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Tailor-Made Itineraries
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Tailor-Made Itineraries
Explore Salvador’s UNESCO-listed Pelourinho district and baroque churches.
Visit Cachoeira’s colonial streets and historic sugar plantation region.
Discover Recife’s Dutch and Portuguese colonial heritage.
Walk through Olinda’s cobbled streets lined with artists’ studios and churches.
Visit the Ricardo Brennand Institute and Francisco Brennand’s sculpture complex.
Explore Ouro Preto, Brazil’s first UNESCO World Heritage city.
See Aleijadinho’s “Twelve Prophets” sculptures in Congonhas.
Visit São João del-Rei and Tiradentes, centres of Brazil’s 18th-century gold rush.
Ride the Corcovado Rack Railway to Christ the Redeemer.
Take the Sugarloaf cable car above Guanabara Bay.
Wander Santa Teresa’s art-filled streets and Selarón Steps.
Explore Rio’s monasteries, imperial buildings, and colonial churches.
Visit Petrópolis’ Imperial Museum and Santos Dumont House.
Experience Minas Gerais cuisine, cheese, coffee, and cachaça traditions.
Enjoy history, architecture, and colonial-era cities.
Appreciate museums, churches, and cultural heritage sites.
Prefer immersive cultural travel over fast-paced adventure tourism.
Comfortable with moderate walking on uneven streets and hills.
Enjoy regional cuisine, cafes, and local food traditions.
Want a combination of guided sightseeing and independent exploration.
Interested in Brazil beyond beaches and nightlife.
Prefer luxury beach resort holidays with minimal touring.
Have limited mobility or difficulty walking on cobblestones and steep streets.
Dislike long overland travel days between destinations.
Prefer wildlife-focused or highly active itineraries.
Want extensive downtime or multiple free days.
Sensitive to hot and humid weather conditions.
Let’s bring your dreams to reality. Perhaps you already know what you want to see and do, perhaps you don’t. We will help you bring your social media feed to reality.
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David Smyth
Director, Forward Travel
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Stories from the road
Real journeys, real words — hear from explorers who've travelled the world with Forward Travel.
“David crafted a once-in-a-lifetime safari for us. Every detail, from the lodges to the guides, was flawless.”
Emma & James Wilson
Australia→Kenya
September 2024