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Caraíva is what you can call a paradise. It is a separate world. This small town of
sand roads and rustic houses is charming. Separated from the continent by the Caraíva River on one side and by the Parque Nacional do Monte
Pascoal on the other, the access is done by canoes. This means that there are no cars circulating on the streets. There is no electricity either,
some of the house use generators or solar energy. The tranquility is absolute, just like the preserved nature in its primitive forms, without any
large influence of mankind. This village harmonizes tourism with environmental preservation. To be in Caraíva is to live intensively the
nature!
The local people are very hospitable and like tourists. It is worth while hearing
the fishers storied in the "praça dos mentirosos (liers square)" or in any small bar. In the off season there is not much to do in the
village but during vacation the village is full of young people looking for the good local music: Forró. It is from Caraíva that the principal
bands of this type come from like the Trio Caraíva, with the Trio Virgulino standing out quite a lot as well.
Six kilometers from Caraíva is the village of Barra Velha of the Pataxo Indians, in
the Parque Nacional de Monte Pascoal, the place that the first piece of land was seen in Brasil by Cabrals expedition. |
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