9-Hour Guaraní Village Tour in São Paulo with Indigenous Culture

The journey

Trip highlights

• 01 Walk through a Guaraní village and speak with its tribal leaders
• 02 Learn about Guaraní culture, language, agriculture, and food traditions
• 03 Understand the struggles and current issues faced by the Guaraní people
• 04 Taste a dish of indigenous Guaraní cuisine
• 05 Admire indigenous art and handicrafts in the village

Meet people of the Guaraní tribe, a culturally related indigenous people of South America, without having to leave São Paulo. Learn about their culture and history, taste their food, understand their struggles, admire their handicrafts, and experience an ancestral connection inside the Atlantic Forest in Brazil's most populous city.

Meet people of the Guaraní tribe, a culturally related indigenous people of South America, without having to leave São Paulo.

From the itinerary

At a glance

What this trip includes

Duration 9 Hours

Tour type Private

Activity level Easy

Accommodation Not included

Transport Included

Wheelchair access Not applicable

City Sao Paulo

Languages English, Italian

Day by day

The itinerary

1

Day 01

Guaraní Village Experience in Parelheiros and Return to São Paulo

• 7:30 am - Meet your Brazilian tour guide at Trianon Park, which can also be arranged privately.
• Travel by car or van for about 1 hour and 30 minutes to the APA Capivari Monos territory in Parelheiros. This experience will partly finance community projects in the Guaraní villages and offers an ancestral connection inside the forest, without having to leave São Paulo or go to Amazonas.

• Talk to tribal leaders and take a walk through the village.
• See plantations and gain ancestral knowledge related to agriculture and food.
• Connect with thematic and sustainability projects, and learn about Guaraní indigenous music and language.
• Get to know the issues and struggles of the Guaraní people.
• Taste a dish of indigenous Guaraní cuisine.
• Admire indigenous art and handicrafts.
• Feel the energy of the Atlantic Forest and the strength of intimate contact with nature.
• Appreciate the natural side of the preserved southern area of São Paulo city.
• 5:00 pm - Return to São Paulo with your local tour guide.

The route

Where you'll travel

The fine print

Trip details

What's Included

• Italian-, English-, Spanish-, or Portuguese-speaking licensed Brazilian tour guide
• Transportation by van or minivan with driver
• Entrance fee to the Guaraní tribe (used for community needs)
• Fruits
• Juices
• Water
• Car passenger insurance

What's Not Included

• Full meal

Know before you go

• If you wish, there is a possibility to visit another tribe where you can swim in the river under a waterfall. This tribe is farther away, and there will be a small additional cost because you will spend 1 extra hour on the experience.
• This experience will partly finance community projects in the Guaraní villages. It offers an ancestral connection inside the forest, without having to leave São Paulo or go to Amazonas.
• The guide has strong knowledge of Guaraní culture and has had contact with these communities since 2011. He is a licensed and intercultural tour guide, a world citizen born in Italy. He also organizes many other experiences and tours in São Paulo and works for leading tour operators.
• There are other experiences such as Vila Madalena art and gastronomy, downtown discovery, Bixiga tour, Paulista heart tour, Rain Forest and Waterfall Sampa Day, and Favela Artistic Tour.
• If you are just 1 person, the experience could be cancelled if no other travelers are found for this tour.

Logistics

Meeting & route

Meeting point

Trianon Park - Peixoto Gomide Street - Cerqueira César, São Paulo - State of São Paulo, Brazil

Tour start

Rua Peixoto Gomide, 949 - Cerqueira César, São Paulo - SP, 01409-001, Brazil

Tour ends at the same location as the start point.