Located between Belém (PA) and Manaus (AM), Santarém is washed by the Amazon River, with its muddy waters, and the Tapajós River, with its clear and green waters, creating a beautiful meeting of waters that do not mix for kilometers. These rivers give Alter do Chão an ecotourism vocation, with 300 km of incredible freshwater beaches with white sand, in addition to tours in the forest, lakes, islands, waterfalls, and 
igarapés.
• Alter do Chão: It is a village 38 km from Santarém, in the heart of the Amazon, featuring beaches with white sands bathed by the warm, sweet, and blue-green waters of the Tapajós River. The beaches mainly appear between August and November, the river’s dry season. It is also possible to hike in the forest, practice rappelling, canyoning, sport fishing, swim with 
botos, and meet local communities.
• Centro Cultural João Fona: It is located in one of the oldest buildings in the city. Inaugurated in 1868, it has hosted the Justice Forum, the Prison, and the legislative and executive powers. Today, it houses an important collection that tells part of the city’s history. There are also archaeological pieces, fossils of fish and a 
whale that ascended the river, ancient coins, sacred images carved in wood, and ceramic pieces produced by one of the most important indigenous nations in Pará: the Tapajós.
• Floresta Nacional dos Tapajós: Located near Santarém and along the banks of the Tapajós River, it is one of the most prosperous and protected conservation units in the Amazon. It spans 527 thousand hectares of forest, lakes, rivers, fields, and 160 km of beaches. The area is home to about 500 indigenous people from the Munduruku ethnicity and 5,000 riverside dwellers. In the Forest, you can be guided along trails (including night ones) through the woods observing fauna and flora, canoe through igarapés, enjoy river beaches, visit indigenous communities, pass by the flour house, and learn about the sustainable forest management project.
• Praia Ponta do Cururu: Near the village of Alter do Chão, Praia Ponta do Cururu emerges for a brief period of the year, during the dry season, with an extensive stretch of fine white sand that extends up to 2 km towards the Tapajós River. The name derives from the enormous rock on the beach that resembles the shape of the cururu frog.
Sources: www.turismo.gov.br and www.feriasenobrasil.com.br