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llha Grande Information

About Ilha Grande

Things to do in Ilha Grande during the day:

Where to eat?

Café do Mar, Bier Garten, Kebab & Sagú are the best options to have a really good dinner in Abraão. This restaurants offer really good service, great food and good prices. Dinner including drinks will be around R$ 20-R$ 40 reais per person depending your choices. In Ilha Grande is very typical to eat a risotto of shrimps called “Moqueca de camarao”. Prize is R$ 65 reais for 2 persons.

Tours

• Lopes Medes Beach: (R$ 20 reais per person way/back. Boats pick you up at 9:30 or 11:30 at the Hostel and the way back is at 15:00 or 17:00 hs) + Green Lagoon and Blue Lagoon (+ Aripeba & Japariz Beac {lunch not included}) R$ 40.- per person. Boats leaves at 10:30 and comes back at 16:30. Fruits included onboard + SuperSul Trip (Jorge Grego Island, Dois Rios Beach & Caxadaço: Prize is R$ 50 reais per person. Goes out at 10:00 and way back at 18:00 hs. Fruits included onboard + Trip Around the Island “Volta Ilha”: Cost R$ 150 reais per person. Goes out at 9:30 and way back is between 18:00 and 19:00 hs. Water, Biscuits and Snorkel Gear are included + Half Island Trip “Meia Volta” Trip cost R$ 100 reais per person. Goes out at 9:30 and way back is between 17/18:00 hs sort of. Water, Biscuits and Snorkel Gear are included.
Some things to do for Free or with low cost.
+ Trekking to the little waterfall “Pocão” (Natural swimming pool), “Lazareto Ruins” (Old prison), Old Waterline “Acueducto”, Mirante of Praia Preta Beach, “Feiticeira” Waterfall, Trekking to Lopes Mendes (2 hs), and Trekking to Dois Rios (2 hs).

Things to do over Night Where to eat/drinks?

Lunier Restaurant e Garoupas, Rua d`Santana Centro. Seafood is great so if you can please give it a try! Dinner cost between (40/80) reais and they take credit cards + Drinks: Cost between 10/15 reais + KentreNos Pizza: Cost around R$ 20/35 reais and accept Credit cards. The other options will be Bier Garten, Sagu, Kebab and Café do Mar: Kebabs, Seafood, meal per kilo and BBQ can be some good options on this places.

Some suggestions:

What do Dress: t-shirts w/long sleeves, light sweaters, shorts, pants, shoes/tenis, flip-flops, hat. Womens should dress bikini and light dresses during summer and spring becouse the weather is very hummed during day and night. We recommend to bring only cloth for summer but is always good to have a rain jacket for a cold or rainy day.
Don’t forget to bring a flashlight (is common to run out of power for maintenance), some Mosquito´s repellent, locker (Hostel has lockers under the beds but you have to lock it with you own lock). During Autumn/Winter: Weather is a little bit colder. During the day is sunny but temperature is between 18/23º and overnight can get till 10º. So if you are coming on winter, don’t forget to bring a good jacket and pants for those cold nights.

Transfers:

How to get to Ilha Grande? + Bus – From the Bus Station of Rio de Janeiro there is a bus every Hour to Angra dos Reis. Time: 3 Hs. Ticket Cost R$ 36 reais. On the way to Angra you have 2 other options (Mangaratiba and Conceição de Jacarei). This other options are good also to get to Abraão but Angra has more options for you to get to Ilha Grande. Tickets from Angra Cost R$ 6,5 the slow Ferry that will take 1:30 hr to get to Abraão or R$ 20 reais if you take the speed connection with catamaran to get to Ilha in 40 Min. If you are coming from Parati the best way will be to take a Costa Verde Bus to Angra Dos Reis and get any of the boats that leaves from Angra at 14:30/15:30/16:00 hs to Ilha Grande.
Transfers from Rio: We have our own transfer that comes everyday in a door to door trip that takes 3 hours to get to Che Lagarto from any place in Rio. Cost R$ 70 reais and we can make pick up´s at the Airport. Trip includes private Minibus and boat tickets. To book it you just need to call to any Che Lagarto Hostel in Rio de Janeiro and they will organize your trip!