01 · Rio · 5 nights
The Core Experience.
From Ipanema Beach to Vidigal, from Tijuca Forest to the club, Rio inspires movement. We’ll explore its landmarks, experience its contrasts, and uncover the layers that bring the city to life.
Rio de Janeiro · November 12–17, 2026
When was the last time you felt completely alive?
Most people don’t need another vacation—they need an experience that reminds them how big the world is, how meaningful genuine connection can be, and who they’re capable of becoming.
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Choose 5 or 9 nights Reserve from $295 Payment plans available
Scenic Views · Electric Nightlife · Moderate Adventure · Great Eats · Real Immersion
What is happening
Sofound presents Brazil 2026
This is your invitation to experience yourself—and the wider world—differently.
Beyond Brazil's electric nights, cinematic views, scenic beaches, and celebrated food, there is a depth no checklist can capture: neighborhoods with their own pulse, histories carried through music, local perspectives that change how a place feels, and conversations that stay with you after you leave.
Sofound creates the structure, context, and community to help you carry that depth into whatever you are building at home—a career, a business, or a new chapter. Return with clearer perspective, renewed energy, and more room to move toward what comes next.
Who all is going
Your travel mates that…
- Want culture, community, nature, and nightlife—not a rushed tourist checklist.
- Are open to meeting new people and participating in a shared group experience.
- Want a hosted international trip without planning every logistical detail alone.
- Feel ready to step outside routine and return with more energy and perspective.
- Value rest, celebration, curiosity, and real conversation in the same experience.
Come solo or with friends. This experience is designed to help the group connect naturally.
Not a silent retreat or a party vacation. It is a social, active, culturally rooted group journey with room for both celebration and reflection.
Rio stands on its own. Salvador runs deep.
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02 · Bahia · 4-night continuation
Continue north to Salvador, Bahia
Salvador changes the rhythm. The days become slower, more relational, and more personal—less about reaching the next landmark and more about who opens the door when you arrive.
Rio · Days 1–5
The Rio flow.
Every day is intentionally shaped—from Rio’s first golden hour through the formal farewell.
IncludedOptionalFree time
Full day-by-day details, meeting points, and final timing are shared with confirmed travelers.
Day 01 · THU · NOV 12Arrival & welcome
A soft landing: settle into the Sofound House, meet the group, and share Rio’s first golden hour.
- MorningArrival and group airport transferIncluded
- AfternoonSofound Mansion welcome and move inIncluded
- EveningSunset and dinner by the water
Day 02 · FRI · NOV 13First light to late night
Move from mountain air to coast, culture, and a night that stays open.
- First lightGuided Dois Irmãos mountain experienceIncluded
- Late morningBeach time and a private-chef brunchIncluded
- AfternoonNap, rest, or exploreFree time
- EveningAfro-Brazilian cultural experience and dinnerIncluded
- NightMusic and dancing in RioOptional
Day 03 · SAT · NOV 14Choose your morning
Choose your pace in the morning, then enter Rio’s forest and landmark skyline.
- MorningRestorative morning or favela experienceIncluded
- AfternoonTijuca forest, waterfalls, and Christ the RedeemerIncluded
- Late afternoonNap, rest, or exploreFree time
- EveningBrazilian Rnb and funk nighlightOptional
Day 04 · SUN · NOV 15Trade the city for the coast
Trade the city for an overnight coastal chapter in Arraial do Cabo.
- MorningGroup departure for an coastal escapeIncluded
- AfternoonBoat, swimming, beaches, and open-air connectionIncluded
- EveningCoastal dinner and freetimeFree time
Day 05 · MON · NOV 16Return, reset + celebrate
Return slowly, reclaim free time, and close the core journey together.
- Early MorningWake, bask, and groundFree time
- MorningGroup return to RioIncluded
- AfternoonBeach, explore, or shopFree time
- EveningFormal dress farewell dinner
Rio · Nov 12–17The Core Experience · 5 nights · $1,595 total
Bahia · Days 6–9
The Salvador rhythm.
Where Rio moves fast, Salvador moves close — four nights to slow all the way down, rooted in Afro-Brazilian heritage, coastline, and community.
Recalibrate
Continuing travelers fly from Rio to Salvador, where the pace slows and the group starts to feel just as communal and more like family. Settle in with a massage, neghborly walk, and quaint dinner to recalibrate, connect with the people beside you, and arrive ready to meet Salvador on its own terms.
Float
Sail into open water for swimming, music, fresh seafood, and an intentionally unstructured day together. There is no agenda to perform here—just space for the conversations, ease, and shared joy that make a group of travelers start to feel like a real network.
Immerse
Step into Salvador through the people shaping its future: local creative and entrepreneurial hosts, a youth football community, and a home-hosted meal. Listen, exchange perspective, and meet the city not as a backdrop, but through the relationships, work, culture, and ambition that keep it moving.
Celebrate Zumbi dos Palmares.
The journey closes in Salvador—often described as the largest Black city outside Africa—on Brazil’s Black Consciousness Day. Experience the city alive with music, memory, ceremony, and public celebration as November 20 brings Salvador’s African heritage into the present.
November 20 · Black Consciousness DayClose the journey inside a living celebration of history, identity, and freedom.
Rio + Bahia · Nov 12–21The Deeper Journey · 9 nights · $2,595 total
Final experiences, timing, and local access may adapt to local conditions, partner availability, and confirmed programming.
What’s included
Everything curated for you.
Your package covers the arranged Rio experience. Bring your passport, and plan separately for flights, free-time spending, and anything not named here.
Where is home
The Sofound Mansion
More than a place to sleep. It is where the group finds its rhythm—over first coffee, between plans, and back together again after the city.
What the house makes possible
Choose your journey
Five nights—or nine.
The Core Experience
Rio· 5 nights
The complete five-night Sofound experience: coastline, nature, locally rooted culture, shared meals, optional nightlife, reflection, and an overnight escape to Arraial do Cabo.
Rio de Janeiro · November 12–17, 2026
$1,595 per person$1,p/person595
$295 nonrefundable deposit today + 4 × $325
$1,300 remaining balance • payment plans available
The Deeper Journey
Rio + Bahia· 9 nights
Everything in Rio, followed by four additional nights in Salvador, one included massage, and a more intimate continuation.
Rio + Bahia · November 12–21, 2026
$2,595 per person$2,p/person595
$495 nonrefundable deposit today + 5 × $420
$2,100 remaining balance • payment plans available
Deposits are applied toward the trip total. Shared accommodation is included. All flights, including Rio to Salvador, are not.
Who is the host?
Calid has spent over 2 years traveling 22 countries independently
Including 14 months backpacking across 17 African countries without planes.
A note from Calid
The landscapes mattered. The freedom mattered. But the most fulfilling moments usually came down to people and access: the invitation Calid could not have booked, the stranger who became a guide, the meal that became a lesson, and the version of himself he met far from routine.
Calid created Sofound to preserve the freedom of independent travel while making room for what is often harder to find alone: a community that has your back, the confidence to step into what once felt out of reach, cultural access shaped by local people, room to exhale, and space to reflect. This Brazil journey brings that idea to life through locally led experiences, shared adventure, and thoughtful support—with Calid present from preparation through return.
CalidFounder and your host, Sofound Travel Group
Know before you go
Know what you are saying yes to.
Your place in the world gets wider from here.
Not only is the trip out of the group chat, but we’re starting a travel group. Be here from the start.
The return flight closes the itinerary, not the community.