The Tinharé & Boipeba Environmental Protection Area (APA) is a
Sustainable Use
Conservation Unit
of the
Mata Atlântica
Biosphere Reserve
in the south of the state of Bahia. It is located about 280 km southwest of
Salvador on the so-called
Dende coast. The islands are separated from each other by the Inferno - river.
The conservation unit protects several estuarine
ecosystems
of the
Atlantic
Rainforest
biome
such as
mangroves,
restinga or
tropical rainforest.
Many hiking and mountain bike options on unmarked restinga and mangrove forest trails available (Moreré, São Sebastião (Cova da Onça), Guarapuá or Morro de São Paulo). |
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