Parque Juréia-Itatins 
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Parue Juréia-Itatins
The Juréia-Itatins Park, which has been under the protection of the government of São Paulo since 1987, is one of the last mata atlântica reserves in that state. With an area of almost 85,000 hectares/212,500 acres, it has 40km/25mi of quiet, clean beaches, rivers and waterfalls. In the west of the part of the Serra dos Itatins which faces the Atlantic, with its hundreds of rushing streams and waterfalls and unspoiled and luxuriant mata atlântica, there are great expanses of hardwood trees, medicinal plants and palms.
At the foot of the Juréia massif which rears up along the coast, covering an area of 3300 hectares/8250 acres, the soils are mainly sand and clay, with low-growing vegetation; higher up is highland steppe country, with vegetation characteristic of an arid climate such as orchids. Where fresh water and seawater meet there are great forests of mangroves.
The Juréia-Itatins Park, which has been under the protection of the government of São Paulo since 1987, is one of the last mata atlântica reserves in that state. With an area of almost 85,000 hectares/212,500 acres, it has 40km/25mi of quiet, clean beaches, rivers and waterfalls. In the west of the part of the Serra dos Itatins which faces the Atlantic, with its hundreds of rushing streams and waterfalls and unspoiled and luxuriant mata atlântica, there are great expanses of hardwood trees, medicinal plants and palms.
At the foot of the Juréia massif which rears up along the coast, covering an area of 3300 hectares/8250 acres, the soils are mainly sand and clay, with low-growing vegetation; higher up is highland steppe country, with vegetation characteristic of an arid climate such as orchids. Where fresh water and seawater meet there are great forests of mangroves.
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