Intervales State Park

Avaliação: 2
Jérôme: I wished I could have granted a five star review because I’m such a nature person and especially love the rain forest habitat and biodiversity. So why only 2 stars? There are a few reasons: 1/ it was impossible to book a tour or a lodging online 2/ it was impossible to get anyone to pickup the phone despite countless attempts at any time of the day and night 3/ I had to drive nearly 4hrs from São Paulo without a reservation and without knowing if someone would be there upon arrival —it was a wild bet, but no tours could be planned for the afternoon or the evening only for the next morning. 4/ I forgot in the Parque’s lodge my wallet with my identity cards, credit cards and a lot of cash and only realized it while in São Paulo before my departure & return to the US… And it was impossible to get anyone to pickup the phone or to respond to my emails. 5/ While the forest is vast, the wild life is sadly scarce… Nothing compared to what I used to see decades ago, which proves how much humanity has endangered other species. So why would I have loved to give a 5 star rating? Because we need to preserve such wildness before it’s too late. Because we also need to encourage the locals who live in the area to remain such nice, warm hearted people welcoming eco-friendly tourists. Because the tour guide was just a gem.

Avaliação: 5
Nina Hale: Wow, fantastic birds and guides here. The area has a large number of birds, and very good feeding station set up. We saw a large species and numerous birds of each species. The lodge area where we stayed has decent rooms, fairly standard for birding lodges. The restaurant is fine and has very nice bird feeding station set up. The birds are not shy, in general, and quite plentiful right around the area. The walking is good and the guys are very knowledgeable of local nests, hideouts, and regular haunts. There are many fruiting trees around and we had excellent long periods with many of the desired colorful species. Out of about 5 spots we visited in southeast Brazil this is certainly one of the two best and just excellent birding.

Avaliação: 5
Reinier Denekamp: Great for observing birds. I guess most people come for the caves, but I came for the birds. Most trails are accessible with guides only. The mirante and a small trail around some lakes/ponds are walks you can do by yourself. The park is well laid out, with several pousadas/lodges. There is a natural pool close to the entrance and a restaurant that serves buffet style breakfast, lunch and dinner. Pretty good value for money and it tasted good as well. Gerson, my guide, met me at 6 am and we watched birds pretty much the whole day. Even though I did not come in the best season to do so, I saw plenty of birds. As it is a forest and most of the birds are small and restless it was a bit tricky to get good pictures of all of them. We waited until it started to get dark and saw some Owl and a Tapir, just outside the park. As nature is the attraction, besides the restaurant there is nothing to do when it gets dark, no Wifi in the rooms.

Avaliação: 5
Isaac Nogueira: the park is amazing, with plenty of fun: trails, caves, waterfalls. geocachers: you must visit this place! it's the home of the brazilian APE cache - the one and only original remaining APE cache. be prepared with repellents, specially for ticks!!!

Avaliação: 5
Adriana Herg: Valuable and professional information from the state park staff: office workers, guides, and maintenance. The accommodation facilities are clean and cozy. The tracks, caves and small waterfalls are worth a week stay.