Ilha Grande, Brazil - HGG's trip review

Small island off the coast of Rio sits this little gem. I had some co-workers take me there otherwise I would have never known about it. We all took a van taxi down south to the ferry dock where only so many trips are made per day, so get there EARLY.

Here is the port as we were arriving, nothing big or fancy. There is only 1 small town with a church, a few pousadas (cottages), a few tour guides and a few restaurants. VERY small, it was awesome.













My co-workers had been before, so they negotiated (in Portuguese of course) for a boat to take us to the backside of the island's beaches, which saved us about 2 hours of walking...we only had 1 day there so we didn't want to burn too many hours hiking. But we did hike a bit through the mountains, it was beautiful and peaceful. Monkeys everywhere.

Here are pics from the various beaches, some are only reachable by boat and you have to swim ashore. it was KICK arse!