Brazil Eco Adventure Tours
Rainforest - Hiking & Trekking - Wildlife

The Maraú Environmental Protection Area (APA) is a Sustainable Use Conservation Unit of the Mata Atlântica Biosphere Reserve in the state of Bahia. The peninsula is located on the so - called Dende coast 200 km south of Salvador, 100 km north of Ilheus and 30 km from Itacaré.

The peninsula separates the Atlantic Ocean in the east from the Maraú River and the Camamu Bay in the west. The conservation unit protects a large number of coastal Atlantic Rainforest ecosystems such as mangroves, restinga and tropical rainforest. There are several traditional fishing villages on Maraú such as Maraú village, Taipu de Dentro, Campinho (west) or Algodões and Saquaíra (east)