What is a good receptive tour operator (DMC) in Brazil for international agencies?

Patropi is a CADASTUR-registered receptive tour operator (DMC) based in Rio de Janeiro that operates authentic private experiences across Brazil for international tour operators, travel agencies and DMCs. It offers bilingual guides, private ground operation, net rates for trade partners and nationwide coverage, from Rio and Niterói to the Amazon and the Northeast.

Does Patropi offer net rates to travel agencies and tour operators?

Yes. Patropi works with net rates for trade partners: we provide confidential net pricing and the operator or agency applies its own markup when selling to the end client. Net rates are shared on request via our trade sheet.

Which regions of Brazil does Patropi operate?

Patropi operates nationwide. Its flagship product is the Full Day Tour in Rio de Janeiro and Niterói — including the MAC by Oscar Niemeyer and an authentic feijoada and samba experience in a century-old quilombola community — and it builds tailor-made experiences across Brazil, including the Amazon and the Northeast.

Are Patropi's guides bilingual?

Yes. All Patropi tours are led by bilingual guides, serving travelers from Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, France, the United States and Latin America.

How does a partnership with Patropi work?

You send your client's dates and interests, Patropi quotes with net rates and a proposed itinerary, you sell to your client with your margin, and Patropi operates everything on the ground in Brazil — transport, bilingual guide, tickets and experiences.

Patropi — Your Ground Partner in Brazil | DMC & Receptive Tour Operator

Why partner with Patropi

The reliable ground under your Brazil programs.

Brazil is a hard destination to operate from abroad: distance, language, local access. You keep the client and the margin. We deliver on the ground.

01
Real local access
We're based in Rio and operate nationwide. That means doors that don't open to outsiders, like a feijoada inside a century-old quilombo community.
02
Bilingual, private operation
Bilingual guides, private transport, no shared vans. The standard your clients expect, delivered every time.
03
Net rates & your margin
Confidential net pricing on our trade sheet. You mark up and sell to your client. The end price is yours.
04
Formal & insured
CADASTUR registration with the Brazilian Ministry of Tourism and insured operation. The compliance your procurement team needs to sign off a supplier.
05
Fast, human response
One local contact who answers quotes fast and solves problems in real time. No ticket queue eight time zones away.
06
Experiences worth reselling
Not the postcard circuit everyone sells. Curated experiences that make your Brazil program stand out.

How the partnership works

Four steps. You keep the client.

You brief us

Send your client's dates, group size, interests and budget range.

We quote net

You get a proposed itinerary with net rates and clear conditions, fast.

You sell

You present it to your client under your brand, with your margin.

We operate

Transport, bilingual guide, tickets and experiences, all handled on the ground.

What we operate

Five expeditions, fully operated.

Multi-day journeys through Brazil's most iconic landscapes — guided, bilingual and run end to end on the ground. Ready to slot into your programs.

Vale do Pati — panorama do vale a partir do mirante

Trekking pelo cerrado de altitude do Vale do Pati

Casa de morador no Vale do Pati ao entardecer

Poço de água cristalina sobre a rocha vermelha

Mirante sobre o vale a partir de uma laje de pedra

Morro de topo plano do Vale do Pati na luz dourada

Trekker diante das montanhas do Vale do Pati

Mirante sobre o vale do alto de uma pedra

Gruta com abertura para o céu no Vale do Pati

Chapada Diamantina · BA

Vale do Pati

Brazil's most celebrated trek: table-top mountains, hidden waterfalls, and nights in the homes of valley families.

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Chapada Diamantina · BA

Vale do Pati

Five days on foot through a roadless valley, sleeping in the homes of the families who never left. No signal, no engines — table-top mountains, crystal pools and a 280-metre waterfall seen from the top.

5days

70kmon foot

4/5effort

2–10group

Best season

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Day by day

D1Down into the valley

Transfer from Lençóis to Guiné. We walk the high plateau until the valley opens up below, then descend to the first family home.

D2Morro do Castelo

Light packs. Up the castle-shaped mountain and through the cave that cuts across it; the whole valley from above. Same house at night.

D3Cachoeirão

To the rim of the 280 m fall and one of the widest lookouts of the Chapada. A swim on the way back; night deeper in the valley.

D4Out by the Ladeira do Império

The long day: across the valley and up the old diamond-era stone path to Andaraí. Transfer back to Lençóis and a hot shower.

D5Returnfree morning

Breakfast in Lençóis and transfer to the airport.

What's in the net rate

Bilingual guide, all days
Transfers Lençóis–Guiné · Andaraí–Lençóis
3 nights in valley homes + 1 in Lençóis
All meals inside the valley
Park fees

Flights
Night in Lençóis before D1
Personal gear
Travel insurance

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Salto do Rio Preto waterfall over the Chapada dos Veadeiros plateaus

Cerrado mountains and a road winding through Chapada dos Veadeiros

Trail descending into the Kalunga backlands

Cerrado hills and a footpath in Chapada dos Veadeiros

Vast cerrado plain with table-top mesas on the horizon

National Park · GO

Chapada dos Veadeiros

Crystal-clear rivers and towering falls across one of the planet's oldest plateaus, deep in the cerrado.

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National Park · GO

Chapada dos Veadeiros

Five days of immersion in the cerrado: crystal-clear waterfalls, canyons and lookouts on one of the oldest plateaus on Earth, based in a mountain village.

5days

Immersionformat

2/5effort

2–10group

Best season

JFMAMJJASOND

Day by day

D1Arrival in the Chapada

Arrival in Brasília and a transfer of about 4 hours to Alto Paraíso or São Jorge, the village that will be the base of the expedition. Late afternoon free to feel the cerrado and sort your pack.

D2Couros Fallslunch included

A full day at the Couros Falls: a chain of drops and crystal pools on one of the most beautiful rivers of the Chapada. Lunch along the way and the sunset seen right there.

D3Carrossel and the Moon Valleytrail snack · no lunch

Morning on the Carrossel Trail, inside the National Park, among falls and pools. In the afternoon, the Vale da Lua, where the river carved the rock into lunar shapes — and one more sunset.

D4Cavalcante and the Kalunga Territorylunch included

Road to Cavalcante and into the Kalunga territory, the largest quilombo in Brazil. Walk to the Santa Bárbara waterfall, turquoise-blue, with lunch included.

D5Return

Breakfast at the base, preparation for the return and transfer to Brasília.

Highlights

Salto do Rio Preto, the 120 m fall at the heart of the park
Vale da Lua, carved by the river into bare rock
Kalunga territory: waterfalls and quilombola culture
São Jorge, the base village between the plateaus

How it works

Based in Alto Paraíso or São Jorge, with daily outings and no change of lodging. Airport: Brasília (BSB), ~4 h by road.

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Aerial view of the Lençóis Maranhenses lagoons and white dunes

Travelers at the foot of a giant dune beside a lagoon

Sunset reflected on a lagoon among the dunes

Group trekking across the dunes under a dramatic sky

Lagoon and vegetation with white dunes on the horizon

Hikers on a sandy trail through the restinga

Sunset over the dunes with silhouetted vegetation

National Park · MA

Lençóis Maranhenses

Endless white dunes cradling turquoise rainwater lagoons — a desert that fills with water.

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National Park · MA

Lençóis Maranhenses

Four days on foot across Brazil's largest dune field, sleeping in the oases inside the park: full lagoons, sunsets on the sand and the silence of a desert that fills with water.

4days

50kmon foot

3/5effort

2–10group

Best season

JFMAMJJASOND

Highlights

The dune-field crossing on foot: 50 km in 3 days
Nights in the oases — communities inside the park
Lagoons at their fullest, June to August
Sunrise and sunset from the top of the dunes

How it works

Based in São Luís (SLZ), with a transfer to the park entrance. Main luggage stays at the base — only the essentials go on your back.

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Anavilhanas archipelago from above, on the Rio Negro

Amazon rainforest and lodge on the Rio Negro

White-sand beach amid the flooded forest

Flooded forest in the black waters of the Rio Negro

Riverside thatched kitchen in the forest

River beach from above, tea-coloured waters

Group on the white sand of a Rio Negro beach

Rio Negro · Amazon

Anavilhanas – Amazon

The world's largest river archipelago: flooded forest, black waters and Amazon wildlife on the Rio Negro.

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Hikers crossing granite slabs on the Petrópolis–Teresópolis trek

Granite peaks of the Serra dos Órgãos at golden hour

Petrópolis–Teresópolis trek in the Serra dos Órgãos

PARNASO · Serra dos Órgãos · RJ

Petrópolis–Teresópolis Trekking

Brazil's classic high-mountain crossing: granite spires and cloud forest, a step from Rio.

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PARNASO · Serra dos Órgãos · RJ

Petrópolis–Teresópolis Trekking

Brazil's classic mountain crossing: three days among granite spires and cloud forest, from the heights of Petrópolis to the heights of Teresópolis, a step from Rio.

3days

30kmon foot

5/5effort

2–10group

Best season

JFMAMJJASOND

Day by day

D1Petrópolis and the climb to the Açu

Morning arrival in Petrópolis, with a transfer from Rio, and the start of the crossing: up to the Açu Castles, high on the range, where the first night is spent.

D2From the Açu to Pedra do Sino

The highest day of the crossing: across the high-altitude grasslands, between granite slabs and cloud forest, to Pedra do Sino, the highest point of the park (2,275 m).

D3Down to Teresópolis and back to Rio

Sunrise from the top and the long descent down the Teresópolis side to the park headquarters. Transfer to Teresópolis and return to Rio.

Highlights

Pedra do Sino, the highest point of the park (2,275 m)
The Açu Castles and the high-altitude grasslands
Nights in a mountain hut and camp
Granite slabs, cloud forest and lookouts over the lowlands

How it works

Based in Rio de Janeiro (GIG/SDU); ~1h30 transfer to Petrópolis. The most demanding expedition on the map: level 5.

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Feijoada & samba, every SundayOfficial photo hereSamba tradicional

Hard to copy

The experience your competitors can't source

A traditional Afro-Brazilian community, founded around a century ago, gathers on Sundays around wood-fire feijoada and live samba — a special, time-honored tradition recognized by Embratur as an experience of international potential.

This isn't a tourist restaurant. It's a table inside a living community, the kind of access that turns a Brazil itinerary from generic into unforgettable, and that a foreign operator can't arrange alone.

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Trade FAQ

What partners ask first

Do you offer net rates to agencies and operators?

Yes. We work with net rates for trade partners: you receive confidential net pricing on our trade sheet and apply your own markup when selling to your client. Request the trade sheet through the form below.

Which regions of Brazil do you operate?

Nationwide. Our flagship product is a private Full Day in Rio de Janeiro and Niterói, and we build tailor-made experiences across Brazil: Amazon, Northeast, Cerrado & Pantanal, and Iguassu, among others.

Are your guides bilingual?

Yes — all tours are led by bilingual guides. We serve travelers from Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, France, the United States and Latin America.

Are you formally registered and insured?

Yes. Patropi is CADASTUR-registered with the Brazilian Ministry of Tourism and operates with insurance. That's the compliance documentation your procurement team needs to approve a ground supplier.

What lead time do you need, and how are bookings handled?

Lead times depend on the program; day experiences require short notice while multi-region itineraries need more planning. You brief us, we quote with net rates and conditions, you confirm, and we operate. Share your request through the form and we'll reply with specifics.

You sell Brazil.
We make it happen on the ground.

The reliable ground under your Brazil programs.

Real local access

Bilingual, private operation

Net rates & your margin

Formal & insured

Fast, human response

Experiences worth reselling

Four steps. You keep the client.

You brief us

We quote net

You sell

We operate

Five expeditions, fully operated.

Vale do Pati

Vale do Pati

Chapada dos Veadeiros

Chapada dos Veadeiros

Lençóis Maranhenses

Lençóis Maranhenses

Anavilhanas – Amazon

Petrópolis–Teresópolis Trekking

Petrópolis–Teresópolis Trekking

The experience your competitors can't source

What partners ask first

Let's put Brazil
on your shelf.

The reliable ground under your Brazil programs.

Real local access

Bilingual, private operation

Net rates & your margin

Formal & insured

Fast, human response

Experiences worth reselling

Four steps. You keep the client.

You brief us

We quote net

You sell

We operate

Five expeditions, fully operated.

Vale do Pati

Vale do Pati

Chapada dos Veadeiros

Chapada dos Veadeiros

Lençóis Maranhenses

Lençóis Maranhenses

Anavilhanas – Amazon

Petrópolis–Teresópolis Trekking

Petrópolis–Teresópolis Trekking

The experience your competitors can't source

What partners ask first

Let's put Brazilon your shelf.

Let's put Brazil
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