Parque Nacional da Serra do Itajaí Picture 1

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The park brings an area of ​​57,374 hectares and altitudes from 80 to 1039 meters, with many morrarias, trails, waterfalls and breathtaking falls in the Atlantic Forest, and contributes greatly to the preservation of fauna and flora that survive in this biome threatened and one of richest in biodiversity of our planet.

Installed on an extremely undulating topography, covered by lush Atlantic forest and home to numerous sources, the Parque Nacional da Serra do Itajai is a complex of unparalleled scenic beauty and rich biodiversity, where still surviving species of flora and fauna officially recognized as endangered . The unit houses a significant portion of the remaining Atlantic forest biome in Brazil, now reduced to only 7.84% of its original area (Source: INPE, SOS Atlantic Forest and Environmental Institute). The National Park covers nine municipalities of Santa Catarina (Indaial, Blumenau, Botuverá, Gaspar, Vidal Ramos, Apiúna, Guabiruba, and President Ascurra Nereus).

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