Brazil
15 Best Parks & Nature in Brazil
If parks and natural escapes are your reason to travel, this is Brazil sorted for you.
Order reflects review volume from real travelers in Brazil. Refreshed monthly.
Independence Park (São Paulo)
Park & nature · Sao PauloIndependence Park in São Paulo is a sprawling green space that marks the site where Dom Pedro I declared Brazil's independence from Portugal in 1822.
Read our full guide →Ibirapuera Park
Park & nature · Sao PauloIbirapuera Park is an urban park in São Paulo covering 158 hectares (about 390 acres). It is the most visited park in South America, with 14.4 million visits in 2017.
Read our full guide →Botanical Garden
Park & nature · Rio de JaneiroRio's Jardim Botânico is a serene, green escape at the foot of the forested hills below Corcovado, founded over two centuries ago and now home to thousands of plant species across formal avenues and…
Read our full guide →Serra do Curral
Park & nature · Belo HorizonteSerra do Curral is a prominent mountain range that forms a natural backdrop to Belo Horizonte.
Read our full guide →Lake Pampulha
Park & nature · Belo HorizonteLake Pampulha is an artificial lake created in the 1940s as part of a modernist architectural complex.
Read our full guide →Parque das Mangabeiras
Park & nature · Belo HorizonteParque das Mangabeiras is a 2.35 million square meter park located on the slopes of the Serra do Curral mountain range.
Read our full guide →Tijuca National Park
Park & nature · Rio de JaneiroFree entryTijuca National Park is an urban national park in the mountains of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Read our full guide →Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden
Park & nature · Rio de JaneiroThe Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden is a lush 140-hectare sanctuary founded in 1808, home to more than 6,000 plant species.
Read our full guide →Brasília National Park
Park & nature · BrasiliaBrasília National Park, also known as Parque Nacional de Brasília, is a sprawling conservation area covering over 42,000 hectares of Cerrado savanna.
Read our full guide →Itapagipe Peninsula
Park & nature · SalvadorThe Itapagipe Peninsula is a historic area in Salvador, Brazil, settled soon after the city's founding in the mid-16th century.
Read our full guide →Mirante Do Leblon
Park & nature · Rio de JaneiroFree entryThe Mirante do Leblon is a scenic clifftop viewpoint at the western end of Rio de Janeiro's chic Leblon neighbourhood, a favourite local spot for taking in one of the city's most beautiful coastal…
Read our full guide →Dique de Tororo
Park & nature · SalvadorFree entryDique de Tororó is a picturesque artificial lake and park located in the heart of Salvador, Bahia.
Read our full guide →Parque da Independencia
Park & nature · Sao PauloFree entryThe Parque da Independência (Independence Park) in São Paulo is one of the city's most historically significant green spaces, a formal, French-inspired garden in the Ipiranga district laid out on the…
Read our full guide →Parque Municipal Américo Renné Giannetti
Park & nature · Belo HorizonteParque Municipal Américo Renné Giannetti is a 110,000 square meter green space in the heart of Belo Horizonte.
Read our full guide →Flamengo Park
Park & nature · Rio de JaneiroFlamengo Park, also known as Aterro do Flamengo, is the largest public park and recreation area in Rio de Janeiro and the largest urban seaside park in the world.
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Good to know
What is the best-known of the parks and natural escapes in Brazil?
Independence Park (São Paulo) in Sao Paulo is the most reviewed, with 23,175 traveler reviews and a 4.4 rating. That makes it the safe choice if you are only fitting in one.
Which of Brazil's parks and natural escapes is worth going out of your way for?
Tijuca National Park in Rio de Janeiro rates highest at 4.7 out of 5 across 10,121 reviews. Smaller crowds than the headline entry usually explain the gap.
Which city in Brazil has the most parks and natural escapes?
Rio de Janeiro, with 5 on this list, ahead of Belo Horizonte on 4. The list spans 5 cities in total, capped at three per city so one big city cannot crowd out the rest of the country.
Are any of these parks and natural escapes free to visit?
Yes, 4: Tijuca National Park, Mirante Do Leblon, Dique de Tororo and others. That is based on each place's own visiting information, not an assumption about the category.
How is this list of parks and natural escapes ranked?
By how many travelers reviewed each place, filtered to those rated well enough to be worth your time, drawn from 868 tracked places in Brazil. No one pays to appear on it, and the order is refreshed monthly as new reviews land.
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