Txai Resort

Lying two hours north of Ilheus, on the Cacao Coast, the accommodation consists of 10 rooms and 30 spacious bungalows built from local natural materials, mounted on stilts with thatched roofs, wooden balconies and sea views. There is a swimming pool and a restaurant built in traditional Bahian style with a fine view out to sea, serving local cuisine with specialties such as "moqueca".

You can enjoy tennis, surfing, cycling, horse riding and trekking in the Atlantic coastal forest, kayaking on its rivers and swimming in its freshwater pools. Alternatively visit the small nearby town whose prosperity was derived from here has cliffs and retains large areas of Atlantic forest because cacao requires shade to grow.

The spa is situated in a serene hilltop retreat with its own pool and panoramic vistas over the beach, coconut groves and sea. It's an ideal setting with Oriental silence to restore your vitality and sense of inner peace through yoga. Japanese baths, massage and other revitalising treatments.