Considered the "Brazilian desert" due to its arid climate and its geographic aspects, the Lençóis Maranhenses National Park is the perfect view of paradise.

A reference point for those who visit the Lençóis Maranhenses, Barreirinhas is a municipality of 39,000 inhabitants, 13,000 of whom live in the city, considered the gateway to Lençóis and the one that receives the largest number of tourists for the infrastructure it offers

On the left bank of the Barra next to Mandacaru but at the mouth of the Preguiças River is Atins, a small fishing village at the confluence between the river and the sea.

On the right bank of the Rio Preguiças River, from which it descends towards the sea, is Caburé, a village located in an arm of land between the river and the sea. The distance between the two is less than 300 meters.

On the left side of Barra de Preguiças River, almost in front of Caburé, stands Mandacaru, a town of approximately 1,300 inhabitants, most of them living from fishing, subsistence agriculture and buriti straw crafts.

An island. This is how the residents of Queimada dos Britos call the small oasis in which they live. Surrounded by a sea of sand, the village is a few hours from anywhere, always walking through the dunes

The municipality of Santo Amaro is embedded in the Great Lençóis and its population of approximately 17,000 inhabitants lives mainly from fishing. Tourism in the region is still very small particularly because of the difficult access

The River Preguiças in its 120km of extension has few beaches. One of them is in the center of Barreirinhas, but it is not very suitable for bathing. The best ones are on the left bank of the river and are more original, more native

At 40 minutes from Barreirinhas, on the right bank of the river Preguiças is Vassouras, a fishing village and stop point of the boats that go down the river to Caburé and Mandacarú

Cardosa is one of those places where you feel in perfect harmony and harmony with nature. The small Povoado de Cardosa belongs to the municipality of Paulino Neves but is closer to the center of Barreirinhas