Piripiri is a city of 63,000 people in Piauí, Brazil, good as a base camp for the Sete Cidades National Park.
Get in
The bus station is a few kilometers out of town, -taxi to the center R$ 7, mototaxi R$ 3.
Guanabara has departures for Parnaíba, Teresina, Sobral and Fortaleza.
Get around
See
Do
- Serra da Ibiapaba Environmental Protection Area. It contains fragments of cerrado, caatinga and Atlantic Forest, and is home to the endangered red-handed howler. 2021-01-09
Buy
Eat
Drink
Sleep
A few hotels by the bus station, and, more conveniently near the church smack in the center.
- Hotel da Felicidade. Some rooms have no windows. Very basic breakfast Double with air con and bath R$ 40. Also cheaper options.
Connect
Go next
- Parque Nacional de Sete Cidades is about 25 km from town. A taxi will charge you up to R$ 50 each way. There is a free employees' bus departing around 7 AM from the church, returning 5 PM from the park.
- Caldeirão is a fresh water lake, good for swimming, with restaurants and bars, about 8 km from town. Several buses a day, R$ 2.