Cacau Park Brazil: Complete Guide to Cacau Show's Theme Park

What is Cacau Park?

Cacau Park is the theme park of Cacau Show, one of Brazil’s best-known chocolate brands, founded by Alexandre “Alê” Costa. The park was officially launched on December 2, 2024, and construction began in January 2025.

The company has announced an investment of about R$2 billion (Brazilian reais), around 70 attractions across five themed areas, capacity for up to 50,000 guests a day and a target of 3 million visitors a year.

Sources: Wikipédia (em português) · PANROTAS · Exame

How big is Cacau Park?

The whole site covers about 7 million m² (roughly 1,700 acres). The theme park itself is only part of it: Wikipedia cites about 950,000 m² of built area and 400,000 m² (about 100 acres) of park. The rest is set aside for hotels, a convention center, shopping and future phases. Official figures for each part have not been published.

Sources: Wikipédia (em português) · Brasilturis

Where is Cacau Park?

Cacau Park is being built next to kilometer 84 of the Castello Branco highway (SP-280) in Itu, a historic town in the interior of São Paulo state, in southeastern Brazil. Maps, distances and airports are covered in Where is Cacau Park?.

Source: CNN Brasil

When does Cacau Park open?

Cacau Park is scheduled to open to the public in December 2027, as the park restated in September 2026 along with the end of construction. No specific day has been confirmed. Follow updates on Cacau Park opening date.

Source: Melhores Destinos

Headline rides

• Dreams — a Vekoma launched coaster, 55 m (180 ft) tall and 120 km/h (75 mph), known as Ghost Rider during construction.
• Mistral — an inverted coaster (your feet dangle) about 22 m tall, with an indoor section.
• Horus — a 12 m family coaster.
• Fusca do Alê — bumper cars styled after the founder’s VW Beetle (“Fusca” in Brazil).

See every announced ride in Cacau Park attractions and compare the coasters in Cacau Park roller coasters.

Sources: PANROTAS · Brasilturis (Feb 2026) · Brasilturis (Apr 2026)

Planning a trip from abroad

• Nearest big city: São Paulo, Brazil’s largest city, about 90–100 km (55–60 mi) away by highway.
• Airports: Viracopos International (VCP) in Campinas is usually the closest international airport to Itu; São Paulo–Guarulhos (GRU) has the most international flights.
• Currency: Brazilian real (BRL, shown as R$). Any price we publish stays in reais — convert at the current rate.
• Language: Portuguese. Whether the park will offer signage or staff in English has not been announced.
• Tickets for foreign visitors: sales channels and accepted payment methods have not been announced yet.

Sources: Melhores Destinos · Exame

On-site hotels

Brazilian media in 2025 and 2026 describe two hotels within the complex with around 1,300 rooms in total (some earlier reports said three). Hotel names, categories and opening dates are not officially announced yet. For hotels already open nearby, see Where to stay.

Sources: PANROTAS · Exame · Brasilturis

Project timeline

Sources: Wikipédia (em português) · Brasilturis (Aug 2025) · Brasilturis (Feb 2026) · CNN Brasil · PANROTAS · Melhores Destinos