CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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489 km from Rio de Janeiro to Rio de Janeiro, about 9 h 17 of riding. The stops in between: Ilha Grande State Park, Paraty and Ilha Grande - Culture and Biodi and back through Ilha Grande State Park. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 800 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. A steady touring day rather than a sprint.
Rio de Janeiro is a city that was clearly arranged by a geologist with a sense of humour. Granite domes rise straight out of the sea and the streets, and the Carioca mountains run through the middle of the city, so that the natural forest is a few minutes from the beaches. UNESCO's listing, called the Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and the Sea, includes Tijuca National Park, the Botanical Garden, Sugarloaf, Copacabana and Corcovado, the peak where the statue of Christ the Redeemer opens his arms over the city. The statue is thirty metres tall, stands on an eight-metre base at about seven hundred metres above the sea, and was inaugurated in 1931.
Read the complete Carioca Mountaion range - Tijuca National write-up.
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Carioca Mountaion range - Tijuca National is where the day begins. Next is Ilha Grande State Park.
Off the coast of Rio de Janeiro state, between Rio and Paraty, Ilha Grande rises from the sea, a mountainous island covered in Atlantic rainforest, with dozens of beaches, coves and waterfalls. For much of the twentieth century, it was home to a notorious prison and a leper colony, which kept development at bay, and today, most of the island is protected as a state park. It is part of the UNESCO site Paraty and Ilha Grande, Culture and Biodiversity, listed in 2019.
Read the complete Ilha Grande State Park write-up.
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Ilha Grande State Park comes up 103 km in. Next is Paraty and Ilha Grande - Culture and Biodi.
There are few places where a rainforest drops directly into the sea, and the coast between Rio and Santos is one of them. Paraty sits at the edge of a bay, with the mountains of the Serra da Bocaina rising steeply behind and the green islands of the bay scattered in front. The town was founded in the seventeenth century and prospered as the port where gold from the mines of Minas Gerais was shipped to Rio and on to Portugal, brought down the mountain on the Gold Road, the Caminho do Ouro, which you can still walk in places. UNESCO listed Paraty and Ilha Grande in 2019, as a landscape of culture and biodiversity.
Read the complete Paraty and Ilha Grande - Culture and Biodi write-up.
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205 km in you reach Paraty and Ilha Grande - Culture and Biodi. Next is back through Ilha Grande State Park.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Ilha Grande State Park write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Ilha Grande State Park, late in the day. Next is Carioca Mountaion range - Tijuca National.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Carioca Mountaion range - Tijuca National write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Carioca Mountaion range - Tijuca National. That is the ride.
Carioca Mountaion range - Tijuca National → Ilha Grande State Park is 138 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Ilha Grande State Park → Paraty and Ilha Grande - Culture and Biodi is 67 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Paraty and Ilha Grande - Culture and Biodi → back through Ilha Grande State Park is 67 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Ilha Grande State Park → Carioca Mountaion range - Tijuca National is 138 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.