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| Our hiking crew |
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| Hiking along Rio Mucugezinho |
Since I arrived in Brazil I knew that I had to make it to the country's largest and most famous national park, Chapada Diamantina. The word chapada refers to the landscape which includes a lot of plateaus and steep cliffs and the word diamantina references the fact that the area used to be prime diamond mining territory. Now, it's famous for hiking, swimming and picture-taking of some of the most spectacular views that the country has to offer.
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| The landscape of this park is incredible |
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| Going caving |
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| Pratinha - couldn't swim here though because of a recent outbreak of the snail-hosted disease 'swimmers' itch' |
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| Gruta Azul |
On our first day in the park, Erica and I were paired with two Dutch girls our age and a guide with his car. I think this was my favorite day of the whole trip since we all got along really well and it was just the five of us. Our itinerary for the day included: Rio Mucugezinho (river) , Poço do Diabo (natural pool), Resort da Pratinha e Gruta Azul (grotto), e Caverna Lapa Doce (cave). We ended the day with an awesome hike up Morro do Pai Inácio to watch the sunset over the plateaus.
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| These blue pools were mesmerizing - the color was because of the way the light hit the minerals |
The day was tiring because we did a lot of hiking but we also because we had to do a lot of driving as the distances from the different trails and things to see were quite far apart. We had great weather, though and everyone was in good spirits. The excursion was over before we knew it though all of us were ready to crash when we were dropped back off at the hostel at 7:30 p.m.
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| Famous heart stone at the top of the hill |
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| Sunset on top of the hill |
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| Back after a big day |
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