The Cachoeira da Fumaça State Park ( pt, Parque Estadual da Cachoeira da Fumaça) is a

state park State parks are parks or other protected areas managed at the sub-national level within those nations which use "state" as a political subdivision. State parks are typically established by a state to preserve a location on account of its natural ...

in the state of

Espírito Santo Espírito Santo (, , ; ) is a state in southeastern Brazil. Its capital is Vitória, and its largest city is Serra. With an extensive coastline, the state hosts some of the country's main ports, and its beaches are significant tourist attra ...

, Brazil, known for a dramatic waterfall. Visitors may swim in the pools.

Location

Cachoeira da Fumaça State Park is in the municipality of

Alegre, Espírito Santo Alegre is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality located in the States of Brazil, Brazilian state of Espírito Santo. Its population was 29,975 (2020) and its area is 772 km² (298 sq mi). The municipality contains the Cachoeira da Fuma ...

, about from the municipal seat. It is accessible by a well-maintained road paved in cobblestone. The park has an area of . In the hottest season of the year the park usually has around 3,000 visitors per month. The original vegetation was semi-deciduous forest, but over the years there were plantations of native oil and fruit trees. had been turned into pasture. Regeneration of the forest in the pasture areas has been underway since 2008. With replanting of native species some of the original resident and migratory birds have returned. The Cachoeira da Fumaça waterfall on the Braço Norte Direito River, a tributary of the

Itapemirim River The Itapemirim River is a river of Espírito Santo state in eastern Brazil. See also *List of rivers of Espírito Santo List of rivers in Espírito Santo (Brazilian State). The list is arranged by drainage basin from north to south, with respec ...

, attracts thousands of visitors annually due to its great scenic beauty. Visitors may swim in the streams and pools. There are four tracks with different levels of difficulty. The falls are reached by an walk through the

Atlantic Forest The Atlantic Forest ( pt, Mata Atlântica) is a South American forest that extends along the Atlantic coast of Brazil from Rio Grande do Norte state in the northeast to Rio Grande do Sul state in the south and inland as far as Paraguay and th ...

. The "smoke" of water droplets has a cooling effect.

History

The Cachoeira da Fumaça State Park was created by state decree 2.791-ES of 24 August 1984, and expanded by decree 4.568-ES of 21 September 1990 when the state, responding to a request from the residents of the municipalities of Alegre, Guaçuí and Castelo, expropriated of pasture in the interior. It became part of the

Central Atlantic Forest Ecological Corridor The Central Atlantic Forest Ecological Corridor ( pt, Corredor Central da Mata Atlântica is an ecological corridor in the states of Espírito Santo and Bahia, Brazil. It promotes improvements to connectivity between fragments of Atlantic Forest ...

, created in 2002.

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cachoeira da Fumaca State Park State parks of Brazil Protected areas of Espírito Santo 1984 establishments in Brazil