True Stories. Real Adventure.

Founder-led expeditions in Brazil’s
Serra do Espinhaço, for travelers who want time, depth, and understanding.

See our 2026–27 trips

Welcome to Gift of Go.

We build and guide long-form expeditions in Brazil’s Serra do Espinhaço, bringing travelers into the landscapes, stories, and ways of life that define it.

All of our routes are original, shaped by years of research, fieldwork, and relationships. Elisa and I lead each expedition ourselves, alongside men and women whose lives are tied to the range.

Time is the unlock on our trips. The miles give them shape.

The rest happens in between.

We’re glad you found your way here.

— Eddie

Collection I (2026–27): The Story of Brazil

Mountains. Myth. Motion.

Our first Collection unfolds in Brazil’s Serra do Espinhaço, a vast savannah-laced mountain range far from the country’s tourist circuit.

Here we guide long-form crossings through one of the most layered landscapes in the country, moving between little-visited conservation areas and working communities where Brazil’s deeper story is still lived.

If untouched wilderness, unfiltered culture, and weeks on the trail in a range that still feels undiscovered speak to you, this is where the story begins.

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Elisa at the church in Quartel do Indaia, Serra do Espinhaço

Riding horses through the campos in the Vale do Rio Preto, Sempre Vivas National Park

A 1989 Toyota Bandeirante on a white sand road during a storm in Sempre Vivas National Park, Minas Gerais

Levi making a campfire at his home in Taquaral, Sempre Vivas National Park

Adriano trekking through the campos de altitude in southern Minas Gerais

Taking a waterfall shower at the Cachoeira do Comércio in São Gonçalo do Rio das Pedras, Serra do Espinhaço

Our Setting (2026–27): The Serra do Espinhaço

Diamonds. Wild tales. Lost trails.

The story of Brazil is written in winding pathways, dirt roads, kitchen tables, and small villages. Few places tell it as clearly as the Serra do Espinhaço.

Once the epicenter of the world’s diamond trade, the range was largely abandoned and forgotten by the outside world for nearly two centuries.

Today it's on the edge of wider recognition as one of the most remarkable places on earth.

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The dirt road to Capivari from Milho Verde, Serra do Espinhaço

Pico do Itambé, as seen from the Trilha dos Tropeiros in Capivari, Serra do Espinhaço

Cachoeira da Pindaíba, Serra do Espinhaço

The Caminho dos Escravos in Biribiri State Park, Minas Gerais

The vereda at Fazenda Burití, Sempre Vivas National Park

The Caminho dos Escravos at sunset, Diamantina

“Moments of exhaustion, but also of
exhilaration, such as I’d never experienced
in a lifetime of travel.”

- Financial Times

Read the FT Expedition

2026–27: The Story of Brazil

The book opens here.

In 2026–27, we’re sharing the story of Brazil.
There are three ways to experience it.

Expeditions

Long-form treks and traverses in the Espinhaço, built from years of exploration in the range and guided once each year. Time is the unlock on these trips. The miles give them shape. The rest happens in between.

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Journeys

Solo crossings led by Elisa and I, shaped in the field alongside crew from across the range. There’s no fixed itinerary on these trips. Just you, a crew, and the range. For the right traveler, there’s nothing quite like them.

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Bespoke

Private expeditions for small groups and solo travelers who want to experience the range on their own terms and dates. Draw from the same original routes behind our Expeditions, or build something new.

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The GOGO Journal

Retrospections from the trail →

An Expedition with Greg

Coming Soon
13 days of bad roads, medicinal plants, and high savannah flora with American ecology professor Greg Hocutt.
Field Trip no. 12

12.17.25
20 days of new trails, old friends, and epic campsites with the Espinhaço’s most renown teen explorer—our son, Tiago.
Adriano's Journey

12.2.24
10 lush mid-October days of trekking, feasting, healing, and “total adventure” in the Espinhaço with Brazilian adventurer Adriano Rizzardo.
Interview with Márcio

11.21.24
Explorer & award-winning journalist Márcio Bortolusso looks back on his trip with GOGO in 2022. “It was one of the most magical trips of my life.”
Field Trip no. 10

06.24.24
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Captures & musings from ten (very) wet & wild days in, around & across enigmatic, glorious Sempre Vivas NP.
The FT Expedition

04.21.24
Field notes, photographs & musings from our exclusive 14-day expedition across the Serra do Espinhaço with Paul Richardson of Financial Times.
Field Trip no. 8

01.17.24
Field notes & photographs from our recent 15-day crossing of the Espinhaço, conducted in preparation for a pair of Expeditions with international journalists.