Parque Estadual Ilha do Cardoso

Located in the far south of the state, the park is bordered to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the west by the Canal de Ararapira, to the north by the Baía de Trapandé and to the south by the Barra de Ararapira. It is part of one of the largest continuous areas of primary forest. The scenery of the region is made up of rocky shores, beaches, inlets, estuaries, sandbars, lagoons, restingas, mangroves, rivers, coastal plains, islands and forest-covered mountains.