Simão Correia

Simão Correia waterfall is east of Alto Paraíso, past the Sertão community, on the rim of the ridge, in Chapada dos Veadeiros. It sits outside the circuit of the most visited falls. The drop brings height, a pool and twisted rock at the top.

The trail

The walk in is about 6 km, and the full day passes 12 km once you count the return. The path mixes riverbank, rock, a climb and a broad stone pavement, with smaller cascades before the main fall. Time at the pool is what sets the walk back.

How to get there

By car it is about 35 km of dirt, down the valley, past the Moinho turn, with the eastern rim of the ridge alongside. The farm is private. The tour leaves with a guide, early, because the return eats the afternoon.

And the park

The name also appears in National Park documents, among surrounding places mentioned when the unit was expanded. The visit sold today is on the private farm, not an open trail from the São Jorge gate.