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Pipa, in the words of the Lonely Planet Guide of Brazil, is hidden within one of the last "tiny pockets" of virgin Atlantic forest still remaining in the Northeast, having escaped the ravages of the sugar cane   exploitation during Brazil's colonial era. II has been a hidden ecological paradise for centuries, known only to a few people outside of the fishing culture which lives here.

The leading Brazilian guidebook, Quatro Rodas (ed. 1996), as well as the national TV Globo network, elected Pipa as one of the top-ten most beautiful beaches in the
country.

Probably because of its peculiar mix of inhabitants (population: approximately 1500 people), Pipa developed a better ecological conscience than most other Brazilian tourist places of the same ilk. the majority of the population is, of course, native, but the fact that most of the commerce is in the hands of foreigners has no doubt contributed to this broader awareness