Hang Gliding Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

World renowned for its amazing natural beauty, Rio de Janeiro is the perfect place to experience hang gliding. Considered the best spot in Brazil for tandem flights, the Pedra Bonita take off ramp is located inside the famous Tijuca National Park, the largest urban rainforest in the world. Take off from an altitude of 520 meters (1675 feet),drifting over the amazing Tijuca National Park moutains, and also one of the most famous beach in Rio, the Pepino Beach.

AVAILABLE EVERYDAY.

RESERVATION

Hang Gliding Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

World renowned for its amazing natural beauty, Rio de Janeiro is the perfect place to experience hang gliding. Considered the best spot in Brazil for tandem flights, the Pedra Bonita take off ramp is located inside the famous Tijuca National Park, the largest urban rainforest in the world. Take off from an altitude of 520 meters (1675 feet),drifting over the amazing Tijuca National Park moutains, and also one of the most famous beach in Rio, the Pepino Beach.

AVAILABLE EVERYDAY.

RESERVATION

Scuba Diving in Rio de Janeiro - Brazil

Arraial do Cabo

Arraial do Cabo Marine Reserve is considered the best scuba diving on the southern coast of Brazil. Located 2 hours by car from Rio de Janeiro, Arraial do Cabo is part of the Costa do Sol (Sunny Coast), which also includes Búzios and Cabo Frio.

The turquoise water of Arraial do Cabo is teeming with marine life - turtles, sea horses, moray eels, colorful coral and some exotic tropical fish like the famous Holacanthus Ciliaris (Queen Angelfish).

Our friendly hotel transfer service will pick you up on scheduled time,
driving down the shoreline from Copacabana through Ipanema and Leblon to
São Conrado.

São Conrado is the neighborhood where the beauty of nature is strongly
present. This is where the mountains meet the Atlantic Ocean. The Tijuca
national park, the largest urban forest in the world, englobes the area.
The mountains that surround the area are part of the C section of the
Tijuca National Forest and are called Pedra da Gávea, Pedra Bonita,
Cochrane and the two brother peaks.

Our friendly hotel transfer service will pick you up on scheduled time,
driving down the shoreline from Copacabana through Ipanema and Leblon to
São Conrado.

São Conrado is the neighborhood where the beauty of nature is strongly
present. This is where the mountains meet the Atlantic Ocean. The Tijuca
national park, the largest urban forest in the world, englobes the area.
The mountains that surround the area are part of the C section of the
Tijuca National Forest and are called Pedra da Gávea, Pedra Bonita,
Cochrane and the two brother peaks.

First a short briefing with the worlds best Hang Gliding instructors
about the take-off and other aspects of free flying. Taking off that is
very simple and easy and not terrifying as you might imagine. Soon we
will be airborne with out hang glider. Flying a not propelled aircraft
means gliding smoothly through the air, after seven steps over the
platform you will feel and understand why birds are peaceful animals.
The fear of not touching the ground will disappear and will be overcome
by tranquility of floating in the air.During flight you will also see
the main attractions of Rio de Janeiro ; Sugar loaf , Corcovado ,
Copacabana , Ipanema , Lagoa and the city of Niteroi on the other side
of the Guanabara Bay.

After a smooth landing on the sandy beach of Sao Conrado, you will be
offered refreshments while you watch others landing. The whole adventure
can be photographed by our special camera attached to the glider or
video recorded so you can revise your first Hang Gliding lesson and
share this great adventure with your friends and relatives.

After all this hopefully we got you inspired to go on with your lessons,
with us or back home, in order to soon become another happy pilot
sharing the sky with us.

• Car rental
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• Foto Studio in Rio: Model portfolios

Governador Valadares is a Mecca for paragliding. Talk to anybody who knows anything about paragliding! If you mention Brazil most people will think of Valadares, famous throughout the world for its good, consistent, cross-country flying. That is the main reason why so many national and international competitions are held here, year after year. Valadares once again hosted the PWC in March 2009.

The main landing field in Valadares is massive. You could easily lose a football pitch inside it. It is situated close to the city centre. Only 10 minutes walk from the hotel and about 2 minutes from the nearest bar.

In addition to the main landing field there are massive bomb-out fields before getting to the river, so having insufficient height for the crossing should never be a concern.

Later on in the year, particularly in August and September, the conditions can get noticeably stronger. Cloudbase frequently exceeds 8,000' ASL (approximately 7,500' above the landing field) and climbs of over 8 metres per second can be found. This is not the time for inexperienced pilots but the more adventurous ones may achieve some big distances.

Whether you come here with 10 hours, post CPC, or hundreds of hours, Valadares has a lot to offer and provides an excellent opportunity to increase those personal bests. Valadares is generally considered to have some of the best cross-country flying in the world. The record for this take-off, set in February 2006, is currently 206km. Flights of 100km are quite common and it is not unusual for pilots with relatively low air-time to come here and fly 50km.

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Ride with us over Rural Roads and Trails, through Tropical Forests and Sugar and Coffee Plantations.

Enjoy 10,000 acres of Pastures, Hills and Valleys. Our Cowboys will show you the Best Places to Ride

Enjoy the gracious lifestyle of Brazil's rural past. Vacation here in a comfortable old Coffee Plantation House.

You will be accommodated with us in the original plantation house, a sprawling structure built in the early 1940's of local stone and brick.
This Brazilian colonial style house with a wrap around varanda is set up high and overlooks pastures and farm buildings.

The present day Laranjal Guest Ranch, owned and operated by a Brazilian-American family, combines much of the past with modern day comforts.

Ride with us over Rural Roads and Trails, through Tropical Forests and Sugar and Coffee Plantations.

Enjoy 10,000 acres of Pastures, Hills and Valleys. Our Cowboys will show you the Best Places to Ride

Enjoy the gracious lifestyle of Brazil's rural past. Vacation here in a comfortable old Coffee Plantation House.

You will be accommodated with us in the original plantation house, a sprawling structure built in the early 1940's of local stone and brick.
This Brazilian colonial style house with a wrap around varanda is set up high and overlooks pastures and farm buildings.

The present day Laranjal Guest Ranch, owned and operated by a Brazilian-American family, combines much of the past with modern day comforts.

The Working Ranch

Here you will find a real working ranch and coffee farm.

We raise Brahman cattle, horses, sheep and a some milk goats.

The Paranapanema River

We are privileged to be located in a very lovely region of the state of Parana
and on the banks of the beautiful and unpolluted Paranapanema River.

The river provides an alternative to riding. You may fish, swim or kayak in the clear emerald water

Horseback riding

We take full advantage of our location and offer scenic horseback rides along the rural dirt roads that connect one farm to another.

During these leisurely rides we visit local historical attractions and observe wildlife and plantations of coffee, sugarcane, soybeans, and green pastures full of white Brahman cattle.

Adventure

Spending time on a ranch in South America is not your run of the mill vacation. Everything is different from back home, the language, the food, the culture, the climate.

Here you may ride a frisky horse, rope a cow, kayak in the river or climb the waterfall.

We welcome your help if you'd like to make yourself useful. We can always use extra hands for vaccinating, tagging and driving the animals. If loading hay or driving a tractor is your thing, we're game.

Eco Tourism

If you want to explore the woods looking for orchids, bromeliads, lizards or other wildlife, we have miles of forest full of rocks and streams and waterfalls to get lost in.

You can follow our trails or take off on your own... We have created here on the farm a small private nature reserve and will be working to improve it planting missing native species, trying to restore a small part of the Atlantic Rainforest