Buggy will take us to places that are otherwise not see, because the only vehicles with four-wheel drive may be driven on the beach. Natal, or Christmas, is the capital of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Norte in the north-east corner of the South American continent.
We find there the sun, sea, sand and breeze - the four elements in ideal proportions and the best quality. If the sun is 300 days a year. If the water is turquoise, transparent, heat (the average sea temperature 27 degrees), very salty or sweet. If sand is tiny, white, gold and even pink. If the breeze is fresh and invigorating, jokingly called here the natural air conditioning. Add that to recognize people, stunning flora and exotic fauna. Dolphins and sea turtles to watch, shrimp and crabs to eat ... With more than 800 thousand. Natal has a population in its history, two important Christmas Christmas, it is not known from which one derives its name. The first took place in 1597, when there was a second attempt the colonization of the region and when the fleet under the command of Jerenimo de Albuquerque contributed to water Potengi Rio (river originates from the name of the state of Rio Grande do Norte, a Great River North). The second occurred two years after the first, when Jerenimo officially founded the city. Natal was founded near the Forte dos Reis Magos (Epiphany Fort), built at rocky offshore reefs, the plan of an irregular five-pointed star. To this day it shines white against the turquoise sea and is the only crowd visited historic building in the city. There are many other interesting sights, such as the Teatro Alberto Maranhão from the late nineteenth century, the Museum Cascudo Camara, a prominent historian, ethnographer, and writer, author of over 30 books and publications on Brazilian folklore.
But I think that the best follow the example of Brazil, and instead explore - enjoy the view and spend time on beaches. Especially since most of the hotels located in the vicinity or in the nicest and most elegant surroundings - Praia de Ponta Preta, a few miles from the center. Natal city beaches (Praia do Forte, the Meio, dos Artistas, de Areia Preta) in contrast to many others in Brazil, even Copacabana in Rio, they are not busy avenida and surrounded by a wall of skyscrapers and luxury hotels. Buildings is low, simple, sometimes a little neglected.
Natal is at the top 15 safest cities in the country. Maybe it's because there is relatively little social inequality (the state of Rio Grande do Norte as the first ten years before the rest of the country, abolished slavery), and perhaps because, according to meteorologists is the best climate in Brazil. Brazilians share the state on the northern coast (litoral norte) and southern (litoral sul), starting from the state capital. So it is here. The key to understanding the coast of Rio Grande do Norte are called. buggy, which is a small open jeep specially designed to ride on the sandy surface. Here are many agencies working bugueiros, or buggy drivers. Offer full-day trip or several hours, usually paid from the car, not per person (we complete pre-departure crew of four or request that the organizer, the prices within the reali 240-350, or about 320-460 zł per car). Tours begin in the chair. 8 or 9 am and last until 17, when in fact it gets dark. Due to the proximity of the equator (about 700 km), the day begins very early - the sun rises in the chair. 5 - but also ends early, the hottest time of day begins around 10 Buggy will take us to places that can not see driving by bus or hired car. Only cars with four-wheel drive may be driven on the beach, and only bugueiros are granted entry to the protected areas. Driving on the dunes with an experienced driver is an experience unique. The first (classic) question that we hear, will be: - Com ou sem emoção? (With or without emotions?). Mandatory option to choose an emotion! Bugueiros evolutions resemble a roller coaster: a 180-degree turns, spins, reunions with wild speed, jumping from the tops of dunes, drifts.
Drives mainly the beaches, turning them into the land of the dunes, which occupy a huge area and are very diverse. We find both the fixed dunes, overgrown in places, and even the poverty-built illegal houses and moving. These dunes gold and white, and even stained pink from the red earth. Some descend gently to the sea, changing the beach, other water separates from the belt of palm groves and green. An additional attraction is a natural freshwater lake, suddenly appearing among the sands. Bugueiros have a permanent program and required fields. Each stop offers drinks, snacks, souvenirs, "Crafts", sunglasses, etc. On the occasion of admiring the wild and overgrown lakes Genipabu we can take a picture of a donkey adorned with flowers and bearing the name of the famous actress or model. Before you see the beach Genipabu (like the postcards!), Stop at the dunes to ride a camel or a snowboard to slide over the sand. Before, dying from the heat at noon, in the warm waters of the lake Pitangui, stop in the middle of the desert, where we will be waiting with you, or you monkey with the chameleon, ready to shoot.
The most fun lake to the north, which will show us bugueiros is Jacuma. Surrounded by high dunes managed in a very ingenious way. There reunions offers straight to water through the so-called. aerobunda (literally, air pupa), or the lines, the seat of the material or skibunda (ski bum) - a vehicle resembling a sled. Back engage us a little lift. At the end of the day we go to a restaurant where the and buy photographs, which is not known when and where we made. It is also a chance that we will see the smallest waterfall in the world, called the natural Jacuzzi - a shallow river meanders with extremely hot water flowing through shady woods and thickets, have undeniable charm.
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