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School, support car and timing: we arrange it all with the local crew.
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Delta das Américas
Heart of the Delta. Best base for the Scarlet Ibis flight.
The village, up close
The places worth stopping for.
7 places
Nature
Largest island in the delta. Starting point for exploring the waterways.
Main base for delta tours. Fishing community, deserted beaches, and access to mangroves. Rustic guesthouses available.
Insider tip: Stay overnight on the island for the full experience. Boat tours leave early morning.
Delta Gateway · Time to allow: 180 min
Nature
Private reserve with dunes, beaches, and preserved wildlife.
Quality ecotourism. Moving dunes, pristine beaches, and birdwatching. Exemplary preservation project.
Insider tip: Requires advance booking. Higher price but premium experience. Specialized guides.
Ecological Reserve · Time to allow: 120 min
Nature
Spectacle of scarlet ibises (pink birds) returning to nest at sunset.
Unique natural phenomenon. Thousands of scarlet ibises color the sky pink at dusk. Best between Jun-Dec.
Insider tip: Specific boat tour for the bird flight. Leave 1h before sunset. Bring binoculars and camera.
Sunset · Time to allow: 90 min
Nature
Navigation through narrow channels between mangroves. The delta comes alive!
The heart of the delta. Winding channels between mangroves, abundant marine life, nature's silence. Explorer feeling.
Insider tip: Choose smaller boats (speedboat) to access narrow waterways. Local guides know the best channels.
Exploration · Time to allow: 240 min
Dining
Quality guesthouse-restaurant. Famous for the Mangrove Seafood Moqueca.
Justified monopoly: it's actually good. The Mangrove Seafood Moqueca is the house specialty - ingredients from the surrounding mangrove.
Insider tip: Pousada Rio Mar ~R$390/night with breakfast. Casa de Caboclo accepts non-guests. Order the moqueca!
Only Option · Time to allow: 120 min
Adventure
Nighttime speedboat through the mangrove looking for caimans and nocturnal wildlife.
Unique experience. Not for everyone but one of a kind. See caiman eyes glowing in the flashlight.
Insider tip: Book through Delterra Turismo in Parnaíba. Better with a small group.
Adventure · Time to allow: 180 min
Dining
Restaurant at the guesthouse of the same name. Variety of fish and crabs.
Alternative to Casa de Caboclo. Regional fruit juices.
Insider tip: Fresh fish, shrimp, crab, fried cassava.
Fresh Fish · Time to allow: 90 min
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Want the beaches, the tours and where to stay too?
Read the full guide for Ilha das CanáriasCompare a traditional outing, the Revoada dos Guarás and specialist birdwatching.
Before you go
The transport guides break down every route.
100 km · 2h–4h total
Book the Casa de Caboclo (R$350–600/night) well in advance — it is the only quality pousada on the island and fills quickly. Bring cash, insect repellent, and sunscreen; the island has no pharmacy or shop. The boat from Porto dos Tatus (~11 km from Parnaíba) takes ~30 minutes by speedboat — confirm the tide schedule with the boatman before departing.
The Revoada dos Guarás is the Delta's most moving spectacle: at dusk, hundreds of scarlet ibis arrive in crimson clouds to roost in the mangrove trees — a burst of color that stops time. The island has 17,000 hectares of pristine ecosystems and only ~2,500 residents across five fishing communities. On guided kite downwinds that leave Barra Grande for Arpoador (Tutóia) and Atins, the island is an overnight stop.
Regional calendar for the Delta das Américas. Ilha das Canárias doesn't have its own seasonal calendar yet.
Today: low tide of 0.8 m at 12:15 and high tide of 2.5 m at 06:25; another low at 00:15, before sunrise · Waxing Crescent, 6% illumination.
See tide and wind for the whole corridor
Tap a day · peak wind, gusts, low tide and moon
Wind forecasts get less reliable further ahead: check again closer to the day.
The day's range
2.2 m
Difference between high and low
Next high
06:252.5 m
Calibrated at Luís Correia, 30 km away. No comparable Navy tide table nearby. Lagoons, river mouths and bays may not follow the open-sea curve.
Tide tip · ILHA DAS CANÁRIAS
Boat access to the island depends on the tide, and low tide uncovers sandbanks.
Tide-dependent: Speedboat Ilha das Canárias ➝ Parnaíba →
Heights in meters above the model's reference level. “Mean level” is the average of this day's extreme heights; it does not indicate depth.
We calculate the tide with the FES2022 model, calibrated for each place to a reference station from the FEMAR catalog. Where we can, we compare the curve with the Brazilian Navy's tide tables. On rivers and inland, the curve shows the coastal tide, not the water level there.
Strong, moderate or weak: the word compares the day's range with this place's usual range, not with other places.
Wind through the day
About the same all day: up to 24 km/h, gusts up to 50 km/h.
Motion starts on its own when the visualization is in view.
SpeedThe flow speeds up with the wind speed at the selected hour. At zero wind it stops.
DirectionThe dot on the compass marks where the wind comes from. The lines move downwind.
GustsThe ring shows the difference between wind speed and gust speed. Without valid gust data it disappears.
An illustration only: it doesn't simulate how often gusts arrive.
The moon rises at 07:54 and sets at 20:31 · no moon in the sky from 20:31 to 04:12
Waxing Crescent
6%illuminated
Schematic phase · illustrative texture
Night sky
Night of Nov 12–13
Moon in the sky, from 18:51 on Nov 12 to 20:31 on Nov 12. →
No moon in the sky, from 20:31 on Nov 12 to 04:12 on Nov 13. →
Astronomical night is when the center of the sun is at least 18° below the horizon.
Times are approximate and don't account for clouds.
Night timeline for Nov 12 to Nov 13, Brasília time. Moon in the sky, from 18:51 on Nov 12 to 20:31 on Nov 12. No moon in the sky, from 20:31 on Nov 12 to 04:12 on Nov 13.
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