Passo do S falls
Eighty metres wide.
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Tainhas State Park is a nature reserve created in 1975 over 6,654 hectares of the high «Campos de Cima da Serra» in north-eastern Rio Grande do Sul, spread over three municipalities, mostly Jaquirana. It protects araucaria forest and upland grassland along the valley of the Tainhas River, though work to set the park up only really began in 2003. The climate is humid subtropical, with frequent frost and fog and occasional snow. The park's best-known sight is the Passo do S waterfall, where the river runs over a winding S-shaped rock ledge about eighty metres wide and fifteen metres high. Many visitors drive across the river on the rock ledge itself, the so-called «Passo do S crossing»; a four-wheel drive is usually recommended, and the water level should be checked before crossing, especially after rain. From the far bank a short forest trail leads down to the foot of the falls.
Eighty metres wide.
By car over the rock.
And high grassland.
São Francisco de Paula, Jaquirana and Cambará do Sul municipalities, Rio Grande do Sul
It is recommended for the river crossing; check the water level first.