Day 0 – Travel on the 20th of October

·         Fly into GRU Guarulhos Airport before 13pm. Get a taxi/uber to São Paulo Tiete Bus Terminal

·         Purchase your bus ticket days in advance. Meet up with other applicants at 17pm at the Gonjito Bus Ticket Shop “Bilheteria Gontijo”

·         Get bus to Diamantina, MG at 19:00pm on the 20th of October.

Day 1 – Arrival

·         Pick up at Diamantina Bus Station at 8.15am on the 21st of October. Board IPBio vehicle - travel to São Gonçalo do Rio das Pedras

·         Reception at the Inn

·         Lecture presenting the activity program

·         Tour through the village of São Gonçalo

·         Bathing in the Jequitinhonha River

Day 2 – Herbarium

·         Preparation of camera traps and data recovery

·         Harvesting, processing cultivated medicinal plants

·         Maintenance of beds, preparation of seedlings and planting

·         Visit the City Waterfall

Day 3 – Outpatient clinic (always Wednesday morning)

·         Community care with integrative practices (phytotherapy, acupuncture)

·         Night prospecting – active search for mushrooms, amphibians and insects (Pacu - riparian forest)

Day 4 – Visit Milho Verde (Green Corn) (Várzea do Lajeado and Serra do Raio State Natural Monument)

·         Photographic inventory of flora and fauna in rocky and sandy wet fields at Várzea do Lajeado de Milho Verde

·         Visit Lajeado Waterfall / Canelau

·         Visit to the IEF (State Forestry Institute) to obtain tree seedlings

Day 5 – RPPN – Private Natural Heritage Reserve “Land of Unity”

·         Photographic inventory of the flora and fauna of the rupestrian savanna and riparian forest at RPPN

·         Planting native species (IEF) in degraded forest areas

·         Visit Pacu Waterfall

Day 6 – Diamantina City

·         Visit to the historic city center of Diamantina - center of diamond mining in the 18th and 19th centuries. A well-preserved example of Brazilian Baroque architecture, Diamantina is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

·         Waterfalls in Biribiri – Sentinela / Cristais / Poço do Estudante / Poço Água Limpa

Day 7 – Pico do Raio - (Várzea do Lajeado and Serra do Raio State Natural Monument)

·         Walk to collect medicinal plants

·         Photographic inventory of the flora and fauna of the rupestrian fields and Cerrado

·         Cadete Waterfall

Day 8 – Rock Fields and Wetlands of Várzea de São Gonçalo

·         Photographic inventory of the flora and fauna of the rocky fields and sandy wet field of the Várzea de São Gonçalo

·         Visit Grota Seca Waterfall – Rapadura

Day 9 – Climb to Itambé – Forest and High Altitude Fields

·         Expedition to Pico do Itambé – photographic inventory of flora and fauna

·         Visit Maria Bruna Waterfall

Day 10 – Return Trip to Diamantina on the 30th of October

·         At 15:00 you will get a ride to the Diamantina Bus terminal to catch the 16:30 bus back