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Brazil is a big, varied, exciting country. It offers Rio de Janeiro, a magnificent city with a samba beat, that has beautiful beaches and stunning hotels. Visitors can as well enjoy the rainforest with its fascinating flora and fauna, or the Pantanal, Brazil’s great southern frontier with its veldt-like landscape, home to hundreds of species of wildlife. Many choose to go to Manaus where they take a cruise down the Amazon, see the Amazonian Indians and face the diverse and fascinating vistas where nature’s rules are unchallenged.


COUNTRY INFORMATION
  • Area: 8,511,965 square kilometers/3,286,600 square miles
  • Population: 157,800,000 inhabitants
  • Capital City: Brasilia
  • Currency: Real
  • Languages: Portuguese
  • Time Zones:East - GMT -3 in winter, GMT -4 in summer
    West - GMT -4 in winter, GMT -5 in summer
  • Country Phone Code: 55
  • Electricity : 120 or 220 volts in most of hotels; different kinds of outlets, according to the region

USEFUL INFORMATION

National Public Holidays: New Year’s Day (Jan. 1st); Carnival (Feb. 2nd); Good Friday (Apr. 13th); Easter (Apr. 15th); Labor Day (May 1st); Ascension Day (May 24th); Corpus Christi (May 30th); Independence Day (Sep. 7th); Our Lady of Aparecida (Oct. 12th); All Saints Day (Nov. 1st); Republic Day (Nov. 15th); Christmas Day (Dec. 25th).

Tipping:A 10% service charge is often included in the bill. If service is not included a 10-15% tip is the custom.

Banks Opening Hours:Monday-Friday from 10 am to 4 pm

Health:No vaccination is necessary. If a trip to the rainforest is planned update all shots and have yellow fever vaccinations.

Domestic Airlines: Trans Brazil & Varig Brazilian Airlines.