Category Archives: Serra do Mar
Serra do Mar State Park
Perequê
São Paulo, Feburary 2010 – Perequê river flows through the southwestern portion of the Itutinga – Piloes section of Serra do Mar State Park. It divides the Cubatão and Poço mountain ranges and is Cubatão´s main eco – attraction. The actual kind of trail that partly joins the stream is of historical importance because it corresponds […]
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Rio de Janeiro, July 2008 – Paraty / Corisco – Praia da Fazenda / Piçinguaba is an important historical rainforest trail in the borderland of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. It runs through the Serra da Bocaina National Park and Serra do Mar State Park (Núcleo Piçinguaba) which in this area are partly overlapping. […]
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São Paulo, October 2013 – Água Branca is the name given to the main waterfall of the Maranduba river which with 120 meters is the largest one in São Paulo State. It is located at about 700 height meters in the Caraguatatuba section of Serra do Mar State Park and the trailhead can be accessed from a […]
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São Paulo, September 2010 – Ribeirão do Itu flows through the southwestern portion of the São Sebastião section of Serra do Mar State Park. The historical trail connects Boiçucanga with the Rio Pardo sand road, also known as Estrada da Petrobrás (Antiga Estrada Dória) that leads from Salesópolis to Porto Novo (Caraguatatuba). During colonial times, […]
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São Paulo, March 2010 – Itapanhaú river is located in the northeastern portion of the Itutinga – Piloes section of Serra do Mar State Park, in the municiples of Mogi das Cruzes and Bertioga. It combines Mata Atlântica submontane and lowland ecosystems such as a vast restinga vegetation before Bertioga which some years ago was declared state […]
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