CHAPADA DOS VEADEIROS - GOIÁS

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The Chapada dos Veadeiros is just 230 km from Brasília, the Capital of Brazil.

Cerrado is the unique tropical savanna that covers the central plains and plateaux of Brazil. Spreading over a huge area –236,570 ha-, Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park, in northern Goiás, is uniquely important in protecting high-altitude cerrado landscape and flora. Recognized as a World Natural Heritage site by UNESCO, the region is a sanctuary for a precious natural environment (a distinct biome) that is considered to be the richest of all the world’s savannas, with an estimated 10,000 species of plants.

The dazzling biodiversity of the Cerrado in spite of low-fertility soils is for ecologists an unsolved puzzle. Certainly it is a most powerful testament to the force of nature. This is literally a breeding ground for life, where pure waters spring from a dry earth in a cascade of waterfalls and sparkling natural swimming pools, sculpting the rock and quartz crust into fantastic canyons and deep gorges, and ultimately feeding the three main river basins in South America (Amazon, Paraná-Paraguay and S. Francisco).

The Chapada dos Veadeiros provides a rich habitat for wildlife too, including the deer (veado) that gives the region its name; the maned wolf (guará); giant ant-eater (tamanduá); armadillos. It is also home to many hundreds of bird species, including a small ostrich (ema) and a kaleidoscope of macaws, toucans, falcons, woodpeckers and humming-birds.

The Chapada dos Veadeiros is noted for its strong earth energy, a luminosity that derives from great concentrations of quartz crystal. The geology of this region is estimated to be one of the planet’s most ancient, at 1.6 billion years and this power of the essential elements has drawn a vibrant community to the Chapada: natural healers and therapists; artists; ecologists; spiritualists; and new-age mystics.

At altitudes between 800 and 1,650 meters, the Chapada region is cooler than much of Brazil with average annual temperatures between 18 to 24 degrees Celsius. The best time of the year for visiting the Chapada dos Veadeiros region is between early-March and late-October. Whilst there are two distinct seasons, rainy and dry, the high Cerrado is exceptional in providing all year round color and interest with its abundant fruits and flowers. May and June, at the onset of the dry season, are particularly beautiful, with blossoms everywhere – including orchids and countless types of bromeliads – and a perfect, cloudless sky matching the predominantly mauve color of the flowers.

At Alto Paraíso, the main town in the region, and São Jorge, the village adjacent to the National Park, there are several small boutique hotels and ecological inns (“pousadas”) catering to the adventurous and the romantic travelers, as well as to those in search of spiritual enlightment.