Huge in size and personality Brazil has long been up there on the leader board of aspirational holiday destinations.

Home to South America’s major iconic attractions, the vast Amazon, Copacabana, Rio’s famous Carnival and Sugar Loaf Mountain, the Iguassu Falls and the Pantanal, Brazil is nevertheless so much more than the sum of her parts.

This fascinating country is an intriguing mix of untamed wilderness and sophisticated glamour.

An extraordinarily rich bio diversity makes Brazil a holiday paradise for nature lovers and aspiring photographers, while party animals will find the call of hedonistic Rio hard to resist.

Whether you arrive in search of Indiana Jones or Girl from Ipanema Brazil will envelop you in her intoxicating atmosphere, fill up your senses and send you home with samba in your soul.

With so many natural wonders in one country, Brazil is perfect for adventure holidays.
Wildlife watching in the Pantanal, a spectacularly rich ecosystem in the Matto Grosso home to jaguars, caiman, giant river otters, toucans and hundreds of other species. But be quick, blue macaws, aardvarks and black panthers are already facing extinction

Brazil has 8,000km of coastline and thousands of beaches to choose from – with pristine golden beaches that stretch for more than a day's walk in either direction