It is locat­ed very low from sea lev­el, cov­ered with char­ac­ter­is­tic large sand dunes up to 40 meters high. Dur­ing the rainy sea­son, many lagoons form between the dunes. The park cov­ers an area of ​​about 1000 square meters. km and, despite fre­quent rains, has vir­tu­al­ly no veg­e­ta­tion. This is where the events of the Brazil­ian film “House of Sand” take place.