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Ilhabela Stays for Your Dive Trip

Stays · Destination Guide

Ilhabela

Shipwrecks and sanctuary reefs backed by Atlantic Forest waterfalls

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Plan your stay

Accommodation listings are not available for this destination yet. Use the local planning notes to choose your base.

Getting there

Ilhabela is reached by road plus a short ferry crossing.

Fly into Sao Paulo (GRU or CGH) or Sao Jose dos Campos (SJK), then drive to the Sao Sebastiao ferry terminal (continental side).
Cross to Ilhabela by the state-run ferry (pedestrians cross easily; vehicles queue and can use reservations).
From the Ilhabela ferry terminal (Barra Velha), most hotels and dive operators are a short drive or bus ride along the channel-side coastal road.

Getting around

Getting around Ilhabela is easiest along the channel-side road. - Bus: the municipal bus system connects south-to-north neighborhoods.

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