Conceição dos Gatos

A village in the municipality of Palmeiras, about 10 km from Vale do Capão, with the Lower and Upper (Boa Vista) waterfalls and Poço das Cobras.

Conceição dos Gatos is a village in the municipality of Palmeiras, in the Chapada Diamantina, about 10 kilometres from Vale do Capão. If you are searching for the Conceição dos Gatos waterfall, you are searching for the set of falls around this village.

Three names usually come together: Cachoeira de Baixo, the lower fall; Cachoeira de Cima, the upper one, also called Boa Vista; and Poço das Cobras. The trails are short, around an hour of walking, easy to moderate.

The village is small and the food is home cooking, served in the residents' own houses. It is a stop that rewards time rather than hurry.

Palmeiras is one of the six municipalities that share Chapada Diamantina National Park, alongside Andaraí, Ibicoara, Itaetê, Lençóis and Mucugê. The same municipality holds Morro do Pai Inácio and the Campos de São João.

On Vivai, four active routes from four different partners pass through Conceição dos Gatos, all led by people who live in the region.