Brazil detailed statistics and information
Statistical information about Brazil including geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, and military statistics.

Country map
High quality shaded relief map showing natural features.

Brazil Nature
Each ecotourist activity possesses specific areas of safety. We describe some cautions below common to all activities.

Climbing Sites of Brasil 
The developed climbing areas that deserve mention are: In Rio de Janeiro state: the city, proper, and the Serra dos Orgãos (Orgãos Range). The city is full of granite domes (including the famous Pão de Açúcar - Sugar Loaf), all of them with plenty of routes - more than 1000. Serra dos Orgãos is a wonderfull wild range, nice for hiking, trekking and climbing, and it’s only 100 km from Rio. Serra dos Orgãos is a National Park where Pedra do Sino, Garrafão and Dedo de Deus mountains are located. [Pedra do Baú, São Paulo state] In São Paulo state, the place is Pedra do Baú (Chest Stone) in São Bento do Sapucaí, where I (Eliseu) live. It’s a very pleasant small mountain town with lots of boulders, easy going locals and very nice weather. The Baú range consists of three big rocks, Bauzinho (little Baú), Baú and Ana Chata (a name without meaning), with exposed walls of up to 300m, all good granite, and a hundred of trad and sport routes. Paraná state has its own beauties: the Marumbi range and the Anhangava. Marumbi, located in a State Park, is a rock massif part of the Serra do Mar (Sea Range). It’s steep and has many trad routes. The problem there is the weather (the same applies to Serra dos Orgãos and Anhangava): Serra do Mar suffers the influence of moist air masses and it’s always cloudy. In the summer it rains a lot, especially in January and February. Anhangava is a nice hill near the town of Curitiba, with lots of sport routes. In Minas Gerais the Serra do Cipó (Cipó Range), which is also a National Park, presents a distinctive kind of landscape we call cerrado, which is almost like an African savanna without the animals. It’s a very nice place for long treks (four days and more) and sports some fine limestone walls with a number of beautiful routes.

Adventure travel in Brazil 
Database with descriptions and pictures of adventure travel destinations in this beautiful and interesting country.