The Cachoeira da Fumaça ("Smoke Falls", also known as "Glass Falls") is 340 m tall

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. It was believed to be the country's highest waterfall until the 353 m tall Cachoeira do Araca (Cachoeira do El Dorado) was recently discovered in the

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. Cachoeira da Fumaça is located in Palmeiras, Bahia,

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, an attractive region for adventurers, named that way because the tiny water flow is sprayed by the wind before it touches the ground. However, depending on the season, it can be completely dry. There are two ways to reach it: from above, walking from the ecological base placed in the Vale do Capão, or from below, after a three-day trek starting from

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, Chapada's best-known city. Local people knew about the waterfall but wider public learned about it after it was noticed by bush pilot George Glass in 1960.

Film

In the film ''

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'', there is a scene at the waterfall where ''Sunehri'' (

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) is dared to jump off without any support mechanism in order to gain ''Aryan's'' (

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) trust. She does so only to have him leap behind her with a bungee cord.

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