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A statue of a man on an elephant, a cave with a person inside, and a cave with stalactites. 1
A close-up of a large elephant statue with textured skin and a prominent eye. 2
A cave with stalactites and stalagmites. 3
A cave interior with stalactites and stalagmites. 4
A narrow cave passage with stalactites and stalagmites. 5
By Espinhaço Operadora Turística
Free cancellation available
Price is AU$487 per adult* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple adult tickets
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 10h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup

Overview

  • Visit to Maquiné Cave, its name is in honour of its former owner: Joaquim Maria do Maquiné. Wonderful, stupendous, colossal, of rare beauty, its huge rooms, with rare speleothems, that is, the formations inside the Grotto: Stalactites, Stalagmites, Electites, Travertines, Curtains, among others. Scientifically discovered by the Dane, Peter Willelm Lund, in 1834. Minas Gerais is known as the cradle of palaeontology, archaeology and caving in America. Located in the city of Cordisburgo, city of the heart and of the great Minas Gerais writer João Guimarães Rosa, we will get to know his childhood home, his history, stories, excerpts from his books contacted by the “Miguilins”, who are the teenagers of the city that they leave registered in the memory of those who visit the Casa João Guimarães Rosa Museum. Stopping at the famous Elephant House, it is a house made with the shape, the architecture of the building in the form of a very large Indian Elephant, very interesting.

Activity location

  • Maquine Cave
    • Via Alberto Ramos, Km 5 Zona Rural
    • 35780-000, Cordisburgo, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • MM Gerdau – Museum Of Mines And Metal
    • 680 Praça da Liberdade
    • 30140-010, Funcionários, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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Cave of Maquiné and city of Cordisburg

  • Activity duration is 10 hours10h
    10h
  • Portuguese

Pickup included

Language options: Portuguese
Starting time: 7:00 AM
Price details
AU$486.52 x 1 AdultAU$486.52
Total
Price is AU$486.52
Until Mon, 5 Oct

What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    Tour guide
  • Inclusions
    Entrance ticket to the Maquiné Cave
  • Inclusions
    Air-conditioned vehicle
  • Inclusions
    Travel insurance for Brazilians
  • Inclusions
    Entrance ticket to the Guimarães Rosa Museum
  • Exclusions
    Drinks during lunch.
  • Exclusions
    Personal expenses.
  • Exclusions
    Lunch

Know before you book

    • Not recommended for travellers with poor cardiovascular health
    • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Maquine Cave

  • 55m
  • Admission ticket included
One of the most beautiful caves open to visitors in the country. We will go through its 7 rooms, each with a rare beauty in its formations called speleothems. Its size, the height of the ceilings, its shapes are impressive. We will have a guided tour with a local driver. You will surely take many beautiful photos of this amazing place.

Casa Guimaraes Rosa Museum

  • 40m
  • Admission ticket included
Simple and simple house where the great Minas Gerais writer João Guimarães Rosa spent his childhood, in front of the house had the Venda do Seu Flô, Mr. Florduardo Pinto Rosa, his father, where today we have the replica of this Venda, typical dry and wet trade , that place that had everything in the town or city of that time. Our visit will be Guided by a Miguilim, who are teenagers from the city who show the house as a whole and in the background tell excerpts from João's books to tourists. This moment is very emotional.

Escultura Casa Elefante

  • 15m
  • Admission ticket included
Local sculptor who makes his art using reinforced concrete, mainly with animals, giving wings to a dog, a snake, and the most interesting is the full-size elephant, Indian style that inside will be a house, all planned, with its rooms and even a lookout. Too much your creativity, which we will get to know up close

Portal Grande Sertao

  • 10m
Homage to the writer João Guimarães Rosa, the portal is composed of bronze sculptures of six cowboys mounted on their horses, a dog and the writer himself. The monument is allusive to the expedition that gave rise to the literary work Grande Sertão: Veredas. The author of the work, Léo Santana, began to idealize it in 2008, the centenary year of the writer's birth. He explains: "Everything is finished in a very objective way, without losing its essence. We were able to place the pieces at the height of the viewer and cause an interaction between them and the honoree ... the sertanejos that make up the portal are not characters in the work of Guimarães , but people who live in the hinterland, with hinterland traits and behaviours that I saw in the regions I visited and in the works. The dog is represented because it is recurrent in Rosa's works and is always present in the hinterland of Minas Gerais ".

Location

Activity location

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    Maquine Cave
    • Via Alberto Ramos, Km 5 Zona Rural
    • 35780-000, Cordisburgo, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    MM Gerdau – Museum Of Mines And Metal
    • 680 Praça da Liberdade
    • 30140-010, Funcionários, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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