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Transfer
Lençóis -
Distance by foot
2km -
Effort Level
Light -
Duration
1 Day - Local Guide
About the Caves, Pratinha and Camel Hill
This is a car tour with short walks, ideal for children, the elderly, and anyone who wishes to visit Chapada Diamantina without much physical effort. All attractions are easily accessible, very safe, and have ample facilities to accommodate visitors.
The day’s three main attractions are: Gruta da Fumaça, Fazenda Pratinha & Gruta Azul, and Mirante do Morro do Camelo. The latter is one of the most iconic postcard of Chapada Diamantina.
In this area of Chapada, limestone (Calcário) predominates, a type of rock that is fragile to the action of water. Because of this, the region has a large variety of caves and underground pools. Several fossils dated to over 10,000 years have been found in the Salitre Formation (where limestone predominates, approximately 700 million years old). Additionally, numerous other pieces of evidence about the seas that once covered Chapada and the Ice Age—an essential period for the formation we will visit—have been discovered.