Cachoeira do Bisnau

Cachoeira do Bisnau, also called Cachoeira da Capetinga, drops 100 metres within a 130-metre escarpment on Fazenda Capetinga, off the BR-020 in Formosa, Goiás. Six small cascades follow one another down the slope before the main fall, and two natural pools, one at the top and one at the bottom, allow swimming.

The sources record no indigenous or ancient history for the falls. What is documented is the setting: the waterfall lies on Fazenda Capetinga, off the BR-020 highway, about 15 km from Distrito Bezerra in the municipality of Formosa, Goiás. Its recorded form is a 100 m drop within a 130 m escarpment, with six small cascades above the main fall.

The waterfall is also called Cachoeira da Capetinga, after the Fazenda Capetinga on whose land it lies, off the BR-020 about 15 km from Distrito Bezerra in Formosa, Goiás. The name Bisnau is the one used for the falls themselves; both names appear in local references to the same 100-metre drop.

Access is via the BR-020, about 15 km from Distrito Bezerra in Formosa. The descent to the base is not an easy walk: it means climbing the rock wall beside the falls, rappelling, or taking a steep trail through dense forest. Bring footwear with grip for slippery rock.

The waterfall drops about 100 metres at a site where the ground falls 130 metres in total, passing six smaller cascades before the main fall. Two natural pools lie at the start and the end of the descent, and the wall beside the fall can be climbed or descended by rappel.