Brazil is the 5th largest country in the world and it makes up over 47% of South America, it is also the world’s most biodiverse country and is home to 60% of the Amazon. Contrast that with the fact that São Paulo is the 6th largest city in the world and that Rio de Janeiro has the world’s largest carnival and you can begin to understand how enormous, diverse and beautiful Brazil is. For rock climbers, Brazil has pretty much everything you could ever want, tens of thousands of sport and trad routes, big walls over 1,100 meters and endless boulders. There is sandstone, limestone, granite, conglomerate and many others – all of extremely high quality. Steep, slabby, safe or scary, you will find routes of literally every kind in Brazil. The best thing of all about climbing in Brazil is the locals, who are the friendliest climbing community we have ever met. They will do absolutely anything to help you and make sure you have a great time in their country, you will make many new friends and it is very hard to leave!
During our 3 months in Brazil, we did loads of climbing at many fantastic crags, but we only scratched the surface and there are still many places we didn’t visit, that we would love to return for. There is so much to climb in Brazil that even if you stayed for a millennium you wouldn’t climb it all! We began our time in Brazil by crossing the border from Paraguay at Ciudad del Este and finished by departing Salvador airport. This marked the end of our journey through South America, having travelled more than 17,000 kilometres overland through 6 countries, starting in Colombia.
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