Guinea Bissau

A small Lusophone country in West Africa, Guinea Bissau offers beautiful postcard images. All to be discovered, this unspoiled land will amaze with its enchanting lake landscapes inhabited by hippos, its intricate maze of mangroves, the sweet ocean scenarios in which herds of dolphins, the sunny beaches of very fine sand home to sea turtles, the lush primary forests populated by monkeys, the boundless cashew fields, the mango and shea woods, the green rice fields.

A wild nature of extraordinary beauty and variety, born from the rocky cliffs of the east, thins through the Sudanese savannahs, rises again under the influence of humid ocean currents, until it explodes on indented Atlantic coast in an evergreen nature, which reaches its peak on the paradisiacal Bijagos Archipelago, a unique biosphere reserve in the world, formed by a complex of 88 islands, a treasure trove of naturalistic biodiversity and ancient traditions that have remained intact over the centuries.

Whether in the decadent charm of the pastel-colored buildings of the capital Bissau, in the sumptuous and monumental ruined architecture of Bolama, or in the ancient strategic strongholds of the Rio Cacheu, the Remembering a cumbersome Portuguese colonial past, the islands have remained the home of the ancestral traditions of the ancient Bijagos people, where the spirits of ancestors and deities are the sole guarantors of order formed by the small communities, hidden in the forest.

Don’t miss the lively Carnival, a perfect mix of Carioca influence and African magic. Between parades of floats and tribal masks, swirls of oiled bodies and traditional ornaments, unbridled dances and hypnotic rhythms.