The city is located 185 kilometers from Porto Alegre, at an altitude of 1,031 m, and coordinates latitude 29º02'52" South and longitude 50º08'41" West.

The municipality has an area of 1,213 km2 and was installed in 1963 from a dismemberment of São Francisco de Paula.

[2] In Cambara do Sul are the headquarters of Aparados da Serra National Park and Serra Geral National Park, where several canyons are located, among which the most famous are Itaimbezinho, Fortaleza, Churriado, and Malacara.

The Aparados da Serra National Park is also partly located in the neighboring municipality of Praia Grande, in the state of Santa Catarina , bathed by Rio do Boi, with numerous waterfalls, of which the main ones are Leite de Moça and Braço Forte.

Cambará do Sul today is a well-organized ecotourism point with several inns, beautiful countryside and mountain climate, registering record low temperatures during the winter, sometimes accompanied by snow.