Category Archives: Serra da Mantiqueira

Marins – Itaguaré

 São Paulo / Minas Gerais, July 2010 – Pico dos Marins – Itaguaré is one of the classic traverses of the Mantiqueira – mountain range, in the borderland of São Paulo and Minas Gerais. It passes through high montane tropical and seasonal rainforest and altitude fields (campos de altitude). I felt relatively good prepared, when Bianca, her nephew and me tried this hike […]

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Serra Fina

São Paulo / Minas Gerais, September 2013 – Serra Fina, southwest of Itatiaia National Park and northeast of Marins – Itaguaré is a portion of the Mantiqueira – mountain chain, in the borderland of São Paulo and Minas Gerais. Pedra da Mina (2.798 m) is Serra da Mantiqueira´s highest summit. Serra Fina is geologically better known as […]

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