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Aparados da Serra National Park

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The Aparados da Serra National Park is an Integral Protection Conservation Unit of the Mata Atlântica Biosphere Reserve in the state of Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina. It is located 190 km southwest of Porto Alegre and 20 km south of Cambará do Sul.

Similar to the adjacent park of Serra Geral and São Joaquim further in the north, the Aparados da Serra national park protects 10.250 ha of the ecosystems mixed tropical rainforest (floresta ombrófila mista or araucaria) and altitude fields of the Atlantic Rainforest / (Mata Atlântica) biome which occur above the canyons and highlands of the Serra Geral Formation in this part of the Paraná Basin.
 
The main ecotouristic attractions of the park are the trekking / hiking & mountain bike trails to the canyons Itaimbezino (from above and below), and Faxinalzinho such as to the Andorinhas and Véu de Noiva waterfalls.
 
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