in fact, the park currently protects approximately 30,000 hectares of biotic and geomorphologic heritage of the serra da mantiqueira, a mountain chain that spans across the states of rio de janeiro, minas gerais, and são paulo.

less than 3 hours away by car from rio de janeiro capital, the park is situated over approximately twenty eight hectares in the serra da mantiqueira in the mata atlântica.

it is accessed via the estrada do parque nacional, at about 230 kilometers from the city of rio.