Buracão Waterfall + Fumacinha Waterfall — 2 days
Moderate / Strenuous2 daysFrom: Lençóis

Buracão + Fumacinha.

Ibicoara’s two canyon waterfalls, with a guesthouse night in between — no pre-dawn round trip.

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From R$1,715 / person

Distance on foot
22 km
Distance on foot
Drive
500 km
Drive
Duration
2 days / 1 night
Duration
Where you sleep
Guesthouse
Where you sleep
Departure (Lençóis)
7h00
Departure (Lençóis)
Difficulty
Moderate / Strenuous
Difficulty
  • Waiting room
    Before and after the activities
  • Luggage storage
    Keep your extra luggage safe
  • Shower
    Before and after the activities

About the trip.

Ibicoara is home to two of the most striking waterfalls in the Chapada Diamantina, both inside canyons. Buracão plunges more than 80 metres into a dark pool, and the last stretch to reach it is a swim. Fumacinha sits at the end of a riverbed walled in by 100-metre cliffs.

Done as day trips from Lençóis, each one costs around 6 hours of driving on the same day. This trip splits the road: Buracão on day one, a guesthouse night in Ibicoara with dinner, then breakfast and an early, well-rested start for Fumacinha on day two.

Day one is moderate. Day two is the technical one: most of the 16 km is in the riverbed, hopping across wet rocks, with passages done using safety gear. It is a trip for people who have hiked before and are comfortable on uneven ground for hours on end.

Day by day.

2 days
  1. Day 1

    Lençóis → Ibicoara + Buracão Waterfall

    6 kmModerate

    Departure from the centre of Lençóis at 7:00 am for Ibicoara: around 250 km and 3 hours of road to the entrance of the Espalhado Municipal Natural Park. It is 3 km of walking to the top of Buracão, with steep sections and stairs, and stops to cool off at the Recanto Verde and Orquídeas waterfalls. At the canyon rim the group climbs down a wooden staircase to the river and swims or scrambles over the rocks until the waterfall comes into view — life jacket provided.

    The return is by the same route. In the late afternoon, check-in at the guesthouse in Ibicoara and dinner.

  2. Day 2

    Fumacinha Waterfall → Lençóis

    16 kmModerate / Strenuous

    Breakfast at the guesthouse and departure at 7:00 am. From Ibicoara it is another hour on a dirt road to the trailhead. The walk drops straight into the riverbed: the group heads upstream hopping across rocks, with the canyon closing in and the walls growing taller, passes the Encontro waterfall and, at the most exposed points, uses safety gear one at a time with the guide in position.

    Arrival at Fumacinha, a swim and the return by the same route. Then another 250 km of road back to Lençóis, arriving around 7:30 pm.

Before the activity

  • Check the checklist on this page. The most important items are a long-sleeve shirt (there is a lot of sun), hiking boots or similar, a raincoat and a good backpack.

  • You can arrive the day before the trek. We suggest booking accommodation without breakfast, because the guesthouses serve it quite late. In Lençóis, near our office, there are good spots for breakfast from 6:00 am.

  • You can also arrive on the day of the activity: take the overnight bus from Salvador to Lençóis, which arrives around 6:00 am. The seats on the lower deck are a little more expensive and very comfortable — but it is still a bus.

  • During the activity, you can leave your extra luggage at our office, at no extra cost.

After the activity

  • You should arrive in Lençóis around 7:30 pm. Delays can happen due to highway traffic and the group’s pace.

  • At the agency you can take a shower and leave your luggage while you have dinner before your bus, if you need to.

Choose the format that fits your group.

Prices for cash, bank transfer or boleto. International transfer or a larger group: talk to us.

Private package

R$ 2.015

/ person

Minimum of 2 people. Just your group on the trail.

Group tour

R$ 1.715

/ person

From 2 to 7 people. You join an open group.

Full price table

Group sizePrivate packageGroup tour
1 personR$ 3.565R$ 1.995
2 peopleR$ 2.015R$ 1.914
3 peopleR$ 1.945R$ 1.795
4+ peopleR$ 1.814R$ 1.715

Prices per person, in Brazilian reais, departing from and returning to Lençóis, for cash, bank transfer or boleto.

Bookings made less than 2 business days in advance are automatically private.

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