The Pariquera - Abaixo
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.
It is located 200 km south of the capital and can be
accessed by an unpaved road from the village of Pariquera - Açu
(see
map).
Pariqera - Abaixo, which is also called Campina Encantada is famous for its methane
gas deposits produced by natural combustion of organic material that has been
accumulated in its soil due the the constant and periodic flooding of the area.
Liberating the gas from the soil can create up to 80 cm high flames (fogo encantado).
