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Jericoacoara, Brazil Zion National Park, USA Alentejo, Portugal Hội An, Vietnam Wadi Rum, Jordan Patagonia, Argentina Atlas Mountains, Morocco South Island, New Zealand Jericoacoara, Brazil Zion National Park, USA Alentejo, Portugal Hội An, Vietnam Wadi Rum, Jordan Patagonia, Argentina Atlas Mountains, Morocco South Island, New Zealand
Jericoacoara at sunset Editor’s pick
Deep dive · Brazil

Everything we know about
Brazil’s northeast — after three visits.

The transport network, the best months to go, the towns worth slowing down in, and the parts of the coast that still feel undiscovered in high season. This is the guide we wish we’d had.

Brazil January 2025 · 18 min read
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“We never go somewhere because it’s trending. We go because someone on a slow bus told us something was there — and it usually is.”

— Packzup Field Notes
Packzup — Jericoacoara, Brazil
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Packzup is an independent travel blog. Every destination we write about was visited first-hand by someone who paid their own way. No press trips, no sponsored posts, no affiliate hotel roundups — just the trips we actually took and the things we actually noticed.

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