Guapimirim Voyage Tips and guide

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Guapimirim is a municipality of Baixada Fluminense, in the metropolitan area of Rio de Janeiro, state of Rio de Janeiro.

Guapimirim is a former district of the municipality of Magé (from which it was emancipated in 1990) located on the outskirts of Greater Rio. It is the most northeastern municipality of Baixada Fluminense, at the foot of the Serra dos Órgãos, a section of the long mountain range known as Serra do Mar. The municipality is crossed by the BR-116 and the BR-493 highways, and is served by the Guapimirim railway line - an extension of the Gramacho/Saracuruna line, which starts in the Central do Brasil station, in downtown Rio -, having several suburban train stations within its territory. The urban expansion of the metropolis of Rio along the Guapimirim railway line (besides the BR-116 highway) ended in the Guapimirim city center.

Guapimirim is a native word known to indigenous Tupi peoples as "little spring". It sits within the base of the Serra dos Órgãos Mountains, where its popular tourist attraction, the Dedo de Deus is located. Almost 70 percent of the municipality is under territorial environmental protection, notably the Serra dos Órgãos National Park.

From the Central Zone of Rio de Janeiro, it is possible to go to Guapimirim by using urban bus, van and train lines. By using the trains, one will need to make a free transfer within the Gramacho station, and another within the Saracuruna station to get Guapimirim. The trains to Gramacho depart from the Central do Brasil station. Buses to Guapimirim depart from Terminal Américo Fontenelle, in Gamboa, neighborhood in the Central Zone of Rio de Janeiro. The van line to Guapimirim departs from the surrounding area of Central do Brasil.

The main road access to Guapimirim for those coming from the Central Zone of Rio de Janeiro is the BR-116 highway.

• Parque Nacional da Serra dos Órgãos (PARNASO - Serra dos Órgãos National Park), ☏ +55 21 2152-1100, [email protected]. A major national park located on the mountain range called Serra dos Órgãos, in the north of the municipality of Guapimirim. 

• Dedo de Deus (God's Finger). The most famous peak of Serra dos Órgãos. 

• Área de Proteção Ambiental Guapimirim (APA Guapimirim - Guapimirim Environmental Protection Area), BR 493, Km 12,8 - Vale das Pedrinhas, ☏ +55 21 2633-0079. A very important Environmental Protection Area in the state of Rio de Janeiro. A big part of it is known as "Pantanal Fluminense". 

• Área de Proteção Ambiental Guapiaçu (Área de Proteção Ambiental Guapi-Guapiaçu - APA Guapiaçu - APA Guapi-Guapiaçu - Guapiaçu Environmental Protection Area), ☏ +55 21 2632-2412. An Environmental Protection Area neighboring to the APA Guapimirim. 

• Estação Ecológica do Paraíso (Paraíso Ecological Station), ☏ +55 21 2632-8209. An Ecological Station in the region of the neighborhood of Paraíso, at the foot of Serra dos Órgãos. 

• Estação Ecológica da Guanabara (Guanabara Ecological Station), BR 493, Km 12,8 - Vale das Pedrinhas, ☏ +55 21 2633-0079. An Ecological Station in the middle of the APA Guapimirim. 

• Rio Macacu (Macacu river). A major river of the metropolitan area of Rio de Janeiro, crossing the municipalities of Cachoeiras de Macacu and Guapimirim. 

• Canal de Imunana (Imunana channel). 

• Rio Soberbo (Soberbo river). Also known as "Rio Guapimirim" (Gupimirim river) 

• Rio Socavão (Socavão river). A river that crosses the region of Caneca Fina. 

• Serra da Penitência (Penitência mountain range). A mountain range located in Caneca Fina. 

• Morro do Machado (Machado hill). A hill located between Limoeiro and Caneca Fina. 

• Bra Gastronomia - Rua Alcindo Guanabara, 55 - Centro, Guapimirim.

• Pousada Berro d'Água - Estrada Júlio Santoro, 291 - Caneca Fina.
• Pousada Vale de Guapi - Rua Ione, 164 - Iconha/Limoeiro.
• Fany Hotel - Estrada do Contorno, km 8 - Vila Olímpia.

• Magé
• Duque de Caxias
• Cachoeiras de Macacu
• Itaboraí
• São Gonçalo
• Niterói
• Rio de Janeiro