Travel Guide Atol Das Rocas

It will not be possible to go to this place, a marine sanctuary, where only scientists are allowed. The biological reserve of Atoll das Rocas celebrated its 40th anniversary. This atoll is considered as the first marine reserve of Brazil. Located 269 km from Natal, Atoll das Rocas is the only formation of its kind in the entire South Atlantic. In this natural maternity, with protected waters and a depth of over 1,000 metres, many marine mammals and fish, whales, dolphins and sharks reproduce, explains Maurizélia de Brito Silva, head of the Atol das Rocas marine reserve