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The bucket-list things to do — and the private, expert-led way to do each.
Here’s the bucket list for your day ashore: the most extraordinary thing to do at each stop, and the private, small-group, or expert-led way to make it yours — your own pace, real access, none of the crowd.
Board the legendary Serra Verde Express in a private Gold-Class cabin and descend the Serra do Mar escarpment — one of the world's great rail journeys — through Atlantic Forest, waterfalls, and sheer canyon walls to the cosmopolitan city of Curitiba.
Escape to Ilha do Mel — a car-free Atlantic paradise — by private chartered vessel from Paranaguá Bay. Explore the mystical Gruta das Encantadas sea caves and climb to the 19th-century Lighthouse of the Shells for panoramic views over the Paraná coast.
Uncover one of Brazil's best-preserved colonial waterfronts on a private expert-led walking tour of Paranaguá's 17th-century centro histórico — from baroque churches and gold-rush merchants' mansions to the legendary Municipal Coffee Market on the waterfront.
Journey inland to Vila Velha State Park — Paraná's most dramatic natural wonder — where 300-million-year-old sandstone towers sculpted by wind and rain rise above the plateau, and emerald-green Furnas sinkholes plunge 100 metres into the earth.
Dive deep into the soul of Paranaguá's food culture with a private culinary guide — from the bustling Mercado Municipal do Café to a back-street restaurant serving barreado, the slow-cooked beef stew that is Paraná's greatest gastronomic secret.
Visit the most revered Marian shrine in southern Brazil — the 17th-century Santuário de Nossa Senhora do Rocio — on a private guided excursion combining spiritual heritage, baroque art, and sweeping panoramic views over Paranaguá Bay and the Atlantic Forest.
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