Brazil Country Overview
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Country Overview
If you are the Richard Attenborough type and fancy yourself tramping through the immense tropical rainforest checking out the weird and exotic creatures living in their own Eden, then Brazil awaits your pleasure, and if you are more the hedonist type looking for frolics, festivals and getting snot-flying slammed at the carnival, then Brazil awaits your pleasure too.
Daily Budget
For roughly US$40 a day you can spend US$10 a night for accommodation, eat out and glug down a few Cachaca’s nightly. However if you budget is as tight as a frogs you know what, then chow down on beans, soak up the sun, and nothing else, and camp under the stars for about US$20 to US$25 daily. Always remember from December to February prices soar.
When to Go!
In summer from December to February the southern part of Brazil becomes hot and humid, and in winter from June to August is drenched, soaked, and sodden with constant rain. The rest of the country is fine though, with summer bringing out the locals and festivities, school holidays beginning in mid-December, and Carnaval in February, with Rio’s most spectacular event on the calendar.
Daily Budget
For roughly US$40 a day you can spend US$10 a night for accommodation, eat out and glug down a few Cachaca’s nightly. However if you budget is as tight as a frogs you know what, then chow down on beans, soak up the sun, and nothing else, and camp under the stars for about US$20 to US$25 daily. Always remember from December to February prices soar.
When to Go!
In summer from December to February the southern part of Brazil becomes hot and humid, and in winter from June to August is drenched, soaked, and sodden with constant rain. The rest of the country is fine though, with summer bringing out the locals and festivities, school holidays beginning in mid-December, and Carnaval in February, with Rio’s most spectacular event on the calendar.