Feliciano Miguel Abdala Private Natural Heritage Reserve, Private natural reserve in Caratinga, Brazil.

Feliciano Miguel Abdala Reserve covers 957 hectares of Atlantic Forest across elevations from 318 to 628 meters with varied landscapes. The terrain includes dense forest patches, stream valleys, and hillsides that create a natural patchwork of habitats.

The founder bought the land in 1944 and protected it from hunting and logging for decades. Official protection status came in 2001.

The reserve's name honours Feliciano Miguel Abdala, son of a Lebanese immigrant, who took over Fazenda Montes Claros in 1944 on condition he preserve its forest. His family's non-profit Preserve-Muriqui now manages the reserve, and local people are paid to open trails and follow the muriquis. The Caratinga Biological Station, a renovated house on the forest edge, opened in May 1983.

Entry is through guided tours only, which fund conservation work and provide jobs for local people. Expect uneven terrain and sometimes wet conditions since you are walking through natural forest.

The reserve holds one of the last populations of the northern muriqui, a woolly spider monkey nearly driven to extinction. This primate species survives only in forests of this region and was once thought beyond saving.