Cachoeira da Fumaça State Park
The Cachoeira da Fumaça State Park () is a state park in the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil, known for a dramatic waterfall. Visitors may swim in the pools. Location. Cachoeira da Fumaça State Park is in the municipality of Alegre, Espírito Santo, about from the municipal seat. It is accessible by a well-maintained road paved in cobblestone. The park has an area of . In the hottest season of the year the park usually has around 3,000 visitors per month. The original vegetation was semi-deciduous forest, but over the years there were plantations of  native oil and fruit trees. The Cachoeira da Fumaça waterfall on the Braço Norte Direito River, a tributary of the Itapemirim River, attracts thousands of visitors annually due to its great scenic beauty. Visitors may swim in the streams and pools. There are four tracks with different levels of difficulty. The falls are reached by an walk through the Atlantic Forest. The "smoke" of water droplets has a cooling effect. History. The Cachoeira da Fumaça State Park was created by state decree 2.791-ES of 24 August 1984, and expanded by decree 4.568-ES of 21 September 1990 when the  state, responding to a request from the residents of the municipalities of Alegre, Guaçuí and Castelo, expropriated of pasture in the interior. It became part of the Central Atlantic Forest Ecological Corridor, created in 2002.