Park Hiking
This tour is for those who like walking.
Capacity
In theory we have unbounded capacity for this.
Coordinators
- Antonio Terceiro
Description
This tour will involve quite some walking. It will be winter (though those who live in high latitudes will not be impressed ;-)), but being during the day and doing all the walking, it should not be too cold; nevertheless, make sure you have at least a light jacket with you. Bring water, and wear comfortable shoes.
We will hit the following places:
Bosque Alemão ("German woods") is a small forest inside a residential area in Curitiba. It has a nice, small observation deck from where you can see Curitiba downtown and the forest below; we will hike down the wooden stairs, passing through a stone path that has stops telling the story of Hansel and Gretel and the witch. In its middle there is "the witch house", a place where they hold storytelling activities for children; if we are lucky we can stumble at the which there. at the bottom of the hike there is a portal with a garden, nice for pictures. From there we take another bus to Tanguá park;
Tanguá Park (some pictures at the Portuguese wikipedia page) is a large park which was previously a quarry, also on a hill; the park entrance has a nice observation deck from where you can see the part downhill; we will hike down to the picnic spots, and have lunch there. We will try to arrange a guided visit to the quarry tunnel, which goes all the way across the stonewall.
Schedule (approximate)
- 10:00 - Leave hotel by bus
- 10:45 - Arrive at Bosque Alemão observation deck; hike downstairs
- 12:00 - Leave Bosque Alemão by bus towards Tanguá
- 12:45 - Arrive at Tanguá Park observation deck; hike downstairs
- 14:00 - Stop for picnic-style lunch
- 16:30 - Hike uphill; watch sunset, leave for venue by bus
- 18:30 - Arrive back at venue
Registration
Add you name here:
- Antonio Terceiro
Jonathan Carter (sorry got the debbug and taking it easy)
- Herbert Fortes
- Wilson Sales
- Tomasz Rybak (serpent at d.o)
- Tzafrir
- tobi
- Helen Koike
- Pedro Terra (pirate)
- Cão Drogo (Helen's/Pedro's dog)
- Ian Jackson
- Valessio Brito
- Arthur Diniz
- Vagrant
- laney