Serra da Capivara

Brazil

Location

Brazil

-8.8330°, -42.5000°

Established

1979

Area

1291

About Serra da Capivara

Serra da Capivara National Park is renowned for its numerous rock shelters with prehistoric paintings. The park contains the largest concentration of prehistoric sites in the Americas, with over 30,000 rock paintings. Archaeological evidence suggests human habitation dating back more than 50,000 years.