Park do Caracol / Rio Grande do Sul-Brasil

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.

 Less than a kilometer from Caracol Park, the Park of the cable car in Cinnamon (RS), offers tour with panoramic views of the cascade and still counts with belvederes and trails.

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.

Unipraias Park /Santa Catarina – Brazil

The Unipraias Park is one of the places that you cannot fail to know. The tour starts in the Barra Sul station, where it rises, the cable car up the station Atlantic Forest. The stop in the middle of the Atlantic, on the Morro, offers visitors a beautiful view of the most varied belvederes - this is the hour of use and abuse of their photo camera. You can observe both the edge of the central beach, full of buildings, such as the north coast.

It is also possible to go hiking, descend in the sled or simply continue in the cable car up the Laranjeiras Beach - a favorite tourists, through transparent waters and by the infrastructure (R$ 30).

Tanguá Park/ Curitiba / Brazil

The Tanguá Park is one of the major parks of the city of Curitiba, capital of the Brazilian state of Paraná. Is located in the north region of the city.

Occupies an area of 235 thousand m² , and ensures the preservation of North Basin of the Barigüi river, close to your source, in the municipality of Almirante Tamandaré. Has two lakes and an artificial tunnel. It is also equipped with anchorage, bike path, the race track, cafeteria and two car parks for cars (in the lower and upper area).

In the upper area is located Poty Lazzarotto Garden, inaugurated on 6 June 1998 by the then Prefect Cassio Taniguchi. The name is a homage to the local artist Poty Lazzarotto. Annex, there is a belvedere at 65m from the lake of lower area.

Ilha do Campeche, Florianópolis - SC

 The Campeche Island is located on the east coast of Florianopolis, in front of the Campeche beach. Beautiful location and formed by rocky coasts and hills covered with Atlantic Forest. The only beach of the island has fine sand and very clear and its waters are an invitation to diving and relaxation, ranging between the green and the turquoise.

Endowed with a rich ecosystem, Campeche Island was registered by the National Institute of Historical and Artistic Heritage in 2000, as archeological heritage and landscape. And, to maintain the preservation of the site, is allowed to maximum 800 persons per day to visit the island.

The archaeological sites are one of the main attractions of Campeche. The inscriptions attract scholars and tourists. Ancient peoples left their records by there, as geometric symbols, arrows, zoomorfos, anthropomorphic and masks.

Fortunately, with tipping of the island, the native vegetation remains preserved, occupying an area of 52 hectares. However, she ran a serious risk when the first colonizers began to remove the pau-Campeche, used for dyeing tissues, and with manioc plantations that would serve to feed fishermen.

The Campeche Island is under the care of the Association Couto Magalhães and under the responsibility of other associations that have assumed responsibility in conserving and preserving the location.

For the tourist who is interested in visiting the Island, the trails are monitored. Visits are conducted through boats, that dock on the Enseada beach. 

Moreover, this is the only place where tourists have permission to stay. Anyone who wishes to know the rocky shores, the archaeological sites and monuments on the rocky should hire monitors. There is a value to be charged and that depends on the trail. The visitors is prohibited camping, make bonfires, touch or take the animals and plants of the site.

Swim in the sea :

With protected waters and depths of 3m to 8m, Campeche 
Island is one of the places indicated for the practice of free diving, without the aid of equipment for respiration, in Florianópolis. It is possible to rent snorkel and fins on the island itself.

This is an unforgettable experience. If you like ecological adventures, come spend pleasant moments in Campeche Island!