Surrounded by the ocean on one side, and
the Inferno River estuary on the other, this island is of rare natural beauty,
home to a great variety of ecosystems. mboi pewa - is a Tupy Indian word which
means flat snake, in reference to a sea turtle, giving the name to the island
of Boipeba. Boipeba is home to a dense Atlantic rainforest, and with its salt
marshes, sand dunes, extensive mangroves, and paradisiacal coconut-palmed
beaches and reefs, it is a world of ecological diversity. The reefs are found
up and down the coast, sheltering the beaches from waves and ocean currents.
The wide reefs are
