Ponta da Lagoinha: The Beach Where Africa and Brazil Were Once the Same Mountain Range
520 million years ago, the rocks at Ponta da Lagoinha were part of a mountain range as tall as the Himalayas — formed when South America and Africa collided into a single landmass. Today it's a quiet stretch of natural pools and folded stone most visitors to Búzios walk straight past. Here's why it's worth stopping.
There's a spot in Búzios where the rocks under your feet are old enough to remember a version of Earth with one fewer ocean on it. It's called Ponta da Lagoinha, and it doesn't announce itself. No sign-worthy beach club, no crowd, nothing that screams "stop here" the way Praia do Forno's pink sand does a few minutes down the road. What it has instead is something most visitors never think to look for at a beach: a genuinely staggering geological story, written directly into the stone. The Mounta…