Emas National Park
The central-western part of Brazil is famous for the national park of Emas, which has been under the protection of UNESCO since 2001. The formation of the park dates back to the distant 1961. Its richest savannah stretched over more than a thousand square kilometers.
Climatic conditions
The region is dominated by the tropical climate, which means a hot, humid summer and a moderately cool winter in these latitudes. From December days to May, the rainy season begins, and afterwards a dry season continues until October.
Vegetable and animal world
The river areas of the Emas National Park are covered with dry forests. Among them stands out the forest of Chapadu Dush Veadeiros, called from an ancient plateau, stretching over 655 square kilometers. In the savannah itself there are practically no trees, thick grass predominates more, dotted with high termites, sometimes reaching a two-meter height. During the rainy season in the dark, you can observe their greenish glow. This incomparable sight is created by the larvae of one of the species of clicker beetles. On the hills of Emas, palm trees grow more than 70 m high, and its surroundings fill extensive plantations of crops.
Among animals, ants, armadillos, cougars, porcupines are common. Many shrub dogs completely exterminated in neighboring states, in addition, foxes, monkey toys and tamarins, swamp deer. There is a small population of jaguars. The largest rodents — capibars are also found here. The most striking representatives of the ornithofauna of the Emas Park are blue-yellow ara — large beautiful parrots.
Features of tourism
You can travel around the Emas park both with a guide and on your own, and in various ways — hiking, riding a horse, on jeeps or rafting on a river by boat. The latter will be especially interesting for fishing enthusiasts. In the park you can also hunt, as well as spend the night if the tour is designed for more than one day, using the services of small hotels, but with fairly comfortable rooms.
At one time, the threats to the existence of the Emas park included fires, the growth of agricultural zones, poaching. Currently, due to appropriate measures, their degree has significantly decreased, but a new problem has arisen — the emergence of new unusual fleets of a fleet of grassy plants, which now requires constant monitoring in order to prevent any invasion of the Emas ecosystem.
