| Caravelas | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | Brazil |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Caravelas in Brazil |
| Coordinates: | -17.732°N -39.266°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Brazil |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 2377.889 |
| Elevation M: | 10 |
| Population As Of: | 2020[1] |
| Population Total: | 22,093 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | BRT |
| Utc Offset1: | -3 |
Caravelas is a city of about 20,000 inhabitants in southern Bahia, Brazil, a few miles above the mouth of the Caravelas River.
Caravelas was founded in 1581 by Portuguese settlers. It was once the centre of a flourishing whale fishery. It is the port of the Bahia & Minas railway pt. Caravelas is the nearest town to the uninhabited Abrolhos Archipelago.[2] The city contains part of the Cassurubá Extractive Reserve, a sustainable use conservation unit that protects an area of mangroves, river and sea where shellfish are harvested.
The city is served by Caravelas Airport.