Campos do Jordão Environmental Protection Area

The Campos do Jordão Environmental Protection Area (Portuguese: Área de Proteção Ambiental Campos do Jordão) is a state-level environmental protection area in the state of São Paulo, Brazil.

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Campos do Jordão State Park

The Campos do Jordão State Park is a state park in the state of São Paulo, Brazil.

Mantiqueira Mosaic

The Mantiqueira Mosaic is a protected area mosaic that contains conservation units in the states of Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Minas Gerais, Brazil. The conservation units are of different types and are managed at the federal, state or municipal level. The mosaic provides a level of integrated and coordinated management.

Campos do Jordão

Campos do Jordão is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in southeastern Brazil. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of Vale do Paraíba e Litoral Norte. The population is 52,405 in an area of 290.52 square kilometres. The city is situated 1,628 metres above sea level and is the highest city in Brazil. There are numerous outdoor activities for tourists and winter residents. These include hiking, mountain climbing, treetop cable swings, horseback riding, and ATV and motorbike riding. July, of winter season vacations, sees an enormous influx of visitors, due in part to the winter festival of classical music. Its attractions throughout the year include German, Swiss and Italian cuisine restaurants, bars, and a cable car. There are many pousadas and chalets. Also, in order to cater to the large number of visitors, several bars, lounges, discos and clubs open during the winter months.

Mananciais de Campos do Jordão State Park

The Mananciais de Campos do Jordão State Park is a state park in the state of São Paulo, Brazil.

Amantikir Park

Amantikir Park or Amantikir Gardens is a park that includes a set of gardens and several points of interest. Located in the municipality of Campos do Jordão, 180 kilometres northeast of the Brazilian city of São Paulo, the park is visited by thousands of tourists annually. The park was designed by the landscaper and agricultural engineer Walter Vasconcellos, known as Dr. Garden, and is home to more than 700 species of plants in 26 gardens across its 60,000 square metres. In 2013, TripAdvisor certified Amantikir for the first time as the attractive No. 1 of Campos do Jordão, a position in which the park has maintained itself ever since. The park and the city of Campos do Jordão are located in the Mantiqueira Mountains, a mountain range considered the 8th most "irreplaceable" protected natural formation on the planet, according to an article by the International Union for Conservation of Nature published in 2013 by Science Magazine.