Brazil Tours
Ilha do Cardoso
Brazil Travel / São Paulo – The Ilha do Cardoso State Park is an
integral protection
conservation unit of the
Atlantic
Rainforest
South-East Reserves
World Heritage Site
and part of the Mata Atlântica
Biosphere Reserve
in the State of São Paulo.
It is located 300 km southwest of the
capital and can be
accessed from colonial
Cananéia
(see map).
The estuary waters surrounding the island mirror the rainforest’s productivity and biodiversity, harboring at least 43 species of whales and dolphins and 7 species of seals. Ilha do Cardoso is also home to perhaps the largest resident population of marine tucuxi dolphins, one of the least-studied cetaceans in the world – Mountain Bike Tours / Brazil.
See also: Tour São Paulo - Curitiba / Map / Climate / Photos