Chapada dos Veadeiros 5 - The Canions´ Track

Chapada dos Veadeiros (5) - The Canions´ Track

(The Rio Preto and its canions, forming natural swimming pools, inside Chapada dos Veadeiros´National Park) 

The Canions´Track is a 12 km (about 8 miles) track inside the National Park, leading to small waterfalls that forms natural swimming pools. 

When arriving in the National Park, follow the "Trilha dos Canions" signs. They divided the tracks acoording to arrows, the yellow and the red ones, so one must follow the respective arrow, though I insist, once again, to hire a guide. 

Don´t think you´re going to see a Grand Canion scenery, and I suppose the track got this name due to the number of rocks found in the track and in its waterfalls, not exactly for beeing a deep canion. 

Landscape is very beautiful, as these waterfalls are inside the Black River´s valley (Rio Preto), which crosses the National Park and forms those waterfalls. 

(The Rio Preto and its canions, forming natural swimming pools, inside Chapada dos Veadeiros´National Park) 

During the rainy season (from october to march), it is advisable to be very alert about a rapid increase on water levels, due to strong rains elsewhere in the river´s basin. Though it may not be raining in the park, a strong rain elsewhere can make water levels increase too fast - and this is another reason to hire a guide, because the know the region and its dangers. 

(The elephant stone, in the way to the canions)

  

(The Rio Preto and its canions, forming natural swimming pools, inside Chapada dos Veadeiros´National Park)