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The Guartelá State Park ( pt, Parque Estadual do Guartelá) is a
As of 2016 the park was open from 8:00 to 16:30 from Wednesday to Sunday and on holidays.
There is no entrance fee, but there is a fee for walking the trails.
The park has a belvedere, from which the canyon of the Iapó River can be viewed.
The belvedere is wheelchair accessible.
There is a support vehicle for people with special needs such as the elderly, pregnant women or disabled people.
The park provides education activities for students in the 6th and 7th years of school.
It also supports research by the universities.
There is no snack bar on the site. Visitors may bring cold picnics and should bring water.
There are kiosks at Capão, from the visitor center, with drinking water, toilets and places for rest and relaxation.
Visitors should stay in small groups and try to walk quietly, enjoying nature and only taking photographs.
Prohibited activities included camping, barbecuing, consuming alcohol, bringing domestic animals, leaving the marked trails, bathing in unauthorized places, carrying tools or firearms, damaging or removing trees, any activity that could cause fires, littering, hunting, fishing, collecting rocks, fauna or flora, and feeding or frightening the animals.
There is a basic trail of that takes two or three hours.
It includes the belvedere, from which the canyon of the Iapó River can be viewed, the Ponte de Pedra Waterfall and the Panelões do Sumidouro, a place for swimming.
The full trail is and takes three to five hours. Visitors must be accompanied by a guide.
It includes the basic trail and also the Portal de Pedra, the Gavião trail and the rock paintings.
The rock painting trail is closed when it is raining.
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 Paraná, Brazil.
It protects the Guartelá Canyon, its surroundings and the area's natural environment.
Location
The Guartelá State Park is in the municipality ofTibagi
Tibagi is a municipality in the state of Paraná in the Southern Region of Brazil.
Second largest municipality of Paraná in land, Tibagi expands over an area of over . With the vast territory, its economy is based on agriculture and it is consi ...
, Paraná.
It has an area of .
It includes the Ponte de Pedra waterfall, about high, and the Córrego Pedregulho, a stream with natural cascades and "baths".
There are rock paintings created by prehistoric residents, which can only be visited accompanied by a local guide.
The rock paintings are about 7,000 years old.
There are also traces of Jesuits and cattle drovers from the colonial era.
History
The Guartelá State Park was created by decree 1,229 of 27 March 1992 to protect an area of rich natural and archaeological heritage in the region of the Iapó River canyon. The park was created by Governor Roberto Requião. The governor who succeeded him reduced its size by 90%. It was implemented in 1997. It is managed by the Government of the State of Paraná with the objective of preserving the ecosystems typical of the region, the area's natural environment, including canyons, springs, waterfalls and native flora and fauna, caves and archaeological and prehistoric sites, including rock paintings, and of regulating tourism in the areas. It is administered by the Environmental Institute of Paraná (IAP). As of 2015 the park was receiving about 1,700 visitors per month, more than twice as many as ten years earlier.Environment
The Guartelá Canyon is considered the 6th largest canyon in the world, and the only one with native vegetation. The French naturalistAugustin Saint-Hilaire
Augustin François César Prouvençal de Saint-Hilaire (4 October 17793 September 1853) was French botanist and traveller who was born and died in Orléans, France. A keen observer, he is credited with important discoveries in botany, notably the ...
(1779–1853) called it the "terrestrial paradise of Brazil".
Vegetation includes meadows, remnants of ''cerrado
The ''Cerrado'' (, ) is a vast ecoregion of tropical savanna in eastern Brazil, particularly in the states of Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul, Mato Grosso, Tocantins, Minas Gerais, and the Federal District. The core areas of the Cerrado biome are t ...
'', araucaria
''Araucaria'' (; original pronunciation: .ɾawˈka. ɾja is a genus of evergreen Conifer, coniferous trees in the family Araucariaceae. There are 20 extant taxon, extant species in New Caledonia (where 14 species are endemism, ende ...
forest, seasonal semi-deciduous forest and dense rainforest of 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 ...
biome.
Fauna include the giant anteater
The giant anteater (''Myrmecophaga tridactyla'') is an insectivorous mammal native to Central and South America. It is one of four living species of anteaters, of which it is the largest member. The only extant member of the genus ''Myrmecopha ...
(''Myrmecophaga tridactyla''), howler monkey
Howler monkeys (genus ''Alouatta'', monotypic in subfamily Alouattinae) are the most widespread primate genus in the Neotropics and are among the largest of the platyrrhines along with the muriquis (''Brachyteles''), the spider monkeys (''Ateles' ...
s, maned wolf
The maned wolf (''Chrysocyon brachyurus'') is a large canine of South America. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, and Paraguay, and is almost extinct in Uruguay. Its markings resemble those of foxes, but it is neither a fox nor a w ...
(''Chrysocyon brachyurus''), tayra
The tayra (''Eira barbara'') is an omnivorous animal from the weasel family, native to the Americas. It is the only species in the genus ''Eira''.
Tayras are also known as the ''tolomuco'' or ''perico ligero'' in Central America, ''motete'' in ...
(''Eira barbara''), ocelot
The ocelot (''Leopardus pardalis'') is a medium-sized spotted wild cat that reaches at the shoulders and weighs between on average. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. Two subspecies are recognized. It is native to the southwes ...
(''Leopardus pardalis''), margay
The margay (''Leopardus wiedii'') is a small wild cat native to Central and South America. A solitary and nocturnal cat, it lives mainly in primary evergreen and deciduous forest.
Until the 1990s, margays were hunted illegally for the wildlif ...
(''Leopardus wiedii''), neotropical otter (''Lontra longicaudis''), crab-eating raccoon (''Procyon cancrivorus''), cougar
The cougar (''Puma concolor'') is a large Felidae, cat native to the Americas. Its Species distribution, range spans from the Canadian Yukon to the southern Andes in South America and is the most widespread of any large wild terrestrial mamm ...
(Puma concolor), paca
A paca is a member of the genus ''Cuniculus'' of ground-dwelling, herbivorous rodents in South and Central America. It is the only genus in the family Cuniculidae. Pacas are large rodents with dots and stripes on their sides, short ears, and ...
s and common agouti
The agouti (, ) or common agouti is any of several rodent species of the genus ''Dasyprocta''. They are native to Middle America (Americas), Middle America, northern and central South America, and the southern Lesser Antilles. Some species have ...
s.
The park is also home to deer
Deer or true deer are hoofed ruminant mammals forming the family Cervidae. The two main groups of deer are the Cervinae, including the muntjac, the elk (wapiti), the red deer, and the fallow deer; and the Capreolinae, including the reindeer ...
and capybara (''Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris'').
Birds include king vulture
The king vulture (''Sarcoramphus papa'') is a large bird found in Central and South America. It is a member of the New World vulture family Cathartidae. This vulture lives predominantly in tropical lowland forests stretching from southern Mexic ...
(''Sarcoramphus papa''), mantled hawk
The mantled hawk (''Pseudastur polionotus'') is a South American species of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae.
Taxonomy and evolution
This hawk was formerly placed in the genus '' Leucopternis'' and was known as ''Leucopternis polionota'' ...
(''Pseudastur polionotus''), blue-fronted amazon
The turquoise-fronted amazon (''Amazona aestiva''), also called the turquoise-fronted parrot, the blue-fronted amazon and the blue-fronted parrot, is a South American species of amazon parrot and one of the most common amazon parrots kept in capt ...
(''Amazona aestiva'') and vinaceous-breasted amazon
The vinaceous-breasted amazon (''Amazona vinacea'') is a species of parrot in the family Psittacidae. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical ...
(''Amazona vinacea'').
Activities
As of 2016 the park was open from 8:00 to 16:30 from Wednesday to Sunday and on holidays.
There is no entrance fee, but there is a fee for walking the trails.
The park has a belvedere, from which the canyon of the Iapó River can be viewed.
The belvedere is wheelchair accessible.
There is a support vehicle for people with special needs such as the elderly, pregnant women or disabled people.
The park provides education activities for students in the 6th and 7th years of school.
It also supports research by the universities.
There is no snack bar on the site. Visitors may bring cold picnics and should bring water.
There are kiosks at Capão, from the visitor center, with drinking water, toilets and places for rest and relaxation.
Visitors should stay in small groups and try to walk quietly, enjoying nature and only taking photographs.
Prohibited activities included camping, barbecuing, consuming alcohol, bringing domestic animals, leaving the marked trails, bathing in unauthorized places, carrying tools or firearms, damaging or removing trees, any activity that could cause fires, littering, hunting, fishing, collecting rocks, fauna or flora, and feeding or frightening the animals.
There is a basic trail of that takes two or three hours.
It includes the belvedere, from which the canyon of the Iapó River can be viewed, the Ponte de Pedra Waterfall and the Panelões do Sumidouro, a place for swimming.
The full trail is and takes three to five hours. Visitors must be accompanied by a guide.
It includes the basic trail and also the Portal de Pedra, the Gavião trail and the rock paintings.
The rock painting trail is closed when it is raining.
Notes
Sources
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