: As a sensitive ecological site, visitors are encouraged to follow local conservation guidelines to protect the seabird communities and terrestrial ecosystems that make the island unique.
While Ilhabela 1 offers crowded spots like Saco da Capela, Ilhabela 2 is home to beaches that require a 4x4, a boat, or a 3-hour hike through the jungle. Ilhabela 2
On the boat, Leo hauled her over the gunwale. The jade box sat between them, dripping. : As a sensitive ecological site, visitors are
: Explore the island's interior to find Cachoeira da Toca or the dramatic Gato Waterfall. The jade box sat between them, dripping
She entered the galley. Plates still stacked in a rack. A child’s shoe. Then, the main salon. And there, floating just above a collapsed mahogany table, was the jade box. It was about the size of a shoebox, carved with serpents, and it was humming. A low, resonant thrum that vibrated through Marina’s teeth.
She’d vanished twenty years ago, a luxury schooner carrying twelve guests and six crew from Santos to Paraty. No distress call. No wreckage. Just a ghost in the maritime registry. Marina’s father had been the chief engineer.