It protects a well-preserved area of Atlantic Forest, and contains a massif that includes the highest peak in the south of Brazil.

The Pico Paraná State Park is in the municipalities of Campina Grande do Sul and Antonina, with an area of 4,333.83 hectares (10,709.1 acres).

[2] The Pico Paraná is the highest point in the south of Brazil at 1,877.39 metres (6,159.4 ft) above sea level in the Serra Ibitiraquire.

The forest is lush and dense, with trees up to 30 metres (98 ft) high as well as shrubs, creepers and a great variety of bromeliads, orchids and ferns.

The park was to be administered by the Paraná Institute of the Environment (IAP), which was to prepare and approve a management plan within five years.