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Jalapão is blessed with scenery which could be taken from the cinema. It has abundant waterfalls, rivers and lakes. And all of this is punctuated by fine, reddish sand dunes in the midst of sparse backwoods vegetation. It is no doubt the perfect background for tourism and radical sports such as rafting, canyoning and vertical modalities.

It is a place that is attractive and rustic, and ready to be invaded. It derived its name from a common habit in the region. Jalapa-do-Brasil is a native plant used to cure stomach ailments. Because of its bitter flavour, local inhabitants normally eat it with a piece of bread. That is where the juxtaposition comes from: jalapa-pão (pão is bread in Portuguese).

No matter what, the sheer size of Jalapão is impressive, to say the least: it occupies approximately 20% of the State of Tocantins. Sandstone plateaus which climb to one thousand metres in height dominate the landscape. They say that this is where the sea became the hinterland.

Despite being considered a desert, the fauna abounds: the manned wolf, the pampas deer, the rhea, the great anteater, the jaguar and other regional species hide in the typical hinterland vegetation to escape the punishing sun that accentuates the dry climate with its constant 30ºC temperatures. The biggest surprise for all those who venture here is to find an abundance of perennial rivers with clear and still pure water.

Cachoeira da Fumaça (Smoke Waterfalls) of the most famous, the effect which causes evaporation and the volume of water as it is formed by the great Balsas river. Are 45 m of free fall, with big bang, releasing huge clouds of steam. Is situated approximately 75km from Ponte Alta do Tocantins, is another point of ecotourism cataloged by the council called a "portal of Jalapão.

Source: www.brasiltravel.com

Dedicated to TE friend Paulo Carvalho.
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