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Sibauma

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Sibauma is a little village 4 km south of Pipa. The developments in and around Pipa have had their influences in the villages nearby. Also in Sibauma the first hotels ans apartments are being built; a luxurious SPA has recently been opened. You can already see it on www.kilombovillas.com. The price of land is relatively low compared to Pipa and Tibau do Sul, which makes investments here interesting.

Lika Pipa and Tibau do Sul the coastline here is protected by the government (IDEMA) which has strict rules as to percentage of the land you can build on and the altitude of the buildings, which can only be two stories high. All of this to keep the surroundings as green and beautiful as they are. The beach in Sibauma has extra protection because of the breading of sea turtles. Buggies cannot drive on the beach like they do on other beaches on the coastline of Rio Grande do Norte.

"Projeto Tamar" is a national project for the protection of sea turtles. This year alone the project found 150 turtle nests along our beaches. These were monitored until the young turtles hatched. Considering that an adult turtle lays an average of 120 eggs, between the years 2001 and 2003 more than 40,000 baby turtles ran across the beaches of Pipa to the sea.

Although this might sound like a lot of turtles the environment is very hostile towards them. Even after 150 million years of existence they are easily caught. In fact only one or two out of every thousand survive to reach adulthood (when they can live up to 70 or 100 years).

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Tibau do Sul

Tibau do Sul is the name of a village, but also of the community that for example Pipa and Sibauma belong to. The village Tibau do Sul is growing in the tourist sector; several new hotels and condominio are being built and the plans for a shopping centre are also further developed. In the broadly set up infrastructure of the village you will already find a lot of little shops, but growing tourism asks for more. As in Pipa you will find internet bars, public transport and a very good medical centre, which is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The medical centre is the biggest in this region and has even started some surgery.

Pipa

Pipa is a village that started to grow 10 years ago when the government put an asphalt road from Natal to Pipa and more and more surfers came to the village to spend their spare time and vacations there. The surfers where looking for a cheap and short stay and found their way to the pousadas; their number increased rapidly and even now you will find more pousadas than hotels in Pipa.
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Exotica in Pipa

As we described before a lot of investments are being done in Pipa, Tibau and Sibauma; hotels, condominio, shops etc. are being built. De colourful and positive atmosphere will also be strengthened the coming years by several cultural initiatives. One of these initiatives is called "Exotica".
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Natal

Natal, "Cidade do Sol", the city of the sun, has about 800.000 inhabitants and not only has most hours of sun in Brazil as a positive feature, but also the cleanest air and the lowest crime and violence rate of Brazil. The city was founded on 25^th of December 1599 and this is still celebrated in December as "Carnatal". Carnatal is an early version of the official Carnaval in February; an explosion of culture, theatre, dance, religion and especially music, underneath you will find a short description. Carnaval can be celebrated in December and in February, but also in the other months of the year there is always something to celebrate.