Brazilian soul

Few places have reinvigorated the Attitude travel editor’s spirit than witnessing the amazing Ibiti Project’s many programmes to renew Brazil’s Atlantic rainforest. A shabby-chic stay here is partnered with a trip to glitzy Rio de Janeiro where life’s a beach — but there is much more to the city than sand and sun

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Sitting in an al fresco bathtub on a mountaintop overlooking an enchanting landscape is not where I’d thought I’d find myself on a trip to Brazil, but here I am within the Ibiti Project, a 6000-hectare area which dwarfs the adjacent Ibitipoca State Park. This is the passion project of Renato Ribeiro Machado, who in 1984 began purchasing the land — which had been turned into barren pasture — so that the process of reforestation could begin. To be honest, the Ibiti Project was not my first, or even second, choice of destination to twin with Rio de Janeiro (more of that later), but the travel specialists at Luxtripper convinced me this would be the best option for the length of my trip and promised that it is a special place.…

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Attitude (Digital) - 1 Issue, No. 353 - July/August 2023

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