Brazil Eco Adventure Tours
Rainforest - Hiking & Biking - Wildlife

The Carlos Botelho State Park is an Integral Protection Conservation Unit of the Atlantic Rainforest Southeast Reserves World Heritage Site and part of the Mata Atlântica Biosphere Reserve in the state of São Paulo. Located 200 km south of the capital in the upper part of Serra da Paranapiacaba, the park protects one of the best conserved portions of Atlantic Rainforest / (Mata Atlântica) in southeastern Brazil (see map).

More than 220 bird species have been registered, among others there are significant populations of jacutinga (Pipile jacutinga) a bird that lives mainly from the fruit of the juçara palm tree (Euterpe edulis). The spider monkey (Brachyteles arachnoides) or muriqui is considered the biggest primate of the Americas.