Our trips on horseback are available with a duration anywhere from 3 hours to 5 days. Accommodations for the shorter trips are at Baron’s Country Inn and the longer ones at the same Inn plus camping at out special Camps and/or our Ranch with comfortable lodging and facilities and excellent meals.This region is ideal for birdwatchers due to the abundance of subtropical birds with a great variety of colours and shapes. Birdwatchers need not be riders and our program for then includes visits to some of the best Spas in the world which are located nearby.
We use the famous Brazilian breed Mangalarga Marchador famous because of their special gait and extremely comfortable ride.
US$ 100 per adult per day, children US$ 50 per day.
This price includes trips to hot water Spas (www.rioquenteresorts.com.br), Scuba diving or snorkel swimming in warm waters surrounded by large fishes, and therapeutic massage, for those interested.

We offer Adventure Travel on Horseback in Brazil`s Paradise located in the world's largest hydrothermal region with excellent weather year-round and abundant flora and fauna.

Our trips on horseback are available with a duration anywhere from 1 to 5 days. Accommodations for the shorter trips are at Baron`s Country Inn and the longer ones at the same Inn plus camping at out special Camps with comfortable tents and facilities where we also offer excellent meals.

This region is ideal for birdwatchers due to the abundance of subtropical birds with great variety of colors and birdwatchers need not be riders and our program for them includes visits to some of the best Spas in the world which are located nearby.

Our fazenda (ranch) is a hidden and magical place located at the mouth of National Park Chapada Diamantina in Bahia, Brazil. If you absolutely adore horseback riding and eco-travel we are the ideal place for you! We are also a convenient stop on your way from Salvador to the National Park if you wish to first get off the touristy path and experience the traditional lifestyles of the people from this region of Bahia.

A comfortable 4-hour bus ride from Salvador will bring you to one of the most beautiful fazendas of Brazil. The family has owned this land for almost 100 years thus helping preserve its wild nature. The land is privileged with a lake, pond, reservoir, horses running free, tropical fruit trees, an enchanted creek, hikes up a mountain to enjoy the sunsets, bird watching, extraordinary rock formations, and cool, clear evenings.

This is a real fazenda where you can partake in the daily ranch activities such as, fetching the horses, milking the cows, and caring for the goats. You may also enjoy and explore the surrounding flora and fauna by horseback, mountain bike, and hiking. Or simply relax after a swim at the lake. After your visit to our fazenda we would be delighted to take you in to explore the mountains, rivers, and waterfalls of Chapada Diamantina in style!

We require a minimum stay of 2 days for at least 2 people and double occupancy, although we highly recommend staying a minimum of 5 days to enjoy most of the activities we have to offer at the fazenda. The best part of our per day per person rate is that it includes all meals, non-alcoholic drinks, snacks, 2 activities from our menu of activities per day, horseback riding lessons, pick up from bus stop to fazenda and back, comfortable and clean rooms with sheets and towels, transport to one out of fazenda activity, plus one day horse ride trip to a nearby village. If you choose to visit Chapada Diamantina with us our rates are the same, but hiking and camping are involved as we would not bring the horses on those trails.

Menu of Activities:

Horseback Riding lessons
Horseback Riding on fazenda trails
Horseback Riding trip to nearby village
Attending local horse races
Fetching horses and cattle
Milking goats and cows
Routine care for goats, cattle, and horses
Mountain biking on fazenda trails and to Gruta Encantada
Rental of motorbikes for main road use only or to visit poco encantado @ Chapada
Helping with carpentry and fazenda maintenance
Swimming in lake or reservoir
Fishing in reservoir with spear or net
Relax by lake or in hammocks
Exercise on your own (running, yoga, stretching, etc)
Read, write, paint
Hike trails or up mountain
Visit our plantation and neighboring fazendas
Experience local and traditional cuisine and spirits
Bird watching
Attend traditional cowboy parties
Attend traditional vaqueijadas
Play argolinha
Attend local and traditional musical shows (forro, lambada, pagode, arrocha)
Play football with the locals

Please contact us for directions!

Brazil offers wonderful polo opportunities set in beautiful surroundings. Play with professionals from around the world, improving your game and having the time of your life.

Santa Helena Polo Farm allows you to play polo amidst the natural beauty of the interior of Sao Paulo. All equipment is provided, as well as the use of their ponies, born and bred on the farm. For beginners, wood horses are available for you to start your training.


When polo is not being played, there is tennis, squash, and golf. You will also enjoy the natural beauty of the surrounding area and the wonderful hospitality that is offered by the Junqueira Novaes family.

HORSEBACK RIDING VACATION IN SUNNY BRAZIL
We offer an affordable eco-adventure on a real South American Ranch which is owned and operated by an American family.

You will enjoy spectacular trail riding
through tropical forests, hiking, kayaking, fishing as well as contact with daily ranch activities.

Great Brazilian food and drink and comfortable accommodations in the old Plantation House will make this an unforgetable family trip.

Riding in Brazil – a horseback adventure
Brazil, a rider’s paradise!
Watch fascinating wildlife in the Pantanal wilderness, ride with the gauchos through the overwhelming landscape of the national park of São Joaquim. We offer trails, ranch stays, good horses, pampas traditions, friendly folks

Sweet-faced, horses in all colors take us into lands where we could not walk on foot, giving us a chance to see the most intimate parts of a region that is renowned for its beauty. The Peões( Cowbys of the region) that you ride with are all armed in case of an emergency - this is the land of the jaguar. The faithful Pantanal-horse will take you galloping and cantering through herds of capybaras, tapirs, anteaters, armadillos, name it… While all around us there is a sound of wings from toucans, parrots, macaws, kingfishers, buzzards, vultures, eagles, roseate spoonbills. Enter the very lives of the Peões, see how they work leather, how they pass the day, what makes their life a happy one