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Surrounding Corcovado is the tropical Tijuca Forest It's covered with exotic trees and thick jungle vines and has a delightful waterfall, the Cascatinha de Taunay
Rio`s largest park is the Tijuca National Park, covering 3,300 hectares, and including Tijuca Forest The Park is the largest urban forest in the world
As you look up at the Corcovado from the Lagoa, the mass of greenery clinging to the edge of the mountain and stretching miles to your left, is the Tijuca National Park Roads run through the entire length of the park allowing visitors to enjoy its many natural wonders, and at the weekend some of the routes become pedestrian only The most well known part of the park is the Tijuca Forest which is reached from Alto da Boa Vista, accessible from all parts of the city
About 180 m beyond the waterfall is the small pink-and-purple Mayrink Chapel From several points along this national park's 96 km of narrow winding roads the views are breathtaking Some of the most spectacular are from Dona Marta, on the way up Corcovado; the Emperor's Table, supposedly where Brazil's last emperor, Pedro II, took his court for picnics; and, farther down the road, the Chinese View, the area where Portuguese king Joćo VI allegedly settled the first Chinese immigrants to Brazil, who came in the early 19th century to develop tea plantations |
Congresso Nacional
Catedral Metropolitana
Copacabana Beach
Tijuca National Park
Corcovado
Ipanema Beach