Camburi Beach, Beach in São Sebastião, Brazil.
Praia de Camburi stretches along the coast of São Sebastião with white sand, natural rock formations, and green mountains as a backdrop. The beach has multiple access points and parking available near the central area.
The documented history of Camburi centres on the naming of the Camburi River, which crosses the beach. One reading derives the name from the robalo, a fish that moves from salt to fresh water and is plentiful in the river; another from the river's shifting course, which has emptied alternately onto Camburi and neighbouring Camburizinho. In 1999 a free-flight take-off area was created on Morro da Vilela, on the Camburizinho side.
The name Camburi has two proposed meanings: "river of the robalo", for the robalo fish that swim up the river from salt to fresh water, or "river that changes", because the river shifts course between Camburi and Camburizinho. Caiçara craft shops along the beach sell local handicrafts.
Camburi lies 37 km from São Sebastião's centre and 167 km from São Paulo. A permanent Fire Department lifeguard post operates on the beach, and the sea is often rough. Campings, hotels, inns, a market and caiçara craft shops stand in the area; near the Bertioga boundary is an indigenous settlement.
The Camburi River separates Camburi from Camburizinho beach and empties into a small island. Its shifting course gave the name Camburi, from a Tupi term read as "river that changes", since it alternately flows into one beach or the other. On the Camburizinho side, a free-flight takeoff area was created on Morro da Vilela in 1999.
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