Text: Maxi Media
Photo: Disclosure Viva Lá
Vivalá is a reference in Community-Based Tourism and has been in the market for nine years, providing remarkable experiences for those who want to learn more about traditional communities, native biodiversity and natural paradises.
Currently, the business operates in 28 Conservation Units (UCs) across the country, including the Amazon.
To take advantage of the Easter and Tiradentes holidays, Vivalá has launched the “Belém & Marajó Island” expedition in Pará. The journey will take place between April 17 and 21 with an itinerary full of authentic experiences: visits to natural paradises, tasting local cuisine and living with people from the Amazon rainforest.
Among the highlights of the itinerary are the visit to the Mata Fome creek; the houses of Seu Ladi, the flour mills of the Boa Vista do Acará community and the Chocolate mill of Dona Nena; as well as the beaches of Céu, Pesqueiro and Garrote.
The project has received the specialized and necessary support to boost its socio-environmental impact in the region from the accelerator since 2021.
“Having AMAZ as an investor in Vivalá, as well as a partner and accelerator, is extremely important, because it gives us a more systemic view of the Amazon as a whole, of different chains and of how all actors, including Sustainable Tourism, can generate and act as a tool for positive socio-environmental development for the largest Brazilian biome and the largest tropical forest in the world”, says Daniel Cabrera, co-founder and executive director of the business.
The first journey of the “Belém & Marajó Island” expedition will be on sale until next Saturday, April 5th. Travelers will also be given a kit of regional and sustainable products. To purchase and for more information, visit link.
Opportunity for new business
AMAZ Impact Accelerator has an open call for new businesses, focusing on entrepreneurs and startups with socio-environmental impact.
To participate in the selection process, businesses must be formally operating, have socio-environmental impact as a central premise, and be headquartered or operate in the Legal Amazon. In addition, they must have financial viability, market potential and innovative solutions.
The call will select three to six businesses, each of which will receive an initial investment of R$200,000 to R$400,000. After the acceleration period, better known as “follow-on”, there will still be additional investments that can reach up to R$600,000, totaling R$1 million invested.
Benefits also include: communication, legal and accounting advice, access to knowledge on topics relevant to business management, connections with other entrepreneurs, specialized monitoring, granting of scholarships and other forms of support.
Registration for AMAZ's 2025 Call for Business is open until April 25th this year. link. The deadline for sending questions is April 20th by email [email protected].
