Where is Lençóis Maranhenses National Park?

The Lençóis Maranhenses National Park (Parque Nacional dos Lençóis Maranhenses) is located in Maranhão state, in north-eastern Brazil, just east of the Baía de São José. It is an area of low, flat, occasionally flooded land, overlaid with large, discrete sand dunes. It encompasses roughly 1,500 km2 (580 sq mi), and despite abundant rain, supports almost no vegetation.

The area became a National Park on June 2, 1981. The national park status serves only as a means of protecting the area’s ecology.

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One Great Reason to Visit Lençóis Maranhenses National Park

One great reason to visit this travel destination is for the beautiful combination of stark sand dunes surrounded by unexpected lagoons and pools of water.

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