PETAR is not only a place for resting and enjoying the nature. It is also a place for practicing extreme sports.

See below what the visitor, who is looking for a rush of adrenaline, can expect.

Bóia-cross
It is a recent sport, also knowing as “aqua-ride”, which arises in PETAR. Consist in going down a river chute with a tied truck tube. It has begun with the speleologists who, exploring the waterlogged caves make use of buoy. At the end of the exploration, by fun, the speleologists went down the Bethary river with buoys in order to reach the District of the Serra. Nowadays, bóia-cross turned up a fad between the local population and the visitors of PETAR. This made the Bethary River one of the stage of the Brazilian Championship of Bóia-cross.

Caving
Cave exploring, or caving, is the recreational companion of speleology, which is the scientific study of natural caves. Sport that consists in caves exploration and preservation of caves, breaking limits and obstacles, using techniques of alpinism and free climbing. PETAR offers the biggest option in exploring beautiful caves, with several difficult levels

Rappel
Technique used by alpinism to overcome natural obstacles. It uses a rope and specifics accessories to descending places of different highs, like for example, the entrance of a cave. Rappel has today many practicers in Brazil and all over the world. The Pousada das Cavernas Inn offers courses of rappel and vertical techniques.

Trekking
A walk of few or many days up and down trail, hills and forests is called trekking. Trekking has many difficult degrees. PETAR is an excellent place for the practice of this sport, with beautiful trails, great landscapes, passing through rivers, mountains and caves.

Montain Bike
PETAR is a very good place for practicing this sport, with many trails of different difficult levels. The Pousada das Cavernas can help you preparing great itinerary for groups or even for few people who intend to ride in the region.

Adventure Racing
Adventure Racing is one of the few sports where just completing a race is often considered a victory, challenging both the mind and the body. Another driving factor in Adventure racing is the emphasis that is placed on teamwork, rather than individual achievement. Adventure Racing is considered a kind of human endure, having as a central goal join several adventure sports  (trekking, mountain/road biking, kayaking or canoeing, rafting, swimming, rappel, orienteering, etc) and aware of environmental. In short, a mixture of multi sport expedition with marathon. This sport is growing substantially all over the world and is getting strength in Brazil.