Beautiful Lagoon Circuit
Recommended by 96% of travelers
Barreirinhas, Brazil
- 5 hours (approx.)
- Pickup offered
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Overview
Lençóis Maranhenses National Park's freshwater lagoons sit deep inside a 155,000-hectare expanse of dunes, reachable only by 4WD river crossing and a 262-foot (80-meter) dune climb on foot. Journey from Barreirinhas to Lagoa Bonita, one of the park's two main lagoon destinations, with a local guide leading you onto the dunes for easy navigation.
- This small-group experience offers an intimate feel that larger tours don't
- Go where normal vehicles can't as you travel by 4WD
- Refresh with free time for swimming and sunbathing at the lagoon
- Explore the vast park with confidence—a guide keeps you on track
What's Included
- Transport
- Bilingual guide on the collective tour
Meeting and Pickup
You can head directly to the meeting point, or request pickup
Itinerary
1
Rio Preguicas
1 hour • Admission Ticket Included
2
Lencois Maranhenses National Park
4 hours • Admission Ticket Free
Parque Nacional dos Lencois Maranhenses (Pass By)
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Infants must sit on laps
- No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
- Most travelers can participate
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 9 travelers
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Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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Featured review
Rustom_K
Swimming in the lagoons and the view of Lencois Maranhenses. This place is unbelievably beautiful; nothing else quite like it. Guide was friendly and cheerful.
Reviews
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Yu_C, Jul 2026
Rather than a tour, this is more of a transportation since the tour guide probably didn't speak more than 10 sentences even in Portuguese. I understand it's not a bilingual tour, but he made zero effort even trying to use translation app to explain what's going on with us (thanks to another couple who spoke also English helped us). The destination itself is amazing, beautiful sunset in the desert and swimming in the clear lagoons before that (plenty fish in the water!!!) tour agencies need to hire people who actually have a passion in "guiding" others!
Payal_K, Feb 2026
Its a really good transportation and you have a enough time to explore and dip into lagoon. Hotel pick up and drop off was smooth
Mikhail_S, Jan 2026
This tour operator was responsible only for transportation from my hotel to Lençóis Maranhenses National Park, so my review is focused purely on logistics. In reality, there is very little difference between tour operators here - they all essentially just transport people from the town to the national park.
They picked me up about 30 minutes earlier than the time they had originally communicated. I was initially annoyed by this, but it turned out that the vehicle had a bigger issue: out of four passenger seats, only two had working seat belts. I ended up taking one of those seats, which made the early pickup somewhat convenient for me.
From a safety perspective, this alone is enough to deduct at least two stars.
The rest of the trip went fine, although I don’t envy the passengers who had to sit in the back of the truck - for them, the ride looked quite uncomfortable.
One small suggestion: the tour description should be updated, as it still mentions a ferry crossing. The ferry no longer exists and has been replaced by a bridge, which is actually safer and more convenient.
Jason_S, Feb 2025
One of the most breathtaking national park ever visited, takes a lot of journey to get here, but eventually worth the trip!
Response from Host, Feb 2025
Great, thank you!
aline_p, Dec 2024
Fantastic, Amazing! We enjoyed a lot our excursion. All was perfect. The landscape is beautiful and the water so warm !
Rustom_K, Sep 2024
Swimming in the lagoons and the view of Lencois Maranhenses. This place is unbelievably beautiful; nothing else quite like it. Guide was friendly and cheerful.
Response from Host, Sep 2024
Thank you very much!!
Kevin_T, Jun 2022
The park was amazing. However, I ordered an English tour and I got nothing. The tour guide didn’t speak one word of English. I just followed the group wherever they went and wherever they stopped or when they got in the water. I got into the water like monkeys see Monkeys do.
Emilie_S, May 2022
Really beautiful place and good price but its really hard to have somebody who speak english. Otherwise the place is incredible !
Response from Host, May 2022
thank you!
Charles_F, Jun 2021
Incredible tour of the lagoons for a great price! Not sure if it's because of the current global situation (probably) or just the time of day we had our tour (possibly), but there was barely ANYBODY around - it was like we were in a deserted, well, desert hahaha which was absolutely great especially since we were gearing up for a crowd fest in Rio later that week. Got to spend as much time as we wanted hiking and swimming uninterrupted, and our tour guide Rafa was incredibly skilled at pointing out the most minute details in the park... everything from little frogs and tadpoles in the lagoons, to wildflowers on the lagoon banks to fulgurites (lightning strikes in the sand) - - would definitely recommend this tour to anybody planning to visit Sao Luis!
Response from Host, Aug 2021
thank you!
Danillo_d, Jun 2026
A wonderful experience! The tour was beautiful, they took us to lagoons with less people at the time. The guide Anderson was exemplary, patient, attentive to everyone and fun.
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Marco_C, Jun 2026
Great service, attentive attendants and guides, clear explanations of the route, as well as information about the circuit, new and safe vehicles, lovely circuits.
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