waterfall
Cascata do Caracol
131-metre waterfall in Canela, Rio Grande do Sul, viewed from a state park platform on the Serra Gaúcha touring route.
49 km · about 55 min drive
South AmericaBrazilRio Grande do Sul
Novo Hamburgo
Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil · South America
About Novo Hamburgo
Novo Hamburgo sits on the route: 10 minutes from Estância Velha, 49km from Cascata do Caracol.
Novo Hamburgo is in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, with about 250,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Estância Velha, about 5 km away.
Novo Hamburgo (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈnovu ɐ̃ˈbuɾɡu]; German: Neu-Hamburg; both meaning 'New Hamburg') is a municipality in the southernmost Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, located in the metropolitan area of Porto Alegre, the state capital. As of 2025, its population was 235,802. The city covers an area of 217Read more
km2 (84 sq mi), and the average temperature is 19 °C (66 °F), which is mild for the region. The Sinos River runs through the urban area.
Consolidated by German immigrants, the city was named after Hamburg, Germany. Novo Hamburgo's population is still predominantly of German descent.
In the 1980s, Novo Hamburgo received the nickname of "the national capital of shoes", attracting many athletes, tracks and companies connected to the sport. Nowadays, the city is the industrial centre of the Sinos River Valley, the economy of which is based mainly on the manufacture of shoes and the associated leather goods supply chain.
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What is there to see near Novo Hamburgo?
Within an hour or so of Novo Hamburgo: Cascata do Caracol (49 km).
Where is Novo Hamburgo?
Novo Hamburgo is in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, about 5 km from Estância Velha.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 253,841
- Continent
- South America
- Country
- Brazil
- Region
- Rio Grande do Sul
- Timezone
- America/Sao_Paulo
- Coordinates
- -29.6783, -51.1306
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