Not everything is for everyone, and it’s better to stay that way […]
In the world of tourism everything seems to have already been explored (in some cases, indeed, overexploited).
But not everything is for everyone. And it’s better to keep it that way.
Below, you’ll discover three incredible places in São Paulo where the public is not allowed to visit, such as an island on the coast infested with snakes with deadly venoms, another that was once used for military training, and even a species of Lost village, nestled in the Sea Greenhouse.
Alcatraz Archipelago
35 kilometers from the city, this group of islands is beautiful, but you will only see a small part of it.
Created in 2016, on the northern coast of São Paulo, this wildlife refuge covers 67,300 hectares and is the second largest fully protected marine conservation unit in Brazil, behind only Abrolhos, in Bahia.
This former Navy gun emplacement is an area that protects unique natural environments and endemic animal life, such as the tiny booby frog and jararaca booby. Brazil’s largest frigate nest is also home to around ten thousand seabirds that routinely fly over the archipelago.
Tourist visits can only be carried out in two ways: in scuba diving (which means that it is necessary to be certified to dive in one of the ten points, with depths from 5 to 30 metres), or in visits on board, that is, without any possibility of going down to Earth.
Queimada Grande Island
Even if you can, you won’t want to.
This piece of land 35 kilometers off the coast of Itanhaém is known as “Snake Island”.
With no beaches or landing coves, the island is dominated by 15,000 jararacas, whose bite can kill a person in just six hours. Light in color, this species reaches two meters in length and is isolated on a rocky island where its food is limited to birds, hence its ability to climb trees.
Itatinga village
(Bertioga)
Closed to tourism since 2012, this Victorian-style village was built by the British in 1910 to house employees of the Itatinga Hydroelectric Power Plant, which still supplies the port of Santos and part of the Vicente de Carvalho district.
Arriving in this hidden village in the Serra do Mar is already an attraction.
First you have to cross the Itapanhaú River by boat. From there, take a little yellow train that travels 7.5km to the village’s only street, where there are around 70 residences, as well as a medical centre, a club, a bakery and a chapel.
From time to time there is still talk of its reopening, such as the request of councilor Ney Vaz Pinto Lyra (PSDB), earlier this year, for the tourist liberation of this historical heritage of Bertioga, but there is no news yet.
According to Travel by fare learned from a resident of the village, studies are underway for a possible reopening of the site, which has already received technical visits by teams from PERB (Parque Estadual Restinga de Bertioga) and Codesp (Companhia Docas do Estado de São Paulo), currently Santos Port Authority, to evaluate paths and “possible places to visit”.
SEE THE PHOTOS OF ITATINGA VILLAGE
Source: Terra
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