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Natal, Brazil

One of the world's most impressive waterfalls can be found in Natal the Iguassu Falls: a series of 300 ft waterfalls 20 miles wide. When water level is high, 10 million liters of water thunders down per second - quite a sight! Water is quite a theme in Natal maybe because it's so hot. Visit one of Natal's fantastic water parks and cool off in style as part of your Natal travel and adventure.

Travel through the Natal sand-dunes on a sand-buggy. The dunes of Genipabu are beautiful maybe too beautiful to speed through, so how about taking the camel ride instead? That would certainly be an adventure in Natal! Water sports and swimming as well as offshore bathing are all popular in the calm waters off Natal's shores. The Atlantic Forest and the dolphins to be found there are some of the attractions that make the southern coast a major tourist attraction for Natal travel and adventure.
At Lagoa de Jucuma aerobunda is the latest craze and involves whizzing down a frighteningly long and high aerial wire into the sea. Whatever next?
Perhaps a little calm down from Natal travel and adventure with the Dutch fort, built in 1598? That's an easy and enjoyable way to escape the heat and spend a half-day at least.

Natal's top folkloric show (folkloric do Zas Tras) is a fun filled night of family entertainment.

Some of the best diving off the coast of South America can be had at Maracajau, just outside Natal, and there are many diving schools in town which where you can go looking for more Natal travel and adventure. Go see those dolphins up close and personal!

Natal is home to Brazil's largest aquarium, which exhibits about 60 marine specie in 30 small tanks. Most species were collected at the Brazilian and Rio Grande do Norte coast.

Species include several kinds of fish (including piranhas), sea horses, shrimps, lobsters, stingrays, octopus, etc are on show. There are even a couple of penguins.
In a central tank, there is a family of the meekest sharks in the world, the sandpaper-shark. You can even touch them as part of your Natal travel and adventure.

To the south, the ride to Pirangi is amazing. Stop off along the way to visit Cajueira is the home of the world's largest Cashew-nut tree (cajueiro maior do mundo), with branches covering an area of 8,400 sq m that's as big as several football pitches! There's a guide to tell you all about it and you can climb to a watch-tower to look down on the tree just don't get dizzy! For those who want their Natal travel and adventure a little less energetic, outside the streets are lined with handicraft stalls and musicians to give you an authentic air of turismo en natal.

If the Cajuiera cashew nut tree gives you a taste for heights - how about Natal mountaineering? Don't forget - Natal is part of the Brazilian rainforest. It's a wonderful place to see exotic animals and plants quite an adventure in itself.

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