Blogs from Ilha de Marajó, Pará, Brazil, South America

I stayed on the Ilha de Marajo for 6 nights a couple weeks ago. I want to let people traveling know about a couple places I stayed, ate and visited. There are 3 easily accessible towns to stay in on the island on the east side. You land on the ferries from Belem at Camara. From there you can get a taxi or bus to Salvaterra for 10 Reais. There is a nice busy beach here. Here also is the ferry to Soure or a bus to Joanes. The ferry to Soure is free and leaves you on the other side of the Paracauari River. You can take motobike taxis from the port or a taxi. I stayed the first night with my 2 travel companions at the Hotel Ilha de Marajo for 180 Reais or ... read more

The island of Marajo is located in the heart of the Amazon river delta. The north-eastern part is facing the ocean, but most of it is surrounded by the Amazon or other rivers that join in the delta. It is huge, in fact 1.8 times bigger that Belgium! It is a three hour journey by boat from Belém. Our guidebook didn't say a lot about it, so we found a place to stay on the internet. We later discovered that the French 'Guide du Routard' has more information, so we could have booked directly and save some 'reals', next time... What we booked was a 4 day/3 nights stay at a farm (or fazenda) on the island. I didn't know what to expect, I just followed Robson whose expectations were very high. The boat trip as ... read more