The national parks of Northeast Brazil are places as diverse as they are varied to visit for their impact or interest: natural, landscaped, plant, animal or historical.
Understand
The parks national sites are places whose attractions are valuable at the state level for:
- Safeguarding and protecting a natural environment, a landscaped site and flora
- The reserve and protection of animal species and terrestrial or marine fauna
- The protection of historic or monumental places
Province of Alagoas
Bahia Province
Province of Ceará
Province of Maranhão
Province of Paraíba
Province of Pernambuco
Piauí Province
Province of Rio Grande do Norte
Province of Sergipe
Alagoas
Bahia
- 1 Abrolhos National Marine Park (Parque Nacional Marinho dos Abrolhos) (in the state of Bahia) – 91,300 ha, Ramsar site of the “Abrolhos National Marine Park”
- 2 Alto Cariri National Park (Parque Nacional do Alto Cariri) (in the state of Bahia) – 19,238 ha
- 3 Boa Nova National Park (Parque Nacional de Boa Nova) (in the state of Bahia) – 12,065 ha
- 4 Chapada Diamantina National Park (in the state of Bahia) – 152,575 ha, “Atlantic Forest” biosphere reserve
- 5 Descobrimento National Park (Parque Nacional do Descobrimento) (in the state of Bahia) – 22,693 ha
- 6 Monte Pascoal National Park (Parque Nacional e Histórico do Monte Pascoal) (in the state of Bahia) – 22 332 ha, registered at World Heritage under the name "Discovery Coast - Atlantic Forest Reserves", biosphere reserve of the "Atlantic Forest"
- 7 Pau Brasil National Park (Parque Nacional do Pau Brasil) (in the state of Bahia) – 19,027 ha, registered at World Heritage under the name "Discovery Coast - Atlantic Forest Reserves", biosphere reserve of the "Atlantic Forest"
- 8 Serra das Lontras National Park (Parque Nacional de Serra das Lontras) (in the state of Bahia) – 11,336 ha
Ceará
- 9 Ubajara National Park (Parque Nacional de Ubajara) (in the state of Ceará) – 6,271 ha “Atlantic Forest” Biosphere Reserve
- 10 Jericoacoara National Park (Parque Nacional de Jericoacoara) (in the state of Ceará) – 8,850 ha
Maranhão
- 11 Chapada das Mesas National Park (Parque Nacional da Chapada das Mesas) (in the state of Maranhão) – 159,952 ha
- 12 Lençóis Maranhenses National Park (Parque Nacional dos Lençóis Maranhenses) (in the state of Maranhão) – 155,000 ha, set of dunes and interdune lagoons.
Paraíba
Pernambuco
- 13 Fernando de Noronha National Marine Park (Parque Nacional Marinho de Fernando de Noronha) (in the state of Pernambuco) – 11,270 ha an archipelago located in the Atlantic Ocean, off Natal, listed in World Heritage under the name "Brazilian Atlantic Islands: Fernando de Noronha and Atol das Rocas Reserves"
- 14 Catimbau National Park (Parque Nacional do Catimbau) (in the state of Pernambuco) – 62,294 ha
Piaui
- 15 Serra da Capivara National Park (Parque Nacional Serra da Capivara) (in the state of Piaui) – 97,933 ha registered at World Heritage
- 16 Serra das Confusões National Park (Parque Nacional da Serra das Confusões) (in the state of Piaui) – 823,837 ha Atlantic Forest Biosphere Reserve
- 17 Sete Cidades National Park (Parque Nacional de Sete Cidades) (in the state of Piaui) – 6,304 ha One of Brazil's natural wonders
- 18 Nascentes do Rio Parnaíba National Park (Parque Nacional das Nascentes do Rio Parnaíba) (in the states of Piaui, Maranhão, Bahia and Tocantins) – 724,324 ha
Rio Grande do Norte
- 19 Furna Feia National Park (Parque Nacional da Furna Feia) (in the state of Rio Grande do Norte) – 8,517 ha
Sergipe
- 20 Serra de Itabaiana National Park (Parque Nacional Serra de Itabaiana) (in the state of Sergipe) – 8,030 ha