Detailed description of the 5-day trekking for now is only in Portuguese, but you can ask me  directly some questions regarding this trekking or try to use the language selected on the portuguese version.

I have been there twice. First, at 2002, to photograph to a tourist agency. Second time at 2017, for doing this trekking. Bellow, you have the text of 2002, but it still gives you an idea about this interesting place.

Brazilian Deserts?

It is even hard to believe but, besides beaches, forests, mountain ridges and the Pantanal swamplands, Brazil still keeps another beautiful and rare scenery for its dwellers and tourists: a desert with scattered fresh water ponds. This region is part of the Lencois Maranhenses National Park which was established in 1981 aiming to protect and study this ecological system. It has become, however, a major tourist attraction.

The Park holds a total area of 1,550sq.km. (i.e. 382,850 acres). There is dune after dune, all carved by the high wind caused by the coming and going of the tides. Notwithstanding its desert-like appearence, Lencois Maranhenses records an annual rainfall of 1600mm (i.e. 62.9 inches). All that water comes down during the well marked rainy season, from January to June.

From July to December, it is time for the dry period, when dozens of ponds drain completely or partially. The miracle in that story lies in the fact that when the ponds fill up again, life comes back. Fishes, crustaceans and turtles reappear as if they had never left the place. For a visit, the best time of the year stretches from May to September, when the natural pools are formed.

The beauty of this cool place is not only in the ponds. The dunes, which sometimes reach up to 20mts or 65 feet, consist of a very white sand. The landscape is in permanent change, and thus no one has the privilege to see the same sight twice.

Besides its “desert”, Lencois Maranhenses has also its mangroves, rivers (where the local, specially adapted boats named “voadeiras” navigate), beaches and, of course, its “natives”. The natives are fishermen who raise their little flocks of cattle to help themselves get by during the dry season, giving the landscape a desert-like/rural flavour.

The Park is located on the coast in the State of Maranhao, between Barreirinhas and Primeira Cruz counties. To get there the visitor may choose travelling by bus or by car for a 10 hour trip, or with a charter flight from Sao Luis (the capital city of that State), towards Barreirinhas.

The touristic spot has little structure, but Barreirinhas has hotels, hostels, restaurants and handicrafts shops. At the mouth of the Preguicas river (which flows accross Lencois Maranhenses area) lies the small village of Cabure, that also has guesthouses and restaurants. In the villages it is possible to appreciate the typical food of the region, to go birdwatching late in the afternoon and to take another boat to continue the trip: a trip with a lot of sand, beautiful sceneries, wind against the face, great food and sympathetic people.

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Fotos, vídeos e textos de Marcelo Ozório.

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The glorious, remarkable, artistic and sacred city of Machu Picchu is the maximum expression left by the Inca Culture.

Employing a refined intelligence, the architects of Machu Picchu managed to group amounts of rocks, harmoniously disposed, on sloping terrains highly mountainous. In an incredible scenery of natural beauty, a city was richly shaped.

More than any scientific, religious or archeological discovery can reveal, the following true is gracefully imposed: when human nature concentrates in Perfection, the result is the production of Beauty, which existence invokes to Human Soul the desire of producing more and more Beauty.

Beauty can not be separated from harmony with Nature, that´s why Machu Picchu is perfect.

Photos, videos and texts by Marcelo Ozorio

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Coba has one of the few pyramids in Mexico you can really climb. Most of them are forbidden, which is compreensive and annoying at same time.

Coba is near Cancun, so, the site can be suddenly crowded. I arrived pretty late and 15 minutes later I had the pyramid for myself but the colorful clothes of people gave a good contrast with the dull gray of the old pyramid at almost sunset.

Coba is a big mayan archaeological site and only a little part is restored by the archaeologists. There are many places to discover like mesoamerican ball courts and other interesting contructions.

Anyway, this is a fun place to visit from Mayan classic period.

500 to 900 AD.

Located at Quintana Roo State at Yucatan Peninsula.

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Photos, video and text by Marcelo Ozorio

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Light goes crazy inside Antelope Canyon.

There are so many curves and surfaces to reach and reflect that light derivates in randomic waves forming beautiful shades of shadows and diverges in a variety of colors.

Antelope Canyon has a special uniqueness.

This known destiny for many I would say is more appropriate to photographers. I don´t mean tourists with cameras or cel phones, those are abundant and can enjoy the place as well, but photographers can delight themselves.

Photos turn out to be more beautiful than the real place.

The experience of passing through this canyon is quite good but not spectacular as so many other special places like Death Valley or Grande Canyon.

This is a quite rapid and crowded walking.

Colors of canyon walls tend to be monochromatic at naked eyes. On the contrary, once you have treat your digital photos, colors tend to absolutely jump out of the dullness of the canyon and become so vivid and intense, almost abstract, reaveling pure colors, pure shapes and there is no need anymore to comprehend the place itself.

On my photos, on few of them, i have left some spacial sense, just for you to have an idea of how the real place is.

Summarizing, the beauty of this rare canyon, formed as a caprice of nature, can easily be admired at your screen rather than visited. Appreciation of the abstractions produced may be more fun than the canyon itself.

Photos, video and text by Marcelo Ozorio

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Ubehebe Crater is impressive and beautiful, easily reached by a good paved road, only 35 miles from Stovepipe Wells at Death Valley National Park , California. The main crater has 1 km of diameter and is surrounded by minors craters. Landscapes are terrific!

Photos, video and text by Marcelo Ozorio

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Brazilian southeastern beaches are surrounded by a beautiful green mountain range, called Serra do Mar, quite low and no so high comparing to Andes, with an average altitude of 1000 meters.

When finishing directly at Atlantic ocean, those mountains create great landscapes that mix beautiful tropical beaches and green forests.

This chain crosses 5 brazilian states and the top known spot is the famous worldwide view of Rio de Janeiro.

Beautiful sites of those mountainous beaches locate at Sao Paulo state, whose region was originally occupied by indians.

Portuguese disastrous colonization started about XVI century and founded the city of Ubatuba (an indigenous name that means group of canoes) at coastal line.

Until 30 or 40 years ago, the city was mainly occupied by fishermen but nowadays represents a very known turistic destination due to its beautiful beaches and to its pleasant climate (except for the very hot summer). 80% of the city, as big as 710783 km2, are untouched green areas protected by a state park.

If you hike a while, only few hours, you can still find beautiful and quite deserted beaches which give to the visitor a very warm and pleasant sensation, besides great views.

Photos, video and text by Marcelo Ozorio

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Considered by many travellers one of the most fantastic and special places to visit, Bryce Canyon is really a gorgeous landscape, located on the state of Utah, USA, inside a national park.

These rock formations are unique and offer a intriguing view for the visitor.

The called hoodoos are odd-shaped pillars of rock carved million years ago by erosion forces like snow, wind, ice, sun light, shadows and running melted water.

You can walk along the upper part of the park and see all the hoodoos and rock formations on a large perspective.

Bryce Canyon is associated with a lot of technical and geological explanation, but for a regular traveller is enough to know it is an awesome part of this beautiful planet Earth.

Photos, video and text by Marcelo Ozorio

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