Mount Morro do Careca
Av. Erivan Franca, 94, Ponta Negra - Natal, 59090-100, Brazil
Description:
Morro do Careca (lit. "Bald Mountain") is a large mountain located in the Brazilian city of Natal, near the most famous beach of Brazil Ponte Negra. The mountain is the main symbol of the state of Rio Grande do Norte. Its height including vegetation reaches 120 meters.
The mountain used to be a popular place of entertainment. Tourists and bathers climbed the mountain and descended from it on a special device called skibunda.
Since the late 90s, Bald Mountain has been closed to visitors to protect it from destruction. The mountain is a unique in its beauty natural monument, towering over a crowded beach.