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Exploring Brazil's unique Lençóis Maranhenses National Park

A desert dune environment that's filled with lagoons

Exploring Brazil's unique Lençóis Maranhenses National Park
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06/01/2026 11:00 ‧ 1 day ago | StarsInsider

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Lençóis Maranhenses National Park is absolutely unique.

More than half of its area consists of a white coastal dune field containing hundreds of sparkling, freshwater lagoons. Its beauty and rarity is such that UNESCO has declared the park, located in northern Brazil, a World Heritage Site. But how does a remote desert wilderness sustain such large volumes of water, and why is this precious ecosystem worth visiting?

Click on and travel to this incredible national park to find out.

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