Every nature video worth watching in Florianopolis — in one place

Florianópolis is not just a beach destination, and the interior of the island reveals a different kind of landscape that most first-time visitors ignore. The island’s centre is mountainous — forested hills, hiking trails, and sweeping coastal viewpoints — while the Lagoa da Conceição area combines freshwater lake swimming with sand dune sandboarding in a single visit. Hiking trails of varying difficulty are accessible via the AllTrails app according to one creator, with the routes Trilha Bom Vista, Gravatá, and Caminho da Costa da Oa cited as strong options. The Lagoa do Peri, a freshwater lagoon in the south of the island, is the quieter alternative to the more touristed Conceição, and offers a different ecological character with dense Atlantic Forest backing right up to the water. Importantly, the island’s lush topography is one of the reasons it earned the nickname Ilha da Magia — the Island of Magic — a designation that becomes legible once you are hiking above the coast rather than lying on it.

The “Florianopolis Travel Guide: 5 Things to Do” video covers the hiking trails most thoroughly, mapping difficulty levels against viewpoint quality — useful if you are deciding whether the trail effort is worth it before committing a half day. The “TOP 5 Floripa” video handles the nature and town combination, including the fishing village of Santo Antônio de Lisboa as the best sunset spot on the island. Pair these two to cover both the active-outdoors and the scenic-passive ends of Florianópolis nature — the hiking guide for effort-to-reward calibration, the “TOP 5” for a more leisurely nature itinerary.