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Serra da Capivara National Park Tour The Serra da Capivara National Park is a treasure trove of archaeological and natural wonders. It's canyons hide some 500 natural shelters and caves, which have an incredible collection of paintings and engravings made by the men that inhabited the region starting about 50,000 years ago. UNESCO has declared the park part of the “Cultural Heritage of Humanity“, due to the age of its archeological sites and the aesthetic quality of the rock art. (https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/606)
The park is home to more than 1,000 cave paintings and engravings, earning it the nickname of the "Brazilian Lascaux". Many of the numerous rock shelters in the park are decorated with cave paintings more than 25,000 years old, providing an outstanding testimony to one of the oldest human communities in South America. The remote Serra da Capivara is home to six research laboratories, a campus of the Federal University of Piauí, and a number of cultural institutions, including the modern spiral-shaped Nature Museum, which traces the biological history of the planet. |
Day 1 - arrive to Teresina, where you will be met by your English-speaking guide and transferred to your hotel. (hotel not included in price)
Day 2 – TERESINA / SERRA DA CAPIVARA NATIONAL PARK
Breakfast. Departure at 7am from Teresina. Transfer to Sao Raimundo Nonato (It is located 576 km from Teresina - about 8 hours). The city is the base for visiting the National Park of Serra da Capivara, which has the largest concentration of archaeological, sites currently known in the Americas, most with paintings and rock carvings. In the city of São Raimundo Nonato, is the Museum of the American Man with a collection assembled from parts found in archaeological explorations conducted in the park area.
The museum tells the story of the man's passage through the Serra da Capivara, thousands of years ago. The Museum of American Man was created with the purpose of sheltering the archeological collection of the Park region and disseminating the new knowledge resulting from the research. Its permanent exhibition presents the prehistoric occupation of the region and the interaction of human populations with their environment. The Museum seeks to show the public the latest research results, and therefore regular updates are made both in the permanent and in the temporary exhibitions.
After the visit we´ll return to São Raimundo Nonato. Overnight at a simple local hotel Hotel Real).
Departure from the Hotel at 4:00 p.m. to visit Serra Vermelha: Baixão das Andorinhas, a phenomenon of nature, where there is a concentration of dozens of swallows to spend the night in the rocks, as well as a panoramic view of the circuit. Return to the Hotel after the visit.
DAY 3 - SERRA CAPIVARA NATIONAL PARK
Breakfast, then departure at 7:30 am for a visit to the National Park and to the first site to be searched by the team of the famous archaeologist Niéde Guidon, started in 1973. In this place you will visit the following places: Toca da Entrada do Pajau, Toca do Inferno, Toca do Barro, Toca da Entrada do Baixão da Vaca, Toca do Paraguaio. Stop for lunch (not included). We will follow to the Ceramic handicraft factory, where you´ll find pieces worked with cave inscriptions by local artisans. Following the visit to the Circuit of the Baía da Pedra Furada, where the site with the oldest dating in the Americas is located (Toca do Boqueirão da Pedra Furada). If you are interested we can visit this place at night (on demand and previous booking). The dates reach 100,000 years of presence of man in the Americas. We continue the visit to Toca do Boqueirão da Pedra Furada, visit to the Pedra Furada (Park´s postcard), Toca da Fumaça, panoramic visit and view to the Toca do Fundo do Baião das Pedra Furada. At the end of the afternoon we´ll return to São Raimundo Nonato. Overnight at Hotel Real.
DAY 4: SERRA CAPIVARA NATIONAL PARK - Baixão das Mulheres circuit
Departure at 07:30 am after breakfast and transfer to the National Park to visit the Baixão das Mulheres circuit 1 and Toca dos Coqueiros (At this last site a skeleton 9420 years old was found), visit to Boqueirão do Pedro Rodrigues and visit to Sitio do Meio. Stop for lunch (not included - lunch must be booked in advance) at the village of Mocó. After lunch we continue the visit to Jurubeba circuit and Hombu Trail - place where it has prehistoric sites with paintings and engravings - , visit to Toca da Ema do Sítio do Braz, Alexander's House, Toca da Roça do Sítio do Braz 1 and 2. Visit to the new Museum of Nature, the cultural complex gathers materials with contents from the creation of the universe to the emergence of human beings and their relation to nature.
At the end of the afternoon we´ll return to São Raimundo for overnight and rest. Overnight at Hotel Real.
DAY 5: SÃO RAIMUNDO NONATO / TERESINA
After the Breakfast we leave the hotel to Visit to the American Man Museum. The museum tells the story of the man's passage through the Serra da Capivara, thousands of years ago. After the visit we´ll return to Teresina, arriving in the end of the afternoon.
Overnight at hotel Uchoa (not included in price)
Day 6 - Transfer to airport after breakfast (if not able to depart previous day)
Day 2 – TERESINA / SERRA DA CAPIVARA NATIONAL PARK
Breakfast. Departure at 7am from Teresina. Transfer to Sao Raimundo Nonato (It is located 576 km from Teresina - about 8 hours). The city is the base for visiting the National Park of Serra da Capivara, which has the largest concentration of archaeological, sites currently known in the Americas, most with paintings and rock carvings. In the city of São Raimundo Nonato, is the Museum of the American Man with a collection assembled from parts found in archaeological explorations conducted in the park area.
The museum tells the story of the man's passage through the Serra da Capivara, thousands of years ago. The Museum of American Man was created with the purpose of sheltering the archeological collection of the Park region and disseminating the new knowledge resulting from the research. Its permanent exhibition presents the prehistoric occupation of the region and the interaction of human populations with their environment. The Museum seeks to show the public the latest research results, and therefore regular updates are made both in the permanent and in the temporary exhibitions.
After the visit we´ll return to São Raimundo Nonato. Overnight at a simple local hotel Hotel Real).
Departure from the Hotel at 4:00 p.m. to visit Serra Vermelha: Baixão das Andorinhas, a phenomenon of nature, where there is a concentration of dozens of swallows to spend the night in the rocks, as well as a panoramic view of the circuit. Return to the Hotel after the visit.
DAY 3 - SERRA CAPIVARA NATIONAL PARK
Breakfast, then departure at 7:30 am for a visit to the National Park and to the first site to be searched by the team of the famous archaeologist Niéde Guidon, started in 1973. In this place you will visit the following places: Toca da Entrada do Pajau, Toca do Inferno, Toca do Barro, Toca da Entrada do Baixão da Vaca, Toca do Paraguaio. Stop for lunch (not included). We will follow to the Ceramic handicraft factory, where you´ll find pieces worked with cave inscriptions by local artisans. Following the visit to the Circuit of the Baía da Pedra Furada, where the site with the oldest dating in the Americas is located (Toca do Boqueirão da Pedra Furada). If you are interested we can visit this place at night (on demand and previous booking). The dates reach 100,000 years of presence of man in the Americas. We continue the visit to Toca do Boqueirão da Pedra Furada, visit to the Pedra Furada (Park´s postcard), Toca da Fumaça, panoramic visit and view to the Toca do Fundo do Baião das Pedra Furada. At the end of the afternoon we´ll return to São Raimundo Nonato. Overnight at Hotel Real.
DAY 4: SERRA CAPIVARA NATIONAL PARK - Baixão das Mulheres circuit
Departure at 07:30 am after breakfast and transfer to the National Park to visit the Baixão das Mulheres circuit 1 and Toca dos Coqueiros (At this last site a skeleton 9420 years old was found), visit to Boqueirão do Pedro Rodrigues and visit to Sitio do Meio. Stop for lunch (not included - lunch must be booked in advance) at the village of Mocó. After lunch we continue the visit to Jurubeba circuit and Hombu Trail - place where it has prehistoric sites with paintings and engravings - , visit to Toca da Ema do Sítio do Braz, Alexander's House, Toca da Roça do Sítio do Braz 1 and 2. Visit to the new Museum of Nature, the cultural complex gathers materials with contents from the creation of the universe to the emergence of human beings and their relation to nature.
At the end of the afternoon we´ll return to São Raimundo for overnight and rest. Overnight at Hotel Real.
DAY 5: SÃO RAIMUNDO NONATO / TERESINA
After the Breakfast we leave the hotel to Visit to the American Man Museum. The museum tells the story of the man's passage through the Serra da Capivara, thousands of years ago. After the visit we´ll return to Teresina, arriving in the end of the afternoon.
Overnight at hotel Uchoa (not included in price)
Day 6 - Transfer to airport after breakfast (if not able to depart previous day)
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2019 prices per person in US$ PERIOD: March to December: $2165.00 per person with 1 person $1195.00 per person with 2 people $1085.00 per person with 3 people $975.00 per person with 4 people HOTEL IN TERESINA we suggest: Hotel Uchoa $90. 00 per person in single superior room, per night $45.00 per person in double superior room, per night *2 nights in Teresina needed, one in the first day and one in the last day. *Rates subject to change without previous advice ** rates not valid during National Holidays |
Included: transfers, guided tours with English-speaking guide, accommodations, except at Teresina
Not included: health insurance, meals (other than breakfasts) and drinks, flights Important remarks: » Rates subject to change without previous advice |
