Fernando de Noronha Marine National Park — Attraction in Região Geográfica Imediata do Recife

The island is really beautiful but I can't shake off the feeling that it's beautiful only to look at.

The only activity on this island I found wholesome is diving and animal watching, because there is huge amount of marine life, and I highly recommend it. Snorkeling is definitely a good idea too. Vegetation-wise it's basically no different from other places in Brazil.

The beaches are visually stunning and it's indeed pretty easy to find a spot just for yourself, but they are not that great to relax due to the lack of bars with normal prices or even places where you can resist the waves, wind and airborne sand. Once you see handful of beaches and make that obligatory sunset photo, the beaches start to look the same. The sun is really aggressive so I found the best strategy is to find a palm tree or rock and hide in it's shade for most of the time.

Transportation is a chapter on its own. There are places where one has to needlessly walk around a whole neighborhood to reach a beach or anything really. One can rent a buggy but I felt like what this island needs less is more tourists on buggies. Bikes aren't a great option due to the heat. Taxis are very expensive if used regularly and buses go sometimes in unforseen intervals and are unusable if you lack cash. Which happened to me and I found it absolutely impossible to withdraw cash on this island on Sunday, which is a shame for such a touristy place.

Prices are soo high here for almost everything. 1.5l water bottle for 12 reais is not an exception in groceries. Restaurants overpriced, serving mediocre food. I recommend Tapiocaria de Archipelago which serves great food and drinks for decent prices. The preservation tax, which was 370 reais for 4 nights is high, but still understandable, is made worse by the 358 reais entry fee for the ever present national park. The latter was too much for me so we avoided entering it. If you go diving, I recommend Maravista or other agency that offers diving away from the park, because most do it inside and then you have to pay the enter fee anyway.

All in all Fernando de Noronha is a place that's good to see at least once, but is overpriced and its services...

overpriced and overrated island, locals do not speak any english even though they thrive on tourism, no supermarkets to be found. make sure to check the sea condition before you arrive because if the sea is uneasy, you cant do any water activity and water activities are the core of this island. we spent a week there during the Swell and there wasn't much to do.

on the positive note, its a beautiful place, most likely the most beautiful place i've ever seen in my life. the locals are nice and friendly if you manage to break the language barrier.

once you land and get the park entry ticket, go ahead and book to several hikes. we took our time and only got to do one of them. book ahead because everyone wants to do it and you might miss out. dont worry if you regret, no penalty if you dont show up. after that you will need to contact Victor the guide because on most of the hikes you are required to go with a guide and he is the only one that speaks english.

taxis are expensive, if you plan to stay there for several days it might be a better idea to rent a vehicle (bike/buggy).

I wish someone would have told me all that before i arrived there, would have saved me so much precious time.

the pic is of Sancho beach, they say its the best beach in the world. i dont know, it sure is pretty but you cant really enjoy it because of the hoards...

O lugar é lindo, a parte marinha apenas. A parte terrestre deixa a desejar. Deveria ser melhorado a estrutura de acessoa os lugares, nem que fosse de maneira ecológica e isso vi apenas em algumas áreas do Parque onde é pago e você obrigatoriamente passa por uma lojinha, mas e o resto da cidade?. Acesso a parte central, às praias etc. A parte (fisica) histórica está se acabando, precisa urgente ser mais conservado, quando chove vira uma lama extremamente escorregadia, não tem nem sequer um corrimão, um deck de madeira para se apoiar nas ruas de acesso ao mercado central e praias. E pela verba arrecada o ano inteiro além de melhorias nas estruturas e parte histórica, deveria ter médicos com especialidades no hospital, pois quando fui tinha apenas o clinico geral. Minha filha se machucou e não tinha um pediatra, meu vizinho de quarto fraturou a clavícula na Cacimba do Padre e não tinha ortopedista, com era um período chuvoso os voos estavam paralisados e ele precisou ficar na morfina até ser transferido para o hospital do Recife quando os voos foram liberados, ai vi também que as mulheres gestantes também não tinham ali um ortopedista, ginecologista etc😱. Quem fica com a verba arrecadada, que acredito que seja o estado (e não deve ser pouca), deveria pensar com carinho, na estrutura, na história e na segurança das pessoas que estão nesse local, seja ela morandora ou visitante. Enfim, não é apenas sobre arrecadar dinheiro com a natureza e a beleza cênica desse local , mas sobre o todo, história, infraestrutura, segurança etc, etc, etc. Esse foi o meu ponto de vista e visão ...