Praia Grande
Long wild beach.
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Acaraí State Park was created on 23 September 2005 over about 6,667 hectares of the coastal plain of São Francisco Island, together with the small Tamboretes archipelago offshore, and protects one of the most intact stretches of coastal Atlantic Forest in southern Brazil. Its main vegetation is restinga, the low scrub forest that grows on coastal sand, running from the wild Praia Grande, a beach of more than twenty kilometres, inland to the sources of the Perequê and Acaraí rivers and the shores of lagoons where fish breed. Capybaras, otters, monkeys and rare birds such as the capped heron live here. Only part of the park is open to visitors; other zones are kept for research or closed altogether. People come for long walks on the undeveloped beach, birdwatching and paddling on the lagoons, and it is worth checking which trails are open with the park office.
Long wild beach.
Paddling, wildlife.
Coastal forest.
Coastal plain of São Francisco Island, São Francisco do Sul
It faces the open ocean and the surf can be strong, so take care.