Entry to the park is charged and is limited to 300 visitors per day during the week and 800 at weekends and on holidays.

The park is on an outcrop of quartzite with a shallow soil (Cambisol) layer made up principally of organic material and sand formed by the erosion of the rock.

Because of this a large part of the vegetation is Xerophyte, comprising true grasses and low growing herbaceous plants.

The highest point in the park is known as Pico da Lombada and is a little more than 1,800 metres (5,900 ft) above sea level.

Part of the track is by dirt road but its steepest stretch between the Fazenda do Engenho and the village is paved as it is in other places.