hang-gliders have many launch points to choose from, and visitors with botanical interests should not pass up the opportunity to experience the place of origin of the native orchid, the laélia tenebrosa, at pedra do silvado (brush rock).

maricá, passado presente (maricá, past and present) is a permanent exposition set up in the local museu histórico the puts the past of the city in historical perspective - a variety of interesting artifacts belonging to the casa de câmara e cadeia, and to the old sugar-cane farms paint the picture of a town growing and changing through not always easy times.