6-Day São Paulo Tour: From City, Waterfalls and Caves - (Petar)
São Paulo, Brazil
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Cities, Hike, Nature, Culture, Caves & Waterfalls
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Cities, Hike, Nature, Culture, Caves & Waterfalls
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Cities, Hike, Nature, Culture, Caves & Waterfalls
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Cities, Hike, Nature, Culture, Caves & Waterfalls
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Cities, Hike, Nature, Culture, Caves & Waterfalls
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Cities, Hike, Nature, Culture, Caves & Waterfalls
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Cities, Hike, Nature, Culture, Caves & Waterfalls
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Cities, Hike, Nature, Culture, Caves & Waterfalls
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Cities, Hike, Nature, Culture, Caves & Waterfalls
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Cities, Hike, Nature, Culture, Caves & Waterfalls
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Cities, Hike, Nature, Culture, Caves & Waterfalls
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Cities, Hike, Nature, Culture, Caves & Waterfalls
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Cities, Hike, Nature, Culture, Caves & Waterfalls
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Cities, Hike, Nature, Culture, Caves & Waterfalls
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Tour type: Tour package taken in a mixed group.
Live guide & available language: Español, English, and Português.
Tour Operating Hours: Book this tour between 00:00 to 23:30.
Transport: Fully-equipped minivans and vans according to the group size.
Instant confirmation: Yes
Tour start location / Final tour location: Any address pickup and drop off in São Paulo or elsewhere like hotels or airports.
Start and end in the city of São Paulo where you can be picked up and dropped off at GRU airport, CGH airport or any address in town!
Indulge in an immersive journey as you explore the lesser-known treasures of the remarkable state of São Paulo. Over the course of six days, prepare to be enchanted by a carefully curated selection of daily tourist activities, encompassing urban wonders, cultural immersion, encounters with nature's splendor, exhilarating hikes, captivating caves, meandering rivers, breathtaking waterfalls, and engaging interactions with traditional communities. This comprehensive experience offers you a unique insight into the vibrant Brazilian culture, its remarkable places, and, above all, its warm-hearted people.
Our experienced guides are regional experts on the culture, towns, ecology and wildlife. Explore in the company of a variety of local guides who will escort you in your tour expeditions, providing interpreting services along the way.
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Transport by fully-equipped vehicles.
Any address pick-up and drop-off are included like hotels or airports as long as the booking system accepts the address you enter.
VAT, all taxes, handling charges, tolls, vehicle, fuel, parking fees during stops, airport Greet & Meet service.
Licensed bilingual private tour guide.
Private driver for groups bigger than 4 people, otherwise the guide drives the vehicle themselves.
Local "Quilombo" monitor to escort tourists around community.
Centrally-located 4-star hotels in São Paulo for 2 nights . 3 nights at a local inn in the town of Iporanga.
Breakfast at the hotel and inn.
Lunch box for "The Devil’s Cave" and PETAR tour.
Lunch and snacks in Quilombo Praia Grande Tour.
Boat ride to Quilombo Praia Grande.
All tours and entrances to attractions described in the program.
Cave gear (flashlight and helmet).
Travel insurance for every tourist.
Meals and drinks for tourists not described above.
Tips. (optional).
Personal expenses.
Visitors who have never been vaccinated against yellow fever should get the vaccine at least 10 days before traveling. If it has been 10 or more years since the vaccination it’s a good idea to consider getting a booster dose.
The itinerary can be slightly or totally changed due to weather conditions or for any reason that put the group in any risk.
These tours and activities might be taken with other tourists in shared groups.
On this tour package, you will be staying in a double-room. If you prefer a single room, please speak to us so that we arrange it for an extra fee.
Use insect repellents on exposed skin for countryside trips.
Confirmation is sent just after the booking is made.
Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately.
Tour guide details is sent 1 day before the booking date.
This tour offers stops en route for pictures, contemplation, exploration, snacks or lunch and shopping for souvenirs.
Adult pricing applies to all travelers.
In periods of Christmas, New Year’s or long holidays, the traffic can be unbearable. In that case, it’s better to ask us about the traffic likelihood before booking it
The tours in the countryside has an Easy level of difficulty. The walking distance ranges around 10-15 kilometers in total length in three days with no or just a little elevation.
Please consider the suitability of such activity before booking.
The tourist must inform the guide before the start of the walks of medical conditions, illnesses or disorders that may be relevant for safety reasons or aggravated during the tour.
Appropriate clothing so that you can feel comfortable on the walks. Hiking clothes (long pants are required for the caves).
Comfortable walking shoes or hiking boots.
A running backpack to carry water and other accessories.
A jacket or sweater for any unexpected cold weather.
Spare set of clothes and shoes in case you get wet.
Pack a towel, swimsuit and flip flops.
Rain jacket, repellent & canteen water bottle.
Sunscreen and sunglasses.
It's always advisable to take water and a little snack. The guide should stop by at a grocery store to grab some supplies before the tour begins.
Medicine to avoid seasickness.
If you cancel at least 10 days in advance of the scheduled departure, there is no cancellation fee.
If you cancel between 5 & 9 days in advance of the scheduled departure, there is a 50 percent cancellation fee.
If you cancel within 4 days of the scheduled departure, there is a 100 percent cancellation fee.
The charge is made in Brazilian currency.
Wherever you specify at the time of the booking as long as the booking system accepts the address you enter. The booking system may automatically reject pick-ups & drop-offs too far from São Paulo or GRU airport.
You choose the best pick-up point that suits your needs.
Available on the first Saturday of each month.
Any time available on the timetable of the "PRICE FORM".
Wherever you specify at the time of the booking as long as the booking system accepts the address you enter. The booking system may automatically reject pick-ups & drop-offs too far from São Paulo or GRU airport.
Choose the best drop-off point that suits your needs.
You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.
Once you have arrived at the airport or seaport there will be a member of our staff (or guide) waiting for you at the arrivals area holding a clear sign with your name on it, they will then escort you to your waiting private vehicle.
Our team member will be waiting for you even if the flight is delayed.
In the very unlikely situation that the customer is not able to locate our guide, please call our emergency telephone number on the voucher.
As soon as the tour guide arrives at your hotel, they get the front desk to call you in the room in case you are not at the lobby.
In the very unlikely situation that you are not able to locate our guide, please call one of our emergency telephone numbers that are on the voucher.
The assigned vehicle is a fully-equipped minivan suitable to fit you and your group comfortably.
Minivan / SUV
15-seater vans
This tour has a defined itinerary unlike other tours offered here on the website. The itinerary should NOT be covered in full only if there are unlikely unexpected issues like really bad weather.
Just fill out the “PICK-UP” and “FINAL DROP-OFF” location fields to have the price for the tour guide to pick you up wherever you are. The booking system may automatically reject too long-distance pick-ups and drop-offs, as the tour may NOT be worth taking because of the trip time to the city of the tour.
Yes, always.
Yes, this tour is open to anyone who wants to join it.
By making a booking with Gregtur, you hereby accept to share the vehicle and guide with other tourists who might be join it as well, including people under a disability.
No. As it’s a group shared tour with other tourists, it can not be personalized.
Children under 5yr pay 50% of the regular adult rate and must be accompanied by a paying adult. In order to require the discount, please get in contact with us at info@gregtur.com
Children 12-year-olds and older pay the regular adult rate and must be accompanied by a paying adult. In order to require the discount, please get in contact with us at info@gregtur.com
It's required that children under 7 years old must be sat on a baby seat or a booster while being driven in any vehicle. Please, advise in advance so that we provide it accordingly.
Yes, the guide’s basic expenses such as meals, drinks and parking lot are paid by themselves on spot. Museums, cultural and some entertaining activities are free of charge for tour guides.
All tour guides have complete knowledge about the city sights, culture, history, and social-economic aspects of the cities to be visited and Brazil. Some guides are experts on architecture, street art, music, local crafts and design, fashion, cycling, hiking, photograph, business, sports, LGBTQ culture, nature, religion, shopping, gastronomy, art, nightlife, and other topics. If you want a deeper understanding of a specific topic, please you should go for a private tour to get the guide of your preference.
The guide always tries to lead as safe as possible and conform to all possible situations during the tour.
It’s NOT recommended to take this tour just before or after a long weekend holiday. In periods of Christmas, New Year’s turn or long holidays, the traffic in the coast can be unbearable. In that case, it’s better to ask us about the traffic likelihood before booking.
Southeastern Brazil, the climate is tropical, with a relatively cool season from May to October, and a hot and muggy season from December to March, with November and April as intermediate months. The daily average temperature ranges from 21.5 °C (70.5 °F) in July to 27 °C (81 °F) in January and February.
Although the average temperatures are not very high, sometimes in summer very hot days can occur, with highs around 35/37 °C (95/99 °F), from October to April. However, summery days can occur even in winter, with highs around 30/32 °C (86/90 °F) even in June, July and August.
On the other hand, during the cool season, from May to October, cold air masses of Antarctic origin can bring cool temperatures, or even a little cold at night, in fact lows can drop to around 10/12 °C (50/54 °F) and highs can stay around 18/20 °C (64/68 °F).
It rains almost everyday in abundance during summertime at the end of the afternoon and beginning of the evening, around 5PM. It’s a tropical rain that lasts about 1 hour, but pours down very heavyly. It’s not a good idea to be out during a tropical storm.
Winter is quite dry, but at times some disturbances can affect this area, bringing some days of bad weather, and also cool temperatures. This happens mostly in mid-winter (in the months of June, July and August), but it can also occur in the months of May, September and October.
The seasons in the Southern Hemisphere are the opposite of those in the Northern Hemisphere. This means that in Brazil the winter begins in June.
Once you have arrived at the airport, there will be a member of our staff / guide waiting for you at the arrivals area holding a clear sign with your name on it, they will then escort you to your waiting private vehicle.
The tour can be hired for 1 person up to 14 people.
Yes, we have been delivering tours since 2010, and car services since 1998. We have hundreds of customers who left reviews & comments on our TRIP ADVISOR & FACEBOOK pages.
GREGTUR is the number 1 company on the TRIP ADVISOR rank among hundreds of other tour companies.
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Itinerary
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Meet our tour guide at either GRU airport or CGH airport whenever your flight arrives. You will be met by a member of our specialist meet and greet team who will be holding a sign with your name on it. Once you locate each other, the staff will take you to meet the guide that should be waiting just outside the terminal.
Our guide will drive you to a centrally-located 4-star hotel, which is situated in a safe and walkable area next to a shopping street full of restaurants, cafés and high-end boutiques and much more. On the way to hotel, our knowledgable guide will give you an insight about São Paulo, the hotel area and what you are going to be seeing in the next days to come.
The hotel is 5-minute drive to the city's most beautiful public park (Ibirapuera) and the most important city avenue (Paulista). After settling in, as today is free of scheduled activities, perhaps take a stroll around or go to explore Paulista avenue or Ibirapuera park.
What to do on a free day in Sao Paulo
1) Paulista is not just an avenue, it’s part of the Brazilian history for all it has been in the last 130 years. It is home to outstanding sites and happenings serving as ground for work, study, entertainment, demonstrations, leisure, theaters, shopping, important old palaces, marathon, gay parade, history, culture, gastronomy, New Year’s Eve and Christmas celebrations, all that draw millions of people throughout the entire year.
Once on Paulista, head towards MASP museum and be presented to the treasures of renowned artists like Picasso, Rembrandt, Van Gogh, Gauguin, Modigliani, Toulouse-Lautrec, and many others brilliant artists.
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2) Then go to Ibirapuera Park, which was elected by the “The Guardian magazine” the best Park in the world. The three outstanding art museums MAC, MAM and Afro-Brazil museum with their great art, played a big role on the deserved winning election of the park.
Inclusions DAY 1Airport / hotel private transfer.
Centrally-located 4-star hotel in the city of São Paulo.
Optional activitiesGuided walking tour of Paulista.
Guided walking tour of MASP.
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Make the most of your time in São Paulo in a 7-hour guided tour to discover its most iconic attractions. Our vehicle picks you up with an accredited bilingual tour guide to provide you with a lively day filled with popular attractions passing the main areas like historical downtown, Paulista ave area, the most sophisticated areas in the south and southwest of São Paulo, and yet business districts like Brooklin and Itaim Bibi.
Get to understand the amazing historic process of São Paulo that in 465 years of existence (early times a village), marked by relative inexpressiveness for more than three centuries, has become the largest city in the Southern hemisphere and one of the largest cities in the World.
Stop at sights to explore in the company of the guide who will escort you in the tour expedition, providing an interpreting service along the way.
Duration of the tour: around 7 hours
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Inclusions DAY 2Fully-equipped vehicle for the tour. It may be a shared group tour.
Professional / licensed / bilingual tour guide for the tour.
Exclusions DAY 2Meals & drinks.
Gratuities & tips. (optional).
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For nature and culture lovers, come explore the caves, rivers, streams, waterfalls in the area of the state of Sao Paulo called "Ribeira de Iguape Valley". After your guide picks you up from your hotel in São Paulo, they drive you to this astonishing park called "The Devil's Cave State Park" which is 3:30 h away from São Paulo, where you will get a breath of fresh air in the largest continuous remnant of the Atlantic Forest, recognized by UNESCO as a Biosphere Reserve and World Natural Heritage Site.
In this tour you are going to visit the Devil’s Cave, hike in the forest and observe wildlife. All attractions are located in the municipality of Eldorado, São Paulo State.
Tour itineraryCaverna do Diabo (The Devil’s Cave) is a real natural heritage and definitely one of the most beautiful caves in Brazil, with a diversity of incredible formations like stalagmites, stalactites, columns, towers, candles, helictites, curtains, travertines, and the grandiose chamber known as Cathedral.
The access is easy featuring strategic lighting, walkways, stairs and handrails, among a maze of galleries at different heights.
The cave is more than 6km long, where 700 meters are prepared for visitation.
At the entrance, it has a beautiful stream to embellish the scenery even more. Visitors can go up several levels by the stairs while the river waters go down slipping through the galleries disappearing in the darkness. It’s simply breathtaking!After "The Devil’s Cave" successful tour & local lunch, we drive about 50 minutes to your accommodation at a local Inn in the town of Iporanga for a deserved night of rest.
Duration of the tour: around 4 hours
Inclusions DAY 5Breakfast at the inn accommodation.
Fully-equipped vehicle for the tour. It may be a shared group tour.
VAT, all taxes, handling charges, tolls & parking fees during stops.
Professional / licensed / bilingual tour guide for the tour.
Accommodations for tourists at a local Inn in the city of Iporanga for three nights.
Entrance fees.
Cave gear (flashlight and helmet)
Trail snacks for the tour exploration.
Travel insurance for every tourist.
Exclusions DAY 5Meals & drinks for tourists not described above.
Gratuities & tips. (optional).
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Quilombo Praia Grande
On this day, you go on a beautiful 50-minute boat ride up Ribeira de Iguape River, appreciating the preserved Atlantic Rainforest, until you reach Quilombo Praia Grande Community.
There, you will meet with the locals in their houses, learn about their history and culture, enjoy the gorgeous landscape, and of course, savor the organic homegrown food prepared in a wood-burning stove. And, if it is a hot sunny day, a refreshing bath in the river is highly recommended.
Besides having an authentic pleasant experience, you will be causing a positive impact in the destination. By appreciating their culture and contributing to the local economy, you will be encouraging people, specially the young, to remain in their land and continue preserving their culture, traditions and the environment.
Duration of the tour: around 8 hours
Inclusions DAY 6Breakfast at the inn accommodation.
Fully-equipped vehicle for the tour. It may be a shared group tour.
Boat rides to-and-from isolated community.
Entrance fees.
Professional / licensed / bilingual tour guide for the tour.
Lunch & snacks at the community for the tour exploration.
Local "Quilombo" monitor to escort tourists around community.
Exclusions DAY 6Meals & drinks for tourists not described above.
Gratuities & tips. (optional).
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After a large breakfast at the Inn, with our backpacks and trail snacks we head to a section of PETAR cave complex called “Santana”. Considered one of the most beautiful caves in PETAR. It is believed to be the largest or one of the largest cave conglomerates in the world with 5,040 meters deep.
Santana Cave has a good accessibility infrastructure, with wooden bridges and stairs. Its interior is really impressive and full of beautiful formations. No wonder this cave is considered the most beautiful in the park, as there are thousands of formations such as stalactites, stalagmites, curtains, columns etc.
Its biome is the beautiful Atlantic Rainforest where you find an exceptional biodiversity, rivers, waterfalls, and cave systems with a unique underground scenario.
Along the way, visitors can let their imaginations work and view thousands of supposed images in the cave formations. There are those who see horse heads, skulls, elephant paw, Jesus Christ and so on,
Exploration inside the Santana cave takes about two hours, and from there we take a break at the edge of a Natural Pool splashing around and enjoying snacks picnic style. Then we head to contemplate one of the coolest points in Santana section, the Betari Valley Lookout.
Thereafter we continue on the exploration visiting other caves in the complex.
Duration of the tour: around 8 hours
Inclusions DAY 7Breakfast at the Inn accommodation.
Fully-equipped vehicle for the tour. It may be a shared group tour.
Entrance fees.
Professional / licensed / bilingual tour guide for the tour.
Cave gear (flashlight and helmet)
Trail snacks for the tour exploration.
Travel insurance for every tourist.
Exclusions DAY 7Meals & drinks for tourists not described above.
Gratuities & tips. (optional).
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D6) Betary Reserve (Iporanga)
Betary Reserve is a 60-hectare preserved area and a branch of the Biodiversity Research Institute (IPBio). The site is devoted to research and teaching on the Atlantic Forest. Some of their facilities comprise a greenhouse, an aquarium, laboratory with vivarium, classroom, darkened room for checking on the bioluminescent mushrooms, restaurant and deck by the river. Get to know the bioluminescent larvae, mushrooms, frogs, types of plants, mainly bromeliads, small amphibians and several "nests" made them, and several other species.
Duration of the activity: around 3 hours
D6) Transfer to airport / São Paulo.Today marks the last day of your 6-day Brazil tour. So it’s time to hit the road back to Sao Paulo or airport. This is the perfect time to exchange contact details with your new travel buddies and start planning a new adventure.
It's recommended to book late flight as the arrival at the airport or São Paulo will be NO earlier than 19:00 (7:00PM).
End Point: GRU Airport, CGH airport or any address in São Paulo
Duration of the transfer: around 5 hours including a stop for lunch
Inclusions DAY 6Fully-equipped vehicle for the transfer & tour. It may be a shared group transfer.
Travel insurance for every tourist.
Entrance fees.
Exclusions DAY 6Meals & drinks.
Gratuities & tips. (optional).
