Serra Negra State Park

Serra Negra State Park is a protected nature reserve in the Jequitinhonha Valley with a landscape featuring mountains, caves, and waterfalls spread throughout its area. Visitors find natural viewpoints and diverse terrain within the park's boundaries.

The park was created in 1998 to protect water sources in the Alto Médio Jequitinhonha region. This establishment reflected growing efforts to preserve ecologically important lands in the area.

The park serves as a place where visitors experience how people live in connection with the land through the trails and surrounding settlements. Local communities maintain traditional ways of life while the park protects these landscapes for the future.

Visitors explore the area best on foot using various trails of different difficulty levels. The nearby city of Itamarandiba offers accommodations and serves as the main access point to the park.

The area contains three distinct vegetation zones: cerrado grasslands, rocky fields, and Atlantic forest. Each zone supports different plants and wildlife, making the landscape surprisingly diverse within its boundaries.