Participants will be picked up from their Curitiba Hotel from 8:00 to 8:45. Please be ready at 8:00. As the participants are in different hotels, it is not possible to inform an exact pick-up time
Please inform us your names, date of birth (dd/mm/yy) and passport numbers by booking.
Cancellation policy
According to Brazilian Law (Deliberação Normativa número 161 de 09/08/1985 – EMBRATUR):
- Up to 30 days prior to reserved services: 10% of the daily rate will be charged
- Between 29 and 21 days prior to reserved services: 20% of the daily rate will be charged
- Between 20 and 10 days prior to reserved services: 50% of the daily rate will be charged
- Between 9 and 3 days prior to reserved services: 80% of the daily rate will be charged
- Between 2 days and the day of arrival or in case of no-show: 100% of the daily rate will be charged
Great Brazil Express
Instant booking available
This incredible train tour takes place in the amazing Paraná's landscapes, crossing the Atlantic Rain Forest in the single-track railroad until Morretes. The Great Brazil Express offers only 22 seats in each wagon, in very exclusive lounge-ambiance. Enjoy the landscape in this 3-hour journey. Arriving in Morretes, visit the town and get to Antonina, a lovely historic village facing a beautiful bay. Taste the local specialty "barreado" - meat-stew served with cassava-flour, rice, banana, prawns, fish and salad. Return to Curitiba in the afternoon.
This is a join-in tour and the guide will speak Portuguese and English. There might be delays by the pick-up time due to the fact that the participants will be at different hotels.
- 08:00 - 08:45 - Transfer from the hotel to the railway station
- 09:15 - 12:15 - Train ride in the deluxe wagons of Great Brazil Express to Morretes through Serra do Mar
- 12:15 - 13:00 - Visit to Morretes with its colonial houses, handicraft market and church
- 13:00 - 13:20 - Leave to Antonina
- 13:30 - 14:30 - Lunch: barreado, a typical meal of the coast of Paraná will be served with rice, cassava flour, bananas, fish and seafood. (Barreado is boiled beef cooked in a closed casket for many hours.)
- Visit to the harbor town of Antonina with its beautiful bay
- Return to Curitiba along the Estrada da Graciosa, with many curves crossing through the forest. Arrive at Curitiba at approximately 5:30 pm
What the tour includes: join-in transportation and tour (Portuguese/English speaking guide), train ticket for Great Brazil Express with snacks and soft drinks onboard, lunch in Antonina (barreado and fish; beverages and dessert are not included).
Other disclosures
There are other alternatives for the train tour:
- Train ticket only - tourist category (Portuguese)
- Train ticket only - executive category (Portuguese/English)
- Join-in train tour - tourist category (Portuguese)
- Join-in train tour - executive category (Portuguese/English)
- Train tour (private) - English / Spanish / German / Italian / French / Portuguese
- Train tour and river fun
- Train tour and hiking to the waterfall Salto da Fortuna
| Activities | From |
| Hiking to Waterfall Salto da Fortuna | R$ 320 |
| Train Tour Curitiba Morretes | R$ 300 |
| Train ticket only tourist category | R$ 74 |
| Ilha do Mel Day Tour | R$ 268 |
| Dolphins Bay & Ilha das Peças Boat Tour | R$ 45 |
| Join-In Train Tour - turista | R$ 209 |
| Join-In Train Tour - executive | R$ 225 |
| Train tour to Morretes and rafting in Antonina | R$ 330 |
| Train tour and canoeing | R$ 300 |
| Boat from Morretes to Ilha do Mel | R$ 120 |
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