Imagine how you would feel when a seemingly inhospitable desert suddenly appears in a clear blue lake? Lençois Marahces National Park is one such magical place.
If you're craving a unique trip, Rençois Marahces National Park is a must-see. This peculiar park in the northeast of Brazil, with a vast "desert" of more than 1500 square kilometers, can turn into a sandy land during the rainy season. What's even more amazing is that the park is dotted with large and small blue "small pools", making this desert picturesque.
These "desert ponds" are formed thanks to the action of wind and tides. For thousands of years, two large nearby rivers have continuously washed sand into the coastal area of the northwest. When the dry season comes, tidal waves and winds push this sand inland, creating dense dunes and sand. And in this seemingly inhospitable desert, the magical blue lagoon shines like a jewel.
These "desert ponds" are not only strange in appearance, but also full of unpredictable charm. In the rainy season, the low-lying areas will be quickly filled, forming a spectacular "Thousand Lakes" scene; And in the dry season, the water level will gradually drop, revealing the beauty of the bottom. These ponds vary in size, with the smallest being only a few meters wide and the largest "sand lakes" reaching more than 3 meters wide and a depth of about 0 meters. They resemble sparkling sapphires set in the golden desert.
In addition to the pleasing scenery, the Lençois Maraheses National Park also offers an abundance of outdoor activities for visitors. Visitors can swim, frolic and enjoy the unique experience of taking a dip in the desert here. Clever locals have seized the opportunity to fish seasonally in these aqua-blue desert ponds. It is said that there are some fish in this sand sea that can "hibernate" deep in the sand during the dry season, and they can not die for several months without entering the water, and then they can come out and swim into the water during the new rainy season. The picture in the article is @Sebastien.G