Getting from Lençóis to Morro de São Paulo

I'd like to travel quickly and cheap from Lençóis (in Chapada Diamantina) to Morro de São Paulo. I'm aware that there are night buses from Lençóis to Salvador, where I could take a ferry to Morro de São Paulo (information from Lonely Planet).

But I also read that it might be an option to take a lanchia from Valença to Morro de São Paulo, which might be 10 times cheaper. I read that I have to change buses in Feira de Santana, since there is no direct connection from Lençóis to Valença. But I didn't find any official information about that bus connection.

I am not Brazilian and therefore do not have a CPF, but I'd like to order the tickets in advance. If this is not possible, okay, I'm fine with that. But I need to have official information where to get the tickets in Brazil.

So, does anyone have information about that bus connection (Feira de Santana to Valença) or does anyone know a better way to get from Lençóis to Morro de São Paulo?

Best Answer

There's a ferry that takes one hour from Valenca to Morro which costs 20R$. From Salvador, you first have to take a ferry to Bom Despacho, which also takes about an hour, at 4R$ to 6R$, depending on the day, followed by a bus from Bom Despacho to Valenca, taking about two hours, at about 20R$.

The direct catamaran from Salvador to Morro is said to take 2 hours (but apparently takes closer to 3) and costs about 80R$

I'm convinced you'd be able to get local transport to Valenca through Feira. Online information is... confusing, at best. temonibus only lists connections that require a transfer (without the details), while Aguabranca appears to go direct but referring to Valenca as 'Entrada de Valenca'. On Aguabranca, the trip takes about three hours and costs 25R$.

(Edit: I traveled from Salvador to Morro in March 2015.)