We are all familiar with the old traveller’s adage “Take only photographs, leave only footprints”. But how much do we adhere to this advice? As travellers we do not think of ourselves as an imposition on the countries we visit; we do not want to steal from them, pollute them, or harm the people...

It is thought that Itacaré comes from the Portuguese words ‘itacá’ which means noisy river and ‘ré’ which means different. Itacaré therefore means ‘river of a different noise.’

The flow of tourism into Itacaré has been a slow one. Located 300km south of Salvador and 70km north of...