Gruta Do Lago Azul
The Blue Lake Grotto was described as a “Contemplation tour”, with a staircase of 300 steps into the cave to the lake. There wasn’t a lot of contemplation, but plenty of photos. As usually, the lectures about the cave and lake was in Portuguese, so we missed most of it. (The guide occasionally explained what he had said – he knew a little English.)
Bio Park
In the afternoon, we went to Bio Park, which was a wildlife shelter for “animals that needed human care” – a lot had been illegally captured for pets, or had been injured somehow. There was a three-legged Maned wolf, a blind capuchin, and so on. They also had some barnyard animals that we could feed. This was the first tour where the guide actively worked to explain things in English, even though he didn’t speak it. He used Google Translate, which worked quite well (although was a little slow.)
