It protects an area of Atlantic Forest that is home to many endemic bird species.

The Salto Morato Private Natural Heritage Reserve is in the municipality of Guaraqueçaba on the coast of the north of Paraná.

It also protects landscapes of rare beauty, such as the Garacuí and Morato mountains and the Salto Morato waterfall, with a height of about 120 metres (390 ft) It is home to a significant number of endemic species of birds.

There is a 100-year-old fig tree, the Figueira do río Engenho, whose roots form a natural bridge over 6 metres (20 ft) of the Ingenio River.

[1] The Salto Morato Private Natural Heritage Reserve was created by ordnance 132 of 7 December 1994 with an area of 819.18 hectares (2,024.2 acres).