The mountains of Cipó - State of Minas Gerais

The Cordillera do Espinhaço is a mountain range rich in mineral deposits such as iron, manganese, bauxite or gold, and is located on the Atlantic plateau, extending over the states of Minas Gerais (beginning north of the village Ouro Branco in the south of the capital Belo Horizonte) and going to the north of the state of Bahia, Chapada Diamantina being its prolongation.
The northeastern limit of this cordillera lies at the border with the state of Piauí in the north.
With a width of more or less 100 km, this massif constitutes the division between the river São Francisco and the rivers that descend directly to the Atlantic Ocean.
It is considered a world biosphere reserve because it is one of the richest regions of the planet, thanks to its great biological diversity.
Indeed, the state of Minas Gerais is located at the intersection of the three great biomasses of Brazil, Mata Atlântica, Cerrado and Caatinga.
On the other hand, it is the only cordillera of Brazil, relatively extended (a few thousand quilometers) and is intersected by summits and valleys (the highest being Pico do Itambé being 30km (as the crow flies) small town of Diamantina in Minas Gerais).

Serra do Cipo is a protected national park (APB - Área de Proteção Ambiental Morro da Pedreira) north of the capital of the state of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte is part of the Cordilheira do Espinhaço (in its southern part).
Since recent years, this part of the Serra do Cipo, at the foot of the village of Lapinha is open to tourism and is accessed by a dirt track. This region of the Serra do Cipo has two peaks, Pico da Lapinha which lies at an altitude of 1686 meters and its neighbor, the Pico do Breu barely above.

In this part of the mountains of Cipó, near the village Lapinha, Tourism has recently begun due to a lack of access.
The massif offers two peaks, the Pico da Lapinha, at an altitude of 1686 m and its neighbor, the Pico do Breu at an altitude of 1679 meters.

At the end of a long march, the waterfall of the Bicame.

*The village of Serra do Cipó, the Parque Nacional and the cachoeira da Farofa

*The National Park and the waterfall of the Gavião

The Cordillera do Espinhaço covers 11 conservation units and environmental protection (APB - Área de Proteção Ambiental) in the State of Minas Gerais which are:

You can found the influences of Cerrado biomass or Mata Atlantica based the geographical location in the park (west area or zone),