Guaiana

Guaiana lies in the country of the Itararé River, where the river cuts through rock, forming high walls, waterfalls and caves. Accounts of the region name the Guainazes among its early inhabitants. Travellers, explorers and Jesuits later passed through the area, and it became a stopping place on the route used by drovers carrying animals north to the fair at Sorocaba. The river gave the place its name, associated with stone worn away by water.