Pickup info:

This is a private tour. We will pick you up at 7:00 am from your Curitiba Hotel. If you prefer a later departure time, please inform it in your booking request. 


Notes:

Please inform us of your hotel name and address in your booking request.

We also offer a tour with one overnight visiting Guartelá State Park and Vila Velha

See also our Vila Velha tour with a visit to Witmarsum, a village founded by Menonites.

Contact us for more information about our Curitiba tours.



Cancellation policy

According to Brazilian Law (Deliberação Normativa número 161 de 09/08/1985 – EMBRATUR):

- Up to 30 days prior to reserved services: 10% of the daily rate will be charged

- Between 29 and 21 days prior to reserved services: 20% of the daily rate will be charged

- Between 20 and 10 days prior to reserved services: 50% of the daily rate will be charged

- Between 9 and 3 days prior to reserved services: 80% of the daily rate will be charged

- Between 2 days and the day of arrival or in case of no-show: 100% of the daily rate will be charged

Children policy

One child, up to five years of age, is free. Older or more children pay the full rate. 

Vila Velha and Furnas

Duration: 6 hour(s) - Location: Curitiba - Vila Velha

Over one million years, ice-age glaciers and wind erosion worked together to sculpt Vila Velha's unique rock formations.

The Vila Velha State Park is open from Wednesday to Monday and has recently been completely restructured.

The main attractions are the sandstone sculptures and Dourada Lake. The former elevators inside the Furnas Caves are no longer open to the public, in a conservation effort to protect the endangered animal and plant life which inhabit them. However, this stone formations can be observed from outside and is quite impressive. 

Park tours are conducted in minibuses under the supervision of a local guide. A visit lasts approximately three hours and gives you the opportunity to visit the rock formations on foot.

On one side of the loop road there are wide-open, native grasslands, while the other side is covered by the dense, humid vegetation of an Araucaria forest  - an incredibly interesting contrast. You should plan for the tour to last six hours (round trip).


Itinerary

We reccommend leaving Curitiba at 7 am to be the first to visit the park, which opens at 8:30 am. However, if you prefer a later departure time, it is also possible.

7:00 - Our guide will pick you up at your hotel in Curitiba.

7:00 - 8:30 - Transfer to Vila Velha State Park.

8:30 - 11:30 - Visit the two parts of the park: the stone formations (Arenitos) and Furnas (caves) / Lagoa Dourada (Golden Lagoon). 

11:30 - 13:00 - Transfer back to Curitiba.

What is included in the tour:

Private transportation in car or van depending on the number of participants; local English-speaking guide and local park ranger (Spanish-, French- or German-speaking guides available - please inform us of your preferences at time of booking); entrance fee.

Not included: meals, personal expenses, tips, etc. 

Participant guidelines

Do not forget to bring your camera, sun block and comfortable shoes.