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Blue manakins are the undisputed rock stars of the bird world in Ilha Grande. Groups of males - with a young male standing in as a female...

Used to the relatively benign presence of the local military police who sleepily sat out their days at the entrance to the beachfront...

For over 2½ months I had admired the remarkable rock formation that dominates the mountainous ridge above Abraão. Bico do Papagaio is, as...

If you follow the main dirt track (there are no tarred roads on the island) leading west from Vila do Abraão, you reach the ruins of an...

Feiticeira is Portuguese for sorceress and is also the name of a cove and waterfall around 6km north of Abraão, on the opposite side of...

Everyone who visits Ilha Grande wants to visit Lopes Mendes. It is said to be Brazil’s second most beautiful beach and I was determined...

The residents of Abraão love their dogs, which come in every shape and size, some small and fluffy with bows in their hair, others built...

Had my holiday been booked any later - I flew out on 15 March 2020 – I would almost certainly not have made this trip. I would definitely...

For the first few days I decided to orientate myself in the island's main town of Abraão -where I was based - before exploring the...

As I approached my island idyll, I had no idea that I would be a virtual prisoner here for over 3 months. A prisoner in paradise....

The two-week holiday to an idyllic island in Brazil that turned into a three and a half month long adventure hiking to deserted beaches,...