Brazil Tours
Carlos Botelho
Ecotravel & Tours / Brazil – The Carlos Botelho State Park is an
integral protection
conservation unit
of the
Atlantic
Rainforest
South-East Reserves
World Heritage Site
and Mata Atlântica
Biosphere Reserve
in the State of São Paulo.
It is located in the upper part of the
Paranapiacaba mountain range, 200 km southwest of the
capital
(see map).
More than 220 bird species have been registered here, among others significant populations of jacutinga (Pipile jacutinga) a bird that lives mainly from the fruit of the juçara palm tree (Euterpe edulis). Carlos Botelho also protects the endemic spider monkey (Brachyteles arachnoides) or muriqui, the largest primate in the Americas.
From a total population of 1.200 species living in Brazil, approximately 600 to 800 can be found within the border of the park. This and other endangered species as the Jaguar (Panthera Onça) are evidence of the high degree of conservation of this conservation unit – Travel to Brazil / Tours.
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