Rio Cabeça (Head River)

Tijuca’s National Park is divided into three visiting sections - Forest, Serra da Carioca e Pedra Bonita/Pedra da Gávea - and offers activities options for everyone, from picnic and barbecue area to hang gliding, climbing, trail, and others. Between the most famous postal cards of the country, it has the Corcovado, where’s placed the Cristo Redentor (one of the new seven wonders of the world), Pedra da Gávea, Vista Chinesa (Chinese Viewpoint), Lage Park, Paineiras, and Dona Marta Viewpoint. The Horto Waterfalls and Transcarioca Trail, all presented in our catalog, are also relevant attractive points of this location. The Rio Cabeça (Head River) got its name from the small chapel dedicated to Nossa Senhora da Cabeça (Our Lady of the Head), built between 1603 and 1607, in the old Engenho d'El Rey (where today is the Jardim Botânico neighborhood). Its valley, much sought after by the city's residents in the 19th century, is one of the landmarks of the stretch of the Transcarioca Trail that cuts through the Serra da Carioca Sector of the Tijuca National Park. Because it is so old, in addition to waterfalls and wells, the trail also has traces of old sidewalks and buildings.