Como arrivare

Salvador / Ilhéus - Torrinha - Boipeba (in automobile)

Dopo la traversata della Baia de Todos os Santos, sono 150 km. Per la BA 001 fino a Torrinha, piú vicino punto di imbarco per l´isola di Boipeba.

Partendo da Bom Dispacho nell´Isola di Itaparica, il tragitto passa per le cittá di Nazaré, Valença, Taperoá e Nilo Peçanha. Dopo la cittá di Nilo Peçanha si debe entrare a sinistra nella strada per Cairu, andando per 12 km., per successivamente entrare a destra in una strada di argilla (7 km) che porta al villaggio di Torrinha.

Si arriva lí solo in automobile che puó rimanere in un posteggio protetto. Il viaggio di motoscafo fino a Boipeba dura circa 25 minuti, il tempo sufficiente per ammirare le mangrovie bagnate dal fiume Inferno.

Valença - Boipeba

From Monday to Saturday at 12:30 PM, boats leave from the pier in Valença to Boipeba. The trip will take about 4 hours, going through the mangroves, passing in front of the city of Cairu.

From Monday to Saturday at 11 AM (and 2 PM in summer), a bus leaves from the pier in Valença for Torrinha, making a connection to a boat which leaves from Torrinha for Boipeba. This is about a 2 ½-hour trip.

Buses leave daily from Bom Despacho and from Itabuna for Valença. The trip by bus to Valença from Bom Despacho would take about 2 hours.

Graciosa - Boipeba

Graciosa is a small town/port right off the BR 001, 12 km south of Valença. From Monday to Saturday at 2 PM, a boat leaves for Boipeba. The trip takes about 2 ½ hours, and the boat goes downriver, passing by Cairu, and then the mangroves of the Inferno River. Graciosa can be reached by car or bus from north or south, and you can find safe parking there for cars.

Morro de São Paulo - Boipeba

Boipeba can be reached daily, weather permitting, from Morro by boat or Toyota jeep. There are excursions which leave from Morro at 9:30 AM, arriving at approximately 12:30 PM in Boipeba. These same excursions leave Boipeba at about 2:30 PM, arriving at around 6 PM in Morro. Private transportation from Morro can be costly when not coming on the daily excursions. The excursions are not a reliable service in the off season. The easiest way to get to Morro from Salvador is by catamaran or plane.