About Natal Inhabitants: 800 000 Location: 2500 kilometers north Rio de janerio Flight time: Rio de janerio-Natal 4,5 hours Language: Portuguese Climate: Tropical Time difference: minus 3 hours Currency: Real Electricity: 220 v Natal, in the northeast of Brazil, has lately grown into a very popular city for tourists to visit. Natal has a lot to offer, beautiful beaches, a large range of great restaurants. Don’t miss their speciality shrimp sizzled in garlic! The price level in Natal is low. You eat for a very low price, the main courses are often meant for 2 persons. In (the tourist area) Ponta negra you spend most of the time on the beach. It is in Ponta negra most of the restaurants are located. If you would like to do anything else but visiting the beach, you could join a jeeptour on the countryside. Why not try a beachbuggy on the giant sanddunes?