São Paulo – Rio de Janeiro I is a medium level trekking (hiking) tour through the
protected areas
in the coastal area of the states of
São Paulo
and Rio de Janeiro.
It combines a series of day hikes along selected
submontane and
montanetropicalrainforest trails
on the continent
(Serra do Mar),
peninsulas and offshore islands. The tour focuses on nature, culture and local communities.
Each tour member has to carry his own small to medium size backpack.
Accomodation is in private guest houses or houses of the local communities. No camping
equipment is needed. A good physical condition and constitution is requested in order
to enjoy average daily walking times of 3 – 6 hours and height differences
of circa 500 m under tropical
climate conditions.