Serra da Bodoquena National Park, National park in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
Serra da Bodoquena National Park covers 77,000 hectares and combines dense forests, limestone mountains, and turquoise-colored water bodies. The landscape features rivers, lakes, and numerous caves scattered throughout the terrain.
The park was established in September 2000 as part of the Pantanal Biosphere Reserve network. This protection was designed to preserve the forests and ecosystems of this region for the future.
The Instituto Chico Mendes manages this protected territory, implementing programs for environmental education and scientific research within its boundaries.
The park spans parts of Porto Murtinho, Jardim, Bonito and Bodoquena, so access points differ by municipality. The dry season from May to August brings brief dry spells and easier travel; summers are rainy. Rivers carry clear, slightly salty bicarbonate water, and limestone tufa deposits form waterfalls and natural dams along the drainage.
The park lies in the Pantanal Biosphere Reserve alongside the Pantanal, Chapada dos Guimarães and Emas national parks. Its rivers carry very clear, bicarbonate-rich water with a slightly brackish taste, because pure limestone at the headwaters filters out impurities and the dissolved rock forms caves and underground channels.
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