Alter do Chão

• Buses leave Santarém for Alter do Chão approximately every 35 minutes from 05:30 until 23:00. Catch them along Avenida Rui Barbosa in the centre of town or at the Praça Tiradentes bus stand. (R$3.5)
• Santarém International Airport - Maestro Wilson Fonseca is around 30 km away from Alter do Chão. There is no bus that runs the airport-Alter route, so you can get a quote from the taxi drivers from the airport or go to Santarem and from there get a bus. The cheapest way is to take an airport-Santarém bus (R$ 2) and ask where you can get another Santarém-Alter bus.

• To get to Ilha do Amor you can either swim or hire a canoe for R$ 3 for up to four people. During the dry season there are several places where you can wade across in water that is no more than about 60cm deep.

• CarimbóSee a presentation of this musical style.

• Festa Folclórica do Sairé

  address: Sairódromo, or Praça do Sairé, Alter do Chão
  Held between June and September.

• Flona do TapajósBathing in beaches and streams; Trekking through large trees of Amazonian vegetation, such as the giant kapok (Ceiba pentandra), the flour house, the production of ecological leather, the sustainable forest management project and the production of handcrafted furniture; Wildlife observation; Boat and canoe trips through igapó and igarapés; Overnight allowed in communities; Sport fishing; Research and teaching activities; Visit to the tower of the LBA Project; Visitation to indigenous communities.

• Morro da PirocaPanoramic view of the region. Hiking trails of medium difficulty, with the journey time being approximately 45 min. Do not forget to bring water and sunscreen (trail is exposed in several places).

• Amazônia Pizza

  phone: +55 93 991 86 04 59
  address: rua Raimundo Branco 339
  Traditional pizza from a wood oven. Natural environment. There's a garden with lounge music.

• Restaurante e Pizzaria Alter

  address: Praça central
  The owner is Italian and it is recommended to order a pizza or fish.

• X bom - Alter Do Chão

  address: Travessa Rouxinol
  Traditional and innovative (fish) hamburgers. Delicious and refreshing frozen juices from the suceria next door.

Budget

• Sleep on Ilha do Amor for free! Just find two trees and hang your hammock.

• Pousada Muiraquitã

  phone: +55 93 9129-3323, +55 93 3527-1311
  address: Rua Professor Juvêncio Navarro, 34 - Alter do Chão
  Options of apartments, rooms, and dorms.

• Pousada Muiraquitã

  phone: +55 93 9129-3323, +55 93 3527-1311
  address: Rua Professor Juvêncio Navarro, 34 - Alter do Chão
  Options of apartments, rooms, and dorms.