Backpacking in Brazil – 13 Things Your NEED to know Before You Go

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Backpacking in Brazil was an adventure, to say the least. Knowing next to nothing about traveling around Brazil, I traveled from the very north to the very south. However, it wasn’t without a few hiccups along the way. So, here are the 13 things I learned (and you need to know) before backpacking in Brazil.

Brazil is a daunting place to backpack. For one, the country is huge! And I’m not just saying that, in fact, Brazil is the 5th largest country in the world. This makes Brazil very confusing to get around – not to mention much more expensive.

But that’s not all that makes Brazil a hard country to travel to.

There’s a safety issue. Now I’m not saying Brazil is a dangerous place that you shouldn’t travel to, but, I believe you need to be a little more careful in Brazil than safety in other places in South America.

Backpacking in Brazil is definitely a challenge, but rewarding and well worth it. I would encourage everybody to take on a backpacking trip in Brazil – it is one of the most beautiful and culturally rich countries I have ever been to!

That being said, here are a few things that would have made my trip much easier if I had known before coming to Brazil. These are a few tips that would’ve saved me a lot of hassle should someone have told me them before starting my two months of travel in Brazil.

1. Uber is way cheaper than taxis

The cities are huge in Brazil and most bus stations and airports are located well outside of the tourist districts. Because of this, we took a lot of taxis and Ubers while in Brazil.

While we never had any major problems with taxis, Uber was much better. Uber was a huge budget saver while backpacking in Brazil because taxis are expensive! In fact, they’re more than double the price of an Uber.

Taxi drivers also don’t have the best reputation in Brazil and many…