Endless stretches of deep turquoise lakes wind through white sand dunes, creating a natural landscape that is both unique and beautiful.
The beautiful country of Brazil possesses a unique tourist destination, attracting many visitors every year. That is Lencois Maranhenses National Park with “mini beaches” nestled between undulating sand dunes. This place is famous for its unique landscape that makes visitors admire the magic of nature.
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Lencois Maranhenses has an area of about 1500 km2, made up of many large, deep white sand dunes. Therefore, at first glance, many people will mistake this to be a desert, with only sunshine, wind and sand all year round. In fact, this vast land consists of winding white sand dunes interspersed with turquoise rainwater lagoons.
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The reason for Lencois Maranhenses to bathe in the rains every year at the beginning of the year is thanks to its geographical location just outside the Amazon basin. Huge rainfall combined with flat terrain, along with an anti-permeable rock layer under the sand to prevent drainage has created blue lagoons between fine white sand dunes.
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The favor from nature has made Lencois Maranhenses an ideal destination for those who like to immerse themselves in the majestic landscape and save the 1-0-2 shooting angles. Visitors can even trick the viewer into thinking that they are in the middle of a large, arid desert or sunbathing on a clear blue beach, even though they are not!
Photo: @lencoismaranhenses
Photo: @lencoismaranhenses
If you want to experience the feeling of immersing yourself in the clear blue water under the average sun of 30 degrees in the middle of the desert, visitors should plan to go around June – September every year. This is the time when the lakes are relatively full, it is neither too hot nor too rainy.
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From about January to June, heavy rainfall makes the night longer than the day, affecting the experience of visitors. From October to November, there are strong winds blowing from the sea continuously, which greatly hinders tourism because flying sand is dangerous.
