the Parque Nacional da Tijuca is a national park encompassing four distinct and unconnected areas of land entirely within the city limits of Rio de Janeiro.

These four areas include the Floresta da Tijuca - the second largest urban forest in the world, tracing its modern roots back to the 19th century, at a time when rio was going through a deforestation and replanting period.

also part of the park is the Serra da Carioca, containing the corcovado mountainand the iconic symbol of the city statue of Christ the Redeemer statue on top of it - famous worldwide and visited by millions of people each year.