primavera.
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Ribeirão
do meio
This stream is an ideal location for
water tobogganing and just the place
for a pleasant, leisurely walk through
the native forest.
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The
cavern of Lapa Doce
70 km from Lençóis,
in the region of Iraquara, with approximately
24 km already mapped, this cave full
of stalagtites, stalagmites and other
peculiar features was once the course
of a river.
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Poço
encantado
150 km from Lençóis,
one of the most beautiful landforms
is “The Enchanted Well”,
a lake inside a cavern, where visitors
can see the bottom through the fantastic
blue water. The well is especially
beautiful between April and August,
when a sunbeam shines through a crack
in the cave wall.
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Poço
Azul (Blue Well)
Resembling The
Enchanted Well, “The Blue Well”
has the added attraction of enabling
visitors to bathe in the crystal-clear
waters. The fossils of a giant sloth
found at the bottom are now at the
University of Bahia. The well is 110
km from Lençóis.
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Gruta
da Pratinha (Cave of Silver)
An ideal place for diving, the cavern
contains a shallow, crystal-clear
lake, with plants and countless schools
of fish. The cave is 75 km from Lençóis,
in the region of Iraquara.
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Gruta
Azul (Blue Cave)
Not far from
Gruta da Pratinha, this little cave
containing blue water is not suitable
for bathing.
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The
Mountain of Pai Inácio
Surrounded by legend, this picture
postcard of the Chapada Diamantina
is 1,120 m high and provides a sensational
view of the region. The climb takes
20 to 30 minutes.
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Poço
do Diabo
Ideal for bathing,
abseiling and enjoying the view of
the canyon and waterfall, “The
Devil’s Well” is 20 km
from Lençóis.
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Cachoeira
da fumaça
One of Brazil’s most beautiful
waterfalls, “The Smoky Waterfall”
has a drop of almost 400 m. In the
dry season, the water hardly reaches
the ground, dispersing as spray in
the air, hence the name. The 7 km
trail to the waterfall starts 70km
from Lençóis in the
valley of Capão.
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Cachoeira
do Sossego
True to its name, “The Waterfall
of Tranquility” is a place of
tremendous peace. It can be reached
by a 7 km trail from Lençóis
along the bed of the River Ribeirão
and through a huge canyon. Abseiling
is possible here.
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Cachoeira
do Buracão
Set in a magnificent canyon 115 km
from Mucugê, in the town of
Ibicoara, the impressive “Big
Hole Waterfall” is both powerful
and beautiful – and a good place
for abseiling.
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Projeto
sempre viva
The Projeto Sempre Viva municipal
park is a miniature botanical laboratory
run by the town council of Mucugê.
The project aims to restore cultivation
of the sempre-viva, a flower brought
near to extinction by large-scale
exportation. From the specially built
rockery, trails lead to the waterfalls
of Piabinha and Tiburtino, considered
to be one of the region’s finest
bathing spots.
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Rua da Bélgica, nº10, sl
506, Edf. Dom João VI - Comércio.
Salvador-Bahia-Brasil CEP:40010-030
Tel: 55 (71) 3242-8978 / Fax: 55 (71) 3241-1685
e-mail: reservas@luckchapada-bahia.com.br
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