Monte Alegre is a city in Pará, along the Amazon River. The municipality contains a small part Grão-Pará Ecological Station, the largest fully protected tropical forest conservation unit on the planet. It also includes a small part of the Maicuru Biological Reserve. The municipality contains roughly half of the Mulata National Forest, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 2001. It contains all of the fully protected Monte Alegre State Park, created in 2001.

Get in

By boat

There are boats from Santarem.

See

• Caverna da Pedra Pintada (Painted Stone cave). Near this area along the Amazon River is the Caverna da Pedra Pintada, an ancient archaeological site with numerous rock paintings and pictographs. (updated Aug 2016)
• Monte Alegre State Park, Rodovia PA 255, 68220-000. (updated Aug 2016)

Sleep

• Itatupaoca Hostel, Praça principal, Matriz, rua Doutor José Malcher. Breakfast included. daily: R$40,00. (updated Aug 2017)
• Hotel Shekinah, Rua Sete de Setembro, 74 - Cidade Alta. Breakfast included. daily: R$30,00. (updated Aug 2017)
• Hotel Shalon, Tv. Joaquim José Corrêa, 467 - Serra Ocidental (Near the praça Paytuna). Breakfast included. daily: R$30,00. (updated Aug 2017)