The Park Estadual do Caracol is a Brazilian conservation unit in the south, in the State of Rio Grande do Sul.
Anyone who has already visited the Serra Gaúcha recognizes the satisfaction that is rest, stroll and enjoy the pleasures offered. The beauties of Canela, today are known throughout the country. The nature and their points of attraction are responsible for the growth of the city, which receives annually more than 2,500,000 visitors.. A natural symbol of the city is the greater the Caracol Waterfall, one of your postcards, situated seven kilometers from the center.Formed by the Arroio same name, the Caracol Park has 25 hectares.
Visitors have already in the park entrance feel the pure air provided by closed vegetation that is only distributed by ecological trails. The Caracol Park is easy visitation, indicative cards are by all sides giving the opportunity for people to choose the best path and the location you want to visit. The point of greatest curiosity, the cascade is usually the first stop.With an excellent infrastructure with a lookout surrounded, all have full security to appreciate the baleza of water fall, photograph, film or only observe. The view of the cascade can be appreciated even by some meters by a trail, also surrounded for who wants a remembrance of the place of different angle.
After passing through play ground, arrives to another attraction, the staircase of 927 steps that leads to the base of the waterfall. In addition, the visitor can find in the Caracol Park an excellent restaurant, local craft, with options of meshes, chocolates, prints, postcards, art in wood and much more.
Spanish Steps: with 927 steps, the challenge in lowering and raising it is gratifying. In the midst of the vegetation, banks are strategically located for a small rest. To arrive at its end, the surprise: the single view of the cascade upwards with the right to many water droplets.
Barbecue Grills: Spend a whole day in the park is very easy. The hours are replaced and not if note. In a quite area lined there are several barbecue grills accompanied by table and seats, many with coverage, close to bathrooms, with a large area of Gramado and around trees providing shade for sports offering greater peace of mind.
Trails: The trails easier to walk through the woods. Fully structured and flagged guides the adventurers with total safety forwarding them to the subframe of the cascade where the water still calm gives beginning its descent.
Observatory: a tower of 30m located within the park, where you have a fascinating panoramic view of 360 degrees of the Caracol waterfall and the location. A panoramic elevator leads the visitor to the glazed platform to 27 meters in height. The local area offers a beautiful view 360of the park. The landscape is stunning. There are binoculars available and you can appreciate the fauna and flora of the region. In addition to the spectacle of the cascade, the view from the belvedere original, it is observed other waterfalls until then unknown.
The 800 meters in altitude above sea level, the climate is temperate, which provides beautiful spectacles to our eyes, both the sunset, about the famous darkness in the days of cold. The tower has 27 meters high and was built in metallic structure, coated glass, with a central lift with panoramic view to the top. With capacity for 120 people, leisure option is nice, safe and fun for the whole family.
Dream alive: Inside from Caracol Park you can enjoy a delicious the train tour conducted by driver affectionately known as Zé the whistle. The stroll tells a little of the history of immigration, of the first train travel by the region and the importance of preserving nature. The train takes passengers to the village of immigrants, a lively and entertaining place where the animals lives the habits and traditions of German and Italian immigrants.
A fun way to tell the story of immigration from the south of the country and the interaction with the nature environment. Come and see! Attraction for all ages.