Brazil, the fifth-largest country in the world, is fringed with over 4,000 miles of sandy, palmed beaches. It takes little imagination to see why Brazils spectacular and diverse coastline has become a mecca for water sports enthusiasts and increasingly for divers exploring the delights of the wonderfully clear waters.

Apart from the spectacular coastline, Brazil boasts a fascinating and diverse landscape, and boasts a people with a potent mixture of cultures who create a unique national character. It will not come as much of a surprise that Rio de Janiero, with its famous Ipanema and Copacabana beaches and the most colourful carnival in the world, is the number one destination in Brazil.

São Paulo has the distinction of being South Americas largest city with a population of over 10 million and the heart of Brazils commerce, industry and finance. It is renowned across the continent for its lively nightlife, and the Museum de Arte is home to an internationally acclaimed Impressionist collection.

One of the many natural attractions is the Pantanal. Spread over two states, it is the largest wetland and the most important Unesco Biosphere Reserve in the world, containing the highest concentration of animal and plant species in the Americas. The Amazon boasts equally impressive eco-credentials with over half of the worlds life forms living in the Amazon rainforest.