Big trees
Jequitibá and peroba.
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Porto Ferreira State Park is a reserve on the banks of the Mogi-Guaçu River in the municipality of Porto Ferreira, about 227 kilometres from São Paulo. It began as a state reserve in 1962, became a state park in 1987, and covers some six to seven hundred hectares. Small as it is, the park packs in a great variety of trees: about 180 hectares of cerrado woodland, 400 hectares of semi-deciduous forest and six kilometres of riverside forest along the banks. Its woods hold big trees such as the jequitibá-rosa, figs, cedars and peroba, and its cerrado has around two hundred tree species. The forest shelters animals such as the maned wolf, the southern tamandua, the paca and titi monkeys, and birds like the turquoise-fronted amazon. It is a good place for a quiet walk on trails among big trees; check opening times before going.
Jequitibá and peroba.
Riverside forest.
The maned wolf.
Banks of the Mogi-Guaçu River, Porto Ferreira municipality, São Paulo
About an hour by car.