The park is located 115 km from the capital Sao Paulo […]
It doesn’t even feel like the nervous capital of South America’s largest city is right there, 115 kilometers away.
Parque das Neblinas is located between the municipalities of Mogi das Cruzes and Bertioga and is home to an area of seven thousand hectares of Atlantic Forest with options for ecotourism activities for all visitor profiles, such as self-guided trails and canoeing on the Itatinga River.
This former area devastated by coal production is one of the largest private reserves in the Atlantic Forest, as well as serving as a buffer zone for Serra do Mar State Park.
Neblinas Park
Formerly a eucalyptus land for the steel industry in the 1940s and 1950s, the park is now managed by the Instituto Ecofuturo, a non-profit organization founded in 1999 by Suzano and responsible for managing Parque das Neblinas.
But the best story begins in 2004, when the park was inaugurated, after long work in managing the eucalyptus, conserving the springs and creating an environmental reserve. Currently Neblinas has distinguished itself for its ecotourism activities with a variety of well-structured trails, on routes ranging from innocent 360 meters to 11 kilometers in length.
The site is also a large outdoor laboratory for environmental restoration and conservation strategies, with programs in environmental education, scientific research, sustainable management and community involvement.
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What to do at Parque das Neblinas
The most popular activities are the 20 kilometers of trails, with options for self-guided and monitored routes, and easy and medium difficulty levels.
But the park also offers other activities, including cycle tourism, canoeing on the Itatinga river and a modular camping area in the middle of the forest.
Cycle tourism
R$50 Each
With your own bicycle or rented on site, this 10 kilometer itinerary can be combined with swimming in the Itatinga River and visiting Cachoeira da Pedra Riscada.
Canoe
R$125
There are 530 sources, but it is on the Itatinga river that the scenic canoeing takes place in the calm waters of this river which originates within the Parque das Neblinas, crosses the Serra do Mar and heads towards Bertioga, a municipality on the coast of São Paulo.
Canoeing in inflatable kayaks is a one-mile activity that passes through isolated areas and small rapids, often called waterfalls.
Self-guided routes
They cost R$50 per person and can be booked on Saturdays and Sundays, from 8.30am to 5pm, upon reservation.
Options include the Brejo Trail (360 meters long and easy), Inox Trail (590 m/easy), Lava Pés Trail (650 m/easy) and Cachoeira Trail (990 m/easy).
During the visit of Travel by farewe visited the Trilha das Antas (1,950 metres), a self-guided walk of low difficulty, connected by suspension bridges that give access to other paths.
“It’s super structured with steps, handrails and a suspended walkway, the main attraction of the trail,” explains guide Priscila Rodrigues Cruz, who guarantees that this is the section with the most traces of the animal from which the trail takes its name.
For R$75 per person, these same easy trails can be followed from a monitor.
Monitored routes
They cost R$75 per person and can be done from Tuesday to Sunday, from 8.30am to 5pm, upon reservation.
A Pedra Riscada path It is 10 kilometers long (return) and has a medium level of difficulty, passing through the ancient path dating back to the times of eucalyptus cultivation in the area and the Pedra Riscada Waterfall, whose name refers to the small veins of molten quartz between the rock, with a small waterfall and a swimming pool.
Already the Panoramic trail You start on an old road in the native Atlantic Forest, full of ferns and microorchids, until you reach the Itatinga River Dam, from where you can see the coast. It’s 11 kilometers of medium level walking.
Source: Terra
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