Chapada dos Guimarães National Park

The Chapada dos Guimarães National Park in the State of Mato Grosso 65 kilometres from the city of Cuiabá, is commonly known as Chapada dos Guimarães. Situated north of the Pantanal, it is a jagged continuous escarpment of reddish sandstone with drops of up to 400 metres. Considered as the geodesic centre of South America, rivers rise there which go to form two of the largest and most important river basins in the world – the Amazon and the Plata. Situated at 800 metres above sea level the Chapada possesses a pleasant climate and can reach low temperatures in winter, mainly in July and August. A region of rare beauty, it also has beautiful waterfalls and rock formations, covered by small forests, clear fields and open pasture with stunted vegetation.