Porto Seguro
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Went for a swim before breakfast in thr Terraza. Two lectures: one by Charlotte on plant adaption, actually very interesting, and then Roddy's second part of Charles Darwin. Lunch early in the Terraza and then a 20 minute zodiac ride for the four hour tour to the native Pataxo indigenous Jaqueira reserve. This had been set up a few years ago to sustain the local tribes in their reserve. Now a tourist attraction but it did serve the purpose of enabling them to preserve their language and traditions.. Stayed there two plus hours. In this region, the nature reserves are sacred areas for the Pataxó communities. These areas work mainly as centres of cultural tradition and affirmation, sustainable tourism (there is supposedly a limit on the number of people per day allowed to visit each reserve, but from what we saw there seemed little restriction on numbers, and I saw literally hundreds of other tourists there when we were there), and the preservation of nature. Located in Santa Cruz Cabralia, near the city of Porto Seguro, Jaqueira Reserve received its name thanks to a huge trunk of Jaqueira trees that fell naturally many years ago. Today, approximately 34 families live on the reserve.
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Zodiac ride back with considerable swell. Then a good Trivia, recap and briefing, cocktails and dinner in the Terraza