One of the last contiguous Atlantic coastal assets in Brazil.
Entre Rios Villas & Resorts holds 3,650 contiguous hectares on the northern coast of Bahia, with approximately 9 km of Atlantic frontage, integrated within the Northern Coast Environmental Protection Area. An asset of rare scale, with a phased territorial development plan in partnership with GALT.
Photo: @massarandupio.tur.br
Glamping, beach club, residences — one destination, in phases.
Three thousand six hundred and fifty contiguous hectares on the northern coast of Bahia. Nine kilometres of Atlantic frontage, inland lagoons, preserved restinga and the fauna that endured here. The masterplan under development articulates seven complementary typologies over more than ten years — from a soft opening with ephemeral hospitality to the beachfront residences that will sustain long-term patrimonial value.
What is under study in the masterplan.
Not a massive resort, not a horizontal subdivision. A coastal village with several layers — hospitality, dining, retail, residences and wellbeing — articulated in sequence, over time.
1 · Glamping & cabanas
Inaugural phase with ephemeral hospitality in bamboo, timber and textile structures elevated above dunes and restinga. Fast deployment, reversible assembly, low footprint.
2 · Beach club
A seaside pavilion at sand level. Communal tables, fish and seafood from neighbouring communities, sophisticated Afro-Bahian cuisine.
3 · Restaurants
Dining points across the estate — signature restaurant, bakery-café, beach bar, seasonal chef residencies. A living kitchen with local ingredients.
4 · Social club
Members and residents club. Shared pool, tennis and padel, events space, curated cultural programming, seasonal surf and sailing calendar.
5 · Shops & studios
A discreet retail street — beachwear boutique, bookshop, local artisans studios, gourmet grocery. Retail at the scale of a village, not a mall.
6 · Beachfront residences
Houses and apartments integrated into the landscape in contained typologies (60–260 m²). Private and shared pools. Branded residences with leading hospitality operators.
7 · Retreats & wellbeing
Spa, yoga, forest bathing, extended retreats, stargazing. A wellness layer across all typologies, anchored in silence and preserved vegetation.
Project directions under study within the territorial masterplan, in joint development with hospitality partners, architects specialised in landscape integration and reference operators. Subject to environmental licensing and joint development with neighbouring communities. Images are conceptual references — not approved projects.
We did not start from scratch.
Since 2022 Entre Rios has been working with Sidney Quintela — Bahian architect with signature work at Anantara Baixio — to design the first coastal facilities: beach pavilions, duplex bungalows, kiosks, restaurant. In parallel, the Massarandupió sub-brand was built — a visual identity designed for the place.
Facilities under study
Beach pavilions 158 m² · Duplex bungalow 2 suites 100 m² · Kiosks 30 and 9 m² · Restaurant with covered hall 75 m² · pergola and sand-level deck.
Massarandupió sub-brand
Visual identity designed for the place — organic logo (palm leaf + waves), jute bags, beach signage, recycled rattan baskets, "clean beach" programme.
Preliminary study delivered by AUR · Sidney Quintela Arquitetura (2022). It does not constitute an approved or licensed project — an aesthetic and functional direction that informs the masterplan now under development with GALT.
Real estate value with environmental and social stewardship.
A single contiguous asset on the northern coast of Bahia — where responsible development is not stewardship versus development, but both at once.
Rare scale
A single contiguous block with ~9 km of Atlantic frontage — along the northeastern coast, the overwhelming majority of areas are fragmented across hundreds of owners.
Under protection
More than two thirds of the territory are managed under strict protection or permanent conservation — ecological integrity is part of the value equation, not a cost against it.
Continuous dialogue
Two decades of continuous dialogue with Massarandupió and Subaúma — a relationship we treat as a permanent condition, not something already secured.
Long horizon
Decisions made for the long term, not the quarter — with qualified local employment generated across each cycle phase: licensing, infrastructure, operation, hospitality.
The key point: in comparable projects in northeastern Brazil, investors usually choose between scale and environmental integration, between development and an established community relationship. Entre Rios aims not to require that choice — the asset's structure and two decades of territorial presence create the conditions for all three to move together. That combination is what makes the asset hard to replicate.
Costa dos Coqueiros · Municipality of Entre Rios · Bahia.
The asset sits on the Linha Verde (BA-099) corridor, the main tourism artery of Bahia's northern coast. 80 km from Salvador and from the International Airport, 41 km from Praia do Forte. Consolidated tourism hubs — Costa do Sauípe, Praia do Forte, Imbassaí — lie within a few kilometres.
Legend
- Entre Rios asset · ~3,650 contiguous ha
- Salvador International Airport
- Reference tourism hubs
Internal composition
- ~2,000 ha in environmental protection zones (APA Litoral Norte)
Zoning totals may partially overlap; values are indicative. Per-registry detail available in the data room.
Envelope perimeter of the asset shown in aggregated form. Detailed land-tenure structure by registry available in the data room, under NDA. Areas in registry regularisation represent about 7.6% of the asset, in formal process.
The municipality of Entre Rios has approximately 41,000 inhabitants (IBGE 2024 estimate), with an economy centred on agriculture, agro-industry and emerging tourism. The municipal seat is approximately 30 km from the asset, with access via the BA-099 and local branches.
The region is in accelerated transformation. The Bahia North Coast axis, stretching from Salvador to Mangue Seco, has recorded the highest growth in domestic and international visitors among all Brazilian northeastern coastlines over the past ten years. The consolidation of hubs such as Costa do Sauípe (Marriott, Iberostar, Sauípe Resorts), Praia do Forte (Tivoli, Iberostar) and Imbassaí (Iberostar) has created a mature tourism-residential cluster — service chain, qualified local labour, consolidated air traffic.
Corporate fact sheet.
Entre Rios Villas & Resorts Ltda.
Private limited company (Ltda.)
April 2001 · Bahia
CNPJ 04.376.016/0001-54
Northern coast of Bahia · APA Litoral Norte
Milestones along the institutional path.
A public summary of the principal milestones of Entre Rios from incorporation to the current licensing cycle.
Incorporation of the company
Sale of 1,000 ha to AguaDuna
Forestry partnership with Bracell
Partnership with GALT · administrative transition · Master Plan
Environmental licensing cycle
The people who look after the territory.
Permanent operational team on the ground and technical partners for the territorial project.
Operational team
Lailson Souza
Field supervision
Security supervision and coordination of field works — timber measurement, clearing, fence maintenance. Long-standing local reference.
Melina Leite
Forestry · Communications
Forestry engineering and Bracell partnership coordination; institutional communications and ongoing relationship with the associations and communities of Massarandupió and Subaúma.
Real estate project team
Gilberto Guerra
GAIA · Environmental Impact Studies
GAIA Consultoria Ambiental — leads the Environmental Impact Studies and the process of Zoning Alteration of the APA Litoral Norte (AZUC).
Sidney Quintela
Architecture · Master Plan
Architect responsible for the urbanistic design of the territorial master plan and technical drawings supporting licensing.
Associations, institutions and partners.
References with whom we maintain regular institutional dialogue, on the ground and within the regulatory framework.
The territory is home to artisanal fishers, shellfish gatherers, family farmers and traditional communities of Massarandupió and Subaúma — an integral part of the cultural landscape of the Costa dos Coqueiros. The associations listed — AMAM, ADAM, AMANAT, CMEC — are local voices we engage with directly, and whose autonomy we respect.
Local community
Institutions
Partners
What we support.
Over the years, Entre Rios has supported a regular set of local initiatives — cultural, educational, social and infrastructure.
These actions typically result from direct requests by the associations themselves and reflect priorities expressed by the communities. They do not substitute — they are complementary to — the structured social and environmental impact plan to be formally defined within the ongoing environmental licensing process.
Structural support
Massarandupió Water Pumping Station
Entre Rios ceded 147 m² (7×21 m) for the construction of the Water Pumping Station — the central piece of the Simplified Water Supply System led by CERB. It is the most substantial infrastructure we have supported: it provides treated water to the community, in partnership with the municipality and the state operator.
Other regular contributions
Education (Escolinha ELLEN, Canto de Massarandupió choir), social assistance (basic food baskets, ADAM headquarters), community culture (Pedala Litoral, Arraiá, Lavagem, festivities) and ad-hoc infrastructure (beach bridge, water pump, civilian firefighters, beach clean-up drives).
Initiatives on the northern coast of Bahia.
For territorial context, we record projects with relevant presence on the same coastal strip in which Entre Rios is located.
Councils we sit on.
Entre Rios is a member-councillor in the main territorial and environmental forums of the region:
- CONDEMA — Municipal Environment Council of Entre Rios
- CONTUR — Municipal Tourism Council of Entre Rios
- Regional Technical Chamber of Tourism of Costa dos Coqueiros
- Management Council of the APA Litoral Norte — the conservation unit that includes the entire asset
Active participation in these forums is part of how we understand territorial stewardship — continuous dialogue with authorities, communities and technical experts.