Overview
Brazil is the size of a continent and travels like one, so a first trip works best built around two or three bases rather than a loop. Rio is the natural opening, and the coast north to Salvador, the falls at Foz do Iguaçu and the Amazon each justify a leg of their own.
1 Brazil city guide
Fun fact
One number worth knowing
Brazil borders every South American country except Chile and Ecuador. Counting French Guiana that is ten land neighbours, more than any other country in the Americas.
