Camel shape
Seen from the road.
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Morro do Camelo, «Camel Hill», also called Calumbi, rises 170 metres above the plain to a summit at 1,090 metres above sea level, and from highway BR-242 it looks like a camel, hence the name. It stands in Palmeiras, north of Morro do Pai Inácio, inside the Marimbus-Iraquara environmental protection area. Part of the Serra do Sincorá, it is one of the sandstone and siltstone «witness hills», lined up with Pai Inácio and Morrão, left standing as evidence of the erosion of the range around them. The trail is about 10.5 km and takes three to three and a half hours, with some easy scrambling, best done with a local guide.
Seen from the road.
Left by erosion.
Near the top.
Near federal highway BR-242, Palmeiras, Chapada Diamantina
About 10.5 km in three to three and a half hours, with some easy scrambling.