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Pedra Chanfrada
A rock cliff nearly 100 meters high in the Terra Fria neighborhood, about 10 km from Gonçalves. A short, steep trail leads to the top, with views over the valley and Pedra do Forno.
Minas Gerais · Brazil
Gonçalves
In the destination Serra da Mantiqueira.
In the photo: Gonçalves town center in the Serra da Mantiqueira
Illustrative images. The pictures in this guide are illustrations based on the real place, not photographs, and may differ from it.
The city
What to expect from Gonçalves.
Gonçalves is a small town at about 1,350 meters elevation, in the far south of Minas, in the Serra da Mantiqueira. Around the town center there are rural neighborhoods with araucárias, wattle-and-daub houses and dirt roads that lead to waterfalls, such as Cachoeira do Simão and Cachoeira dos Henriques, and to mountains with trails, like Pedra Chanfrada and Pedra do Forno. It is about 190 km from São Paulo.
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The local experience
What to see in Gonçalves
Mountain
Pedra do Forno
Rocky mountain in the Terra Fria neighborhood, in Gonçalves, with a summit near 1,900 meters and 360-degree views of the Serra da Mantiqueira. The trail is about 3 km round trip, with a steep climb.
Waterfall
Simão Waterfall
Drop of about 7 meters of the Ribeirão Campestre, in two stages, which falls into a wide pool a few meters from the road, about 6 km from downtown Gonçalves.
Waterfall
Henriques Waterfall
Sequence of drops of the Rio Capivari, totaling about 100 meters of fall, on the border of Gonçalves and Paraisópolis, with a swimming pool at the upper section and a view of the falls via a short trail.