ILHABELA 

Among the two largest urban centers - Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo is located 
Ilhabela has 85% of its area is protected by an eco-park has fallen and now one of 
best preserved pockets of Atlantic Rainforest in São Paulo. 

With access by ferry, crossing 15 minutes, landing in a setting virtually untouched 
exuberant nature. Isolated fishing communities such as the Beach and mixed Castelhanos the stories of pirates and shipwrecks make the magic of Ilhabela. More than 43 beaches, waterfalls 300 and mountains with altitudes ranging from 600 to 1300 meters are perfect conditions to take nature, diving, adventure in the forest or navigate your March 

Observe carefully the nature of an oceanic island is to understand a little the evolution of life on Land. Beaches exuberant. Ridges and peaks of mountains over 1300 meters of altitude covered with forest. Thousands of streams that are launched down the slopes in over 250 waterfalls of all sizes. Rivers that meander forming the coastal plain wetlands in search of the sea. Islands, large and small, rocky islands and ledges that are home to a rich and diverse flora and fauna. All these scenarios can be enjoyed in the Park of Ilhabela. 

The 27.025 hectares of the park include 85% of the municipality of Ilhabela, Ilha de São Sebastião, headquarters the city, the islands of Búzios, the Victory, and other formations that make up the archipelago and in the Network of Protected Areas. The island of St. Sebastian, the largest of the archipelago, presents a rather sharp relief, especially the peaks of Baepi, with 1025 m, the Parrot, 1307 in the midst of San Sebastian, with 1379 m These features form a large barrier to moisture-laden winds coming from the sea. For this reason, the climate is humid and tropical, with high rainfall. 

The Atlantic Forest and associated ecosystems, like the salt marshes and mangroves, home to hundreds of mammals such as the capuchin monkey, the squirrel and the increasingly rare ocelot. Tucanos parrots, tie-bloods, macucos, hawk-eagle, Apuim-clas-back-yellow, and guan guan, among other birds, birds make up the park. Some species are endemic (only exist in this ecosystem), as the cane toad, a furry mouse who lives in the restinga of Ilhabela. 
0 archipelago also serves as a refuge for migratory birds that there are hostel 
and food during the interval of the great days that perform each year. 


Older paths used by caiçaras lead to all corners of the island. 
In the park area is established the Path of White Water, with 2145 meters long. A 
Road of Castile is the reference that path of medium difficulty. How attractive, the 
visitor observes the richness of Atlantic Forest vegetation as a fig tree, stick alligator, 
guapuruvu, manacá-cia-saw and quaresmeira. A little luck and many species of birds, 
as the tango, the crack-iron, the interloper and the woodpecker can be seen, as well as squirrel, a species of squirrel eats seeds. 


But the waterfalls and natural pools of crystalline water is the great spectacle and a 
irresistible invitation to the visitor. 0 Stone Pool is the first one, which is little more 
100 meters from the trailhead. The 500 meters is the waterfall staircase, and as a result, the shower 
and the slide.