Vila Velha City Tour
Overview
Enjoy one of the most popular destinations in Vila Velha. Visit the Vila Velha State Park (about 100 km from Curitiba) and walk among the unique sandstone formations, the Dourada Lake, and the Furnas Dam.
Inclusions
- Round-trip Transfer to Most Hotels in Curitiba
- Professional Tour Guide
- Ticket to the State Park
- Transportation to the Witmarsum Colony
- Typical German lunch
- Entry/Admission - Parque Estadual de Vila Velha
What to expect
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Pass By: Ponta Grossa, Ponta Grossa, State of Parana
The tour leaves Curitiba at 7:30am to the city of Ponta Grossa (about 100 km from Curitiba)
Stop At: Parque Estadual de Vila Velha, Rodovia Br-376 Km 515 s/n, Ponta Grossa, State of Parana 84010-170 Brazil
You’ll visit the unique sandstone formations, take a closer look at large craters with exuberant vegetation and groundwater, beautiful rock formations with varying contours. Explore the Lagoa Dourada (Golden Pond), which gets its name from its glinting golden waters from the reflection of the sunset. Enjoy other great park attractions such as the Furnas Dam. Large craters, one of them with up to 100m depth with half of it covered by water and surrounded by beautiful greenery can be seen during your experience.
Duration: 3 hours 20 minutes
Stop At: Colonia Witmarsum, Av. Pres. Ernesto Geisel Colônia Witmarsum, Palmeira, State of Parana 84130-000 Brazil
The tour continues with a visit to the Witmarsum Colony with a delicious typical German lunch. The village is full of family stores that sell colonial products produced in the region, such as cheese, salami and biscuits.
After enjoying such natural beauty, tourists will return to the bus that will take them to their respective hotels.
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Pass By: Ponta Grossa, Ponta Grossa, State of Parana
The tour leaves Curitiba at 7:30am to the city of Ponta Grossa (about 100 km from Curitiba)
Stop At: Parque Estadual de Vila Velha, Rodovia Br-376 Km 515 s/n, Ponta Grossa, State of Parana 84010-170 Brazil
You’ll visit the unique sandstone formations, take a closer look at large craters with exuberant vegetation and groundwater, beautiful rock formations with varying contours. Explore the Lagoa Dourada (Golden Pond), which gets its name from its glinting golden waters from the reflection of the sunset. Enjoy other great park attractions such as the Furnas Dam. Large craters, one of them with up to 100m depth with half of it covered by water and surrounded by beautiful greenery can be seen during your experience.
Duration: 3 hours 20 minutes
Stop At: Colonia Witmarsum, Av. Pres. Ernesto Geisel Colônia Witmarsum, Palmeira, State of Parana 84130-000 Brazil
The tour continues with a visit to the Witmarsum Colony with a delicious typical German lunch. The village is full of family stores that sell colonial products produced in the region, such as cheese, salami and biscuits.
After enjoying such natural beauty, tourists will return to the bus that will take them to their respective hotels.
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes
Additional information
- Please reconfirm departure time upon booking, as times may vary depending upon departure location
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Near public transportation
- Infants must sit on laps
- Most travelers can participate
- Face masks required for travelers in public areas
- Face masks required for guides in public areas
- Hand sanitizer available to travelers and staff
- Social distancing enforced throughout experience
- Regularly sanitized high-traffic areas
- Transportation vehicles regularly sanitized
- Guides required to regularly wash hands
- Regular temperature checks for staff
- Paid stay-at-home policy for staff with symptoms
- Additional measures might be added to our list of procedures as we receive guidance from the local health and safety authorities and as more information becomes available. And some of these restrictions might be lifted at some point in the future if we are authorized to do so by local authorities
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 40 travelers
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Ticket delivery
You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.
Cancellation
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start time of the experience.
Navigator811028
November 2021
언젠간 꼭 한번 방문하고 싶었던 곳. 1코스 시작 (Arenitos)은 정말 완벽했다.황홀하고, 경이롭고 탄성이 절로 터져나왔다. 그러나 Furna1,2방문은 기대가 컸던 탓인지 아쉬움이 남았다. 물론 팬데믹으로 엘레베이터를 이용할 수 없어 제대로 즐길 수 없었을 수도 있으나 먼 길을 빗속에 달려가 보고 돌아오기엔...기대를 충족시키기엔 부족했다. 혹, Tirolesa 를 탔다면 만족스런 방문이었을지도...^^
언젠간 꼭 한번 방문하고 싶었던 곳. 1코스 시작 (Arenitos)은 정말 완벽했다.황홀하고, 경이롭고 탄성이 절로 터져나왔다. 그러나 Furna1,2방문은 기대가 컸던 탓인지 아쉬움이 남았다. 물론 팬데믹으로 엘레베이터를 이용할 수 없어 제대로 즐길 수 없었을 수도 있으나 먼 길을 빗속에 달려가 보고 돌아오기엔...기대를 충족시키기엔 부족했다. 혹, Tirolesa 를 탔다면 만족스런 방문이었을지도...^^a_of2020
May 2020
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June 2023
Es un sitio muy pintoresco, con una geografío espectacular, puede conectar uno con la naturaleza, la laguna Dorada y las formaciones areniscas son muy bellas. El único defecto es que el día que fuimos, lss tirolesas no estaban en servicio.
Es un sitio muy pintoresco, con una geografío espectacular, puede conectar uno con la naturaleza, la laguna Dorada y las formaciones areniscas son muy bellas. El único defecto es que el día que fuimos, lss tirolesas no estaban en servicio.LeinaConstantino_
September 2022
Paisagem, detalhes de cada Rocha e o parque cuidado , vale a pena, fui durante semana e estava bem tranquilo
Paisagem, detalhes de cada Rocha e o parque cuidado , vale a pena, fui durante semana e estava bem tranquiloPeasmoldWW
June 2023
Being unaware how to navigate tour offerings in a country where few people speak any English, I booked to visit Vila Velha through the Tripadvisor link. From the description I was expecting to spend a few hours on a less-than-appealing bus tour with 30-40 others, but was in the end delighted to f...
Being unaware how to navigate tour offerings in a country where few people speak any English, I booked to visit Vila Velha through the Tripadvisor link. From the description I was expecting to spend a few hours on a less-than-appealing bus tour with 30-40 others, but was in the end delighted to find that I was the only person who had booked for that day, so got a private guided tour from an excellent local host (Vivian), who drove me to the site in her own car, spoke good English, was highly knowledgeable about all relevant topics, and great fun to spend the day with. The day was cold and the rain was relentless, but this hardly mattered, apart from the fact that the second half of the visitor trail at the great sandstones was unadvised, due to being dangerously slippery. We started with coffee at the visitor centre. I then walked the first half of the trail in the rain, experiencing the magnificence and other-worldliness of the rock formations, whilst Vivian took the road below, collecting me at the end of the trail to ferry me on to the furnas (sinkholes) and the golden pond, where we saw biscutate swifts ducking and diving over the water, presumably seeking out water-borne insect prey. In the teeming rain the pond was green and silver-grey rather than golden, but still beautiful. After lunch back at the visitor centre cafe (vegetarian options provided) we drove back via Witmarsum Menonite German colony, visiting the local deli selling cheeses, beers and jams. The only negative for this excellent tour was the fact that the contact details to confirm pickup venue and time given by Tripadvisor were unhelpful – just a phone number offering an automated menu announcement in crackly Portuguese, for which I selected a random number to press and eventually got connected in stages to a rep who spoke enough English. I had earlier attempted to send an SMS, which was not replied to. Tripadvisor should provide a proper suite of contact options in English language: email, SMS, WhatsApp as well as voice. I wonder how many visitors fail to make the necessary contact and miss out.Ian_J
March 2023
The sandstone pillars were facinating, the furnas were a little disappointing and would have benefited from more viewing areas, the lake sadly was not showing its goldencolours
The sandstone pillars were facinating, the furnas were a little disappointing and would have benefited from more viewing areas, the lake sadly was not showing its goldencolours