Whale Watching
US$1288.00 per person (based on double occupancy)
8 Days/7 Nights

If the word “Brazil” evokes images of a vivid, exhilarating and exotic country, you couldn’t be closer to the truth. Brazil is a mystical and alluring land, from the primitive Amazon to the hundreds of tropical beaches. It is also a rapidly developing country full of contrasts. More than Samba and Carnaval, it is also a place of colors, diversity, rhythms, spice, sensuality, and vibrant and hospitable people. Brazil will enchant you not only for its obvious and well-known natural attributes but also for all that you are yet to discover. Get ready to be astonished by this place of uninhibited and delicious pleasures.

DAY 1 – WELCOME TO BRAZIL!

• Meet your English-speaking guide at the Hercílio Luz Airport in Florianópolis. Transfer to the Vida Sol e Mar Resort.

• Free afternoon.

• Happy Hour: Welcome drink “caipirinha” with a short video and photo presentation about Right Whale watching (optional).

• Dinner at Vida Sol & Mar Resort Restaurant;

DAY 2 – WHALE WATCHING

• Breakfast at 7 A.M. (during this time, a specialized guide will talk about the events of the day).

• Departure to Garopaba Beach at 8 A.M.  (30 minutes from Praia do Rosa) to meet our especially equipped boat for the whale watching tour. This tour will be guided by a marine Biologist from the Right Whale Institute.

• Lunch at Garopaba Beach. 

• In the afternoon visit the Garopaba Historical site and go shopping at Garopaba’s art and surf stores. Return to the Resort.

• Discuss and exchange ideas about events of the day with a Biologist.   

• Dinner at Vida Sol & Mar Resort Restaurant.

 DAY 3 – HISTORICAL CITY TOUR

• Breakfast at 8 P.M.

• At 9 A.M. depart for the city of Imbituba, stop at the “Museu da Baleia”  (Whale  Museum) and see part of the last whaling station used to hunt whales.

• Visit Itapiruba Beach.

• Visit to the historical city of Laguna, the “moles da Barra” and Anita Garibaldi’s Museum. Bottle nose dolphin watching in the Laguna’s channel.

• Lunch at Moles da Barra Restaurant where you will enjoy a panoramic view. Often you can observe the dolphins helping the fishermen to gather a shoal of fish.

• Dinner at Vida Sol & Mar Resort Restaurant.

 DAY 4 – ECO DAY

• Breakfast at 8 A.M.

• At 9 A.M., tour to “Praia do Siriú”, “Gamboa” and other beaches where it’s possible to watch the whales.

• Lunch at a local restaurant.

• Visit a waterfall, located inside the State Park “Serra do Tabuleiro” in Paulo Lopes District.

• Dinner at Vida Sol & Mar Resort Restaurant.

DAY 5 – RELAX

   

• Departure at 8 A.M. to Garopaba Beach to observe the whales with a marine Biologist.

• Lunch at the Beach of Garopaba.

• Free afternoon with the option of shopping in Garopaba or taking surfing classes at Rosa Surf School with trained instructors. The school offers appropriate wetsuits and all safety measures.

 DAY 6 – ENJOY NATURE

• Breakfast at 9 A.M.

• A walk or horseback ride along the south trail, from Caminho do Rei Resort to Ibiraquera Lake with the possibility of whale watching by land.

• Lunch at “Tartaruga” Restaurant.

• Afternoon at “Luz” Beach and, if there are whales nearby, you can observe them by land. Return to the Resort along the same trail or by boat.

• Dinner at Vida Sol & Mar Resort Restaurant
 

 

• A walk along the north trail, passing by the “Praia Vermelha” (Red Beach) dunes, “Costão do Ouvidor”, “Praia da Barra”, and “Praia da Ferrugem”.  The possibility of whale watching by land will be high because here we are on the Right Whale Environmental Protection Area.

• Lunch at “Ferrugem” Beach.

• Free afternoon at Ferrugem Beach and at 4 P.M. return to the Vida Sol & Mar Resort.

• Dinner at Vida Sol & Mar Resort Restaurant.

DAY 8 – RETURNING HOME

•  Breakfast.

•  Transfer to the airport for your return flight home.