The Valle del Lunarejo Protected Landscape is located in the extreme northwest of the department of Rivera, very close to Artigas and Salto and the border with Brazil. It is located in the northern part of the Cuchilla de Haedo system, which serves as a biological corridor for the entry of subtropical species of flora and fauna from southern Brazil into Uruguayan territory. It is a representative area of the Quebradas del Norte or the Cuesta Basáltica, a region that stands out for a landscape of great beauty, with unique scenic elements in the country, characterized by hills with flattened peaks that delimit narrow valleys modeled by the courses of water known as “quebradas”. The ravines are deep incisions carved into the basaltic rock, with significant slopes and energetic relief, where caves, vertical walls and waterfalls converge and an exuberant subtropical jungle-type vegetation develops.