Atins and Barreirinhas will be about 30 minutes to an hour from the National Park. The accommodations around the National Park are usually charming Inns with internet connections. The locals always welcome tourists, making you feel at home. You might want to move there!

Most days, we'll start our adventure very early to capture the best sunrise light when it is still dark. The ride in the 4WD is fun and, honestly, a bit bumpy, and we'll be back in the afternoon, before sunset, for another session. So these are short windows of opportunities to give us the best possible light. The stunning shiny dunes are 95% quartz and mirror the moonlight. It deserves our attention! Astrophotography, aerial photography, and drone photography (depending on wind conditions) and weaved into our schedule.

We'll stay two days in Atins and return to Barreirinhas, where we'll stay four more days. 

No matter where we enter, the Park can only be visited with a tour guide by 4WD vehicles, RVs, boats, or trekking. We'll be using all forms of locomotion. We'll walk from the 4WD to the lagoons and around them for the best angles for our photography sessions. Although it is a very light and concise walk, please remember that you'll carry your bag with photography gear up and sometimes down soft sandy slopes. Nothing major, but I recommend you are in good health. 

ATINS The Village At The Edge Of The World

The photography sessions will combine dawn, sunset, whole light, Astro, aerial and drone opportunities. I'll be guiding everyone and making sure all goes smoothly. We'll have editing and image review sessions as well.

During our downtime, we'll have fun sliding down the dunes and plunging into the cozy crystalline waters, exploring different locations, experiencing the typical local cuisine, going on boat rides, tubbing down the river, learning the local craftsmanship, impacting the communities, and, some days, changing lodgings. 

And if you pause for a moment from all the fun, take a deep breath and observe the lagoon's current. Impressively, the waters move, talking with the other lagoons from underneath the sand!