Have you ever thought about exploring a land that sheltered the oldest dinosaurs in the world?

The ride Dinosaurus trail is an opportunity to travel in time and visit the cradle where the dinosaurs of the Triassic period lived over 200 million years ago. Located in the central region of Rio Grande do Sul, this destination is recognized by the Guinness Book as the oldest Dinosaur Earth in the world.

During the tour, you will pass through the cities of the Fourth Colony, where important paleontological discoveries were made. It's like exploring an immense open-air archaeological site where dinosaur fossils and giant Triassic forests have already been found.

In addition to diving in history, the tour includes moments of relaxation and leisure in the only medicinal thermal water park in Brazil, the Roman Baths. To complete, you will be delighted with typical Italian gastronomy, since the Fourth Colony is one of the main strongholds of Italian immigration in the state.

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1st day

Morning

• 08h: Porto Alegre exit.
• City Tour in Candelária: Visit to the Municipal Museum Aristides Carlos Rodrigues, which brings together fossils and paleontological records of the Triassic period.
• Free lunch.

Late

• Witeck Park (South Waterfall): The state's largest private forest, a charming setting full of natural beauties.
• City Tour in Agudo: Discover the Moranguinhos Land, with dinosaur replicas in the central square and the Charlotte House, a 19th-century colonial-style museum house.
• City Tour in Dona Francisca: One of the municipalities that integrate the Dinosaur Route.

Night

• Dinner at the Hotel Recanto Maestro (Restinga Seca).

2nd day

Morning

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• City Tour in Vale Veneto: Explore the tourist district of São João do Polêsine, with its bucolic landscapes, the Church of Corpus Christi, Calvary with 14 stations of 1913 and the museum that guards one of the largest Italian historical-cultural collections of the state.
• Typical colonial lunch in Vale Veneto.

Late

• Visit to the CAPPA Museum (Paleontological Research Support Center of the Fourth Colony in São João do Polêsine): Discover replicas of fossils and the paleontological history of the region.
• Free Late in the Roman Baths: Relax in the only thermal park with medicinal saltwaters in Brazil, enjoying pools, ophurôs and gastronomic options.

Night

• Dinner at the hotel.

3rd DAY

Morning

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Visit to the Laboratory of Photography and Paleobiology (UFSM, Santa Maria): Discover one of the main paleontological research centers in Brazil.
• Visit to the Gama D’Eça Educational Museum and the Bela Vista Flowering (Santa Maria).
• Free lunch in Santa Maria.

Late

• City Tour in Mata: Explore the city-museum with its petrified forests. Visit the Museum Father Daniel Cargnin, the staircase of the Holy Mother Church Antonio, the Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes and the Palaeobotanical Garden.

Night

• Dinner at the Hotel Recanto Maestro.