Parque Nacional do Pico da Neblina

Parque Nacional do Pico da Neblina

Some 500km/300mi farther upstream, on the north bank of the Rio Negro, is the Pico da Neblina National Park, established in 1979, occupying an area of 2,200,000 hectares/5,500,000 acres in the commune of São Gabriel da Cachoeira. Within the park, in the Serra do Imeri, which extends along the frontier between Brazil and Venezuela, are the two mightiest peaks in the country, the Pico 31 de Março (2992m/9817ft) and the Pico da Neblina (3014m/9889ft), Brazil's highest mountain.

Indian villages

The park marks the southern boundary of Yanomami territory, which extends to north-western Roraima, on the frontier with Venezuela. Among the native Indian tribes are the Tukano, whose villages