Tucuruí

You can visit islands, fishing Cichla or Tambaqui and see natural beauties that you can only find in Amazon.

There is a train that was used in the period of Brazil Nut that was restored and placed in front of the Eletrobás Eletronorte Cultural Center.

The Peixe no Saco is a preparation of Chichla or Tambaqui with a wide variety of spices and herbs placed within the fish's stomach.

The fish is then placed on a special waterproof bag with soy sauce and roasted in oven or in firewood.

There is the Tacacá (a broth made of tucupi, jambu [a native variety of paracress], starch and shrimp served in a gourd usually to drink without spoon or fork.

Boats in Tucuruí. In the background: the Tucuruí Sluice.
The lighthouse in Tucuruí's pier. It was used a long time ago to signal the navigation through the rocks in the river
This is the Tocantins River in Tucuruí.