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The Chapada Diamantina National Park offers several trekking trails in canyons, caves, steep hills, huge waterfalls, bromeliads and coca cola colored rivers.
Lençóis is the city that receives the most tourists, it is full of charm, inns and delicious restaurants.
Igatu, a pre-Columbian city, is known as the Brazilian Machu Picchu and is full of stones and ruins, of the old mining that reigned the region.
Mucugê, listed by the National Historical Heritage, has a cinematographic Byzantine cemetery, and Vale do Capão, is a very cozy village that accommodates people from all over the world.
The Capão Valley is also the starting point for one of the most beautiful trekking in Brazil, the crossing of the Pati Valley.
Andaraí is a small wetland in the middle of the savannah, while Ibicoara hides, in the south of the park, two impressive waterfalls, Buracão and Fumacinha.
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Trekking – Route through Chapada Diamantina in 7 days
Day 1 – From Lençóis to Toca da Capivara
From Lençóis, you head towards Ribeirão do Meio. After about two hours of heavy climbing, you reach the top of the Veneno mountain range, 2 kilometres from the Ribeirão. You cross the Muriçoca River to the Onça burrow, where you stop to rest and have a snack.
From there, you walk towards the Palmital and Capivara waterfalls.
The first night is spent at Toca da Capivara. When the weather is good and the river is low, you can sleep outdoors on a rocky outcrop.
Toca da Capivara is a campsite in Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, which is part of the Cachoeira da Fumaça trail.
Day 2 – From Toca da Capivara to Toca da Fumaça
You leave Toca da Capivara and walk up the Capivara River to the Fumaça River, a journey of around an hour and 30 minutes.
Backpacks and tents are left at Toca da Fumaça.
Taking only your bathing suit and a snack, you continue along the Fumaça River and in two hours you reach the waterfall at the lower end. You return along the Fumaça riverbed to the lair, where the tents are pitched.
Day 3 – From Toca da Fumaça to Caeté-Açu
Next to Toca da Fumaça is Serra do Macaco, one of the worst climbs of the trek.
The climb takes around 4 kilometres and takes three hours. You stop for a break and lunch at the well of the Sanctuary.
From there, you head to the ‘mouth’ of the Fumaça waterfall and to the lookout point, where you can see the waterfall.
You walk through a flatter and less tiring area to Vale do Capão.
In Caeté-Açu, visitors usually sleep in inns and eat in family homes.
Caeté-Açu is a charming village located in the municipality of Palmeiras, in the Chapada Diamantina, Bahia. Better known as Vale do Capão, this place is one of the most popular destinations for tourists seeking contact with nature, trails, waterfalls and the unique atmosphere of tranquillity and spirituality that the village offers.
Day 4 – From Caeté-Açu to Vale do Pati
To make the journey easier, visitors usually hire a 4×4 car with a driver to Bomba (6 kilometres away). From there, you walk up to Gerais do Vieira.
After a long stretch of straight road and exuberant scenery, you arrive at ‘Desbarrancado’. After extremely steep climbs and descents, you finally reach the Pati Valley.
Traditionally, visitors sleep in local family houses where, despite their simplicity, they are served rich and tasty meals.
Day 5 – From the Pati Valley towards Morro do Castelo
Without a rucksack, visitors head to the Funil waterfall. On the way back, they collect their luggage from local residents and walk down the Paty River towards Morro do Castelo, where the town hall is located.
The town hall and Mr Eduardo’s house are the two options for accommodation on this stretch.
Day 6
From the town hall or Mr Eduardo’s house you walk to the Cachoeirão, which has a 20 metre drop. Crossing the forest next to the Cachoeirão, you reach the pool, where you can dive in and swim.
This is the lightest day of the trail. It takes two hours to go and another two hours to return to Mr Eduardo’s house.
Day 7
Leaving Mr Eduardo’s house, you cross the Pati River and go up the Ladeira do Império, a trail used in the past to transport the coffee produced in the valley, to Andaraí.
See also “Where to stay, how to get there and tips about Chapada Diamantina”.
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