--- title: "Brazil Travel Journal, Tips from Local Guides" description: "Travel stories, seasonal advice and insider tips for Brazil, written by our founder, who lives and works in Brazil." url: https://www.authenticbraziltravel.com/blog/ language: en --- # Stories & advice from Brazil Written by us, living in Brazil, seasonal tips, destination know-how and the small details that make a private journey exceptional. ## [Brazilian Food: What to Eat Where, Region by Region](https://www.authenticbraziltravel.com/blog/brazilian-food-guide/) September 23, 2026 Brazilian food is not one cuisine. Moqueca and acarajé in Bahia, cheese in Minas Gerais, churrasco in the south, feijoada in Rio, river fish in the Amazon, and what a real caipirinha is by law. Read article ## [Four Weeks in Brazil: Three Routes, the Right Months and What It Costs](https://www.authenticbraziltravel.com/blog/brazil-itinerary-4-weeks/) September 23, 2026 A month is enough for the Amazon, the Pantanal, the dunes and the coast in one trip. Three tested routes, why July to September is the window, how many flights make sense, and what each region costs. Read article ## [New Year's Eve in Rio de Janeiro: How to Plan Réveillon on Copacabana](https://www.authenticbraziltravel.com/blog/new-years-eve-in-rio-de-janeiro/) September 23, 2026 About 2.5 million people and twelve minutes of fireworks on Copacabana. Why hotels sell New Year as a week long package, where to stay when cars cannot reach the beach, and what it really costs. Read article ## [Brazil Wildlife: Which Animal, Where, and in Which Month](https://www.authenticbraziltravel.com/blog/brazil-wildlife-guide/) September 16, 2026 Where to see jaguars, pink river dolphins, humpback whales, spinner dolphins and toucans in Brazil, which month each one needs, and what a wildlife trip costs. Read article ## [Florianópolis Beaches: Which of the 42 Is Yours](https://www.authenticbraziltravel.com/blog/florianopolis-beaches-guide/) September 16, 2026 From people who live on the island: which Florianópolis beach for a hike, a flat sea, surf, space or children, when the water is warm enough, and how long to stay. Read article ## [Staying Connected in Brazil: Get the eSIM Before You Fly](https://www.authenticbraziltravel.com/blog/staying-connected-in-brazil/) September 15, 2026 Why buying a SIM card in Brazil is hard without a CPF, why we tell every guest to get an eSIM before flying, and the places where no phone plan will help. Read article ## [Money in Brazil: the Card Is the Default, the Cash Is the Backup](https://www.authenticbraziltravel.com/blog/geld-und-bezahlen-in-brasilien/) September 9, 2026 How much cash you actually need in Brazil, which card to bring, why changing money at home is the expensive way, and what tipping looks like when it is already on the bill. Read article ## [The Pantanal and Bonito: Two and a Half Hours Apart](https://www.authenticbraziltravel.com/blog/pantanal-and-bonito/) September 9, 2026 The best wildlife density in the Americas and the clearest fresh water in Brazil sit two and a half hours apart by road, out of one airport. How many days each half needs, in which order, and what the pair costs. Read article ## [A Pantanal Fazenda Is a Farm With Guests, Not a Lodge](https://www.authenticbraziltravel.com/blog/pantanal-fazenda-stay/) September 9, 2026 A working cattle ranch that takes a handful of guests because the wetland brought them. What a day on a southern Pantanal fazenda actually looks like, whether you need to ride, and the line in the small print about the guiding. Read article ## [Solo Travel in Brazil: What It Costs and Where It Works](https://www.authenticbraziltravel.com/blog/alleine-durch-brasilien-reisen/) September 5, 2026 Every solo guide to Brazil answers whether it is dangerous. None of them answer what a single room does to your invoice, or whether a trip runs when there is one of you. Both have numbers. Read article ## [Is the Amazon Rainforest Worth Visiting? It Depends What You Came For](https://www.authenticbraziltravel.com/blog/is-the-amazon-worth-visiting/) September 1, 2026 Half the internet calls the Amazon the trip of their life, the other half saw nothing but green. Both are right, and the difference is what they came for. Read article ## [The Best Places to Visit in Brazil, Sorted by First Trip or Second](https://www.authenticbraziltravel.com/blog/best-places-to-visit-in-brazil-first-trip/) August 31, 2026 Every list ranks Brazil by beauty, which is useless when the places are three hour flights apart. Sorted instead by what belongs on a first trip: Rio, Iguaçu, one wild place, and somewhere to stop. Read article Page 1 of 5 [Older articles](https://www.authenticbraziltravel.com/blog/2/) A little Brazilian sunshine ## Your Brazil starts here. A few ideas are all we need to start planning something personal. - 24h response - Completely non-binding - Personal consultation Rather compose it yourself, stop by stop? [Design your own journey](https://www.authenticbraziltravel.com/my-journey/)