Parque Nacional Cavernas do Peruaçu Picture 3

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Caverns National Park Peruaçu is a conservation unit established in 1999 whose main objective is to protect this valuable geological and archaeological heritage that exists in this region. With an area of 56,800 ha, is located approximately 45 km from the city and 15 km from Januária Itacarambi in the northern region of Minas Gerais. With easy access, paved roads and in good condition can reach his seat.

The source data for millions of years, even when part of Brazil was submerged by the waters of an inland sea and that with the rising of the earth has dried out the water. This whole process has left a large mass of limestone which today are home to thousands of caves spread throughout Brazil. The Peruaçu River, a tributary of the Rio Sao Francisco, was closed by its natural course of such a massive and with time the erosive action of water was carving the limestone, in search of an exit.

The action of time resulted in a set of caves, many still virgins, which has attracted cavers caves in search of yet cataloged. The public visitation must be made with great care not to damage the speleothems that took millions of years to form.

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