Why this ride
On the way it passes Pariquera - Abaixo State Park, Ilha do Cardoso State Park and back through Pariquera - Abaixo State Park. A steady touring day rather than a sprint.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Carlos Botelho State Park and Ilha do Cardoso State Park
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 304 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 8 h 16
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
Reading history stays on this device. My road watch requires a separate selection; opening it does not subscribe this ride.
Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Carlos Botelho State Park
Carlos Botelho State Park protects a big piece of the Atlantic Forest on the slopes of the Serra de Paranapiacaba, in the south of São Paulo state, and it is one of the best remaining pieces of a forest that once covered the whole coast of Brazil. Less than a tenth of the original Atlantic Forest survives, and what is left is crowded with life: tapirs, ocelots, the occasional jaguar, hundreds of bird species and the muriqui, the woolly spider monkey, the largest primate in the Americas. The park is among the few places where this endangered monkey still lives.
Read the complete Carlos Botelho State Park write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Carlos Botelho State Park is where the day begins. Next is Pariquera - Abaixo State Park.
2. Pariquera - Abaixo State Park
Between the Ribeira de Iguape river and the coast of southern São Paulo state, the land is low, green and wet, covered in a patchwork of banana plantations, rice fields, mangroves and patches of dense Atlantic Forest. The Pariquera-Abaixo State Park protects one of these patches, part of the larger network of Atlantic Forest reserves of southeast Brazil listed by UNESCO in 1999, a region that holds some of the most extensive surviving stretches of this once vast forest.
Read the complete Pariquera - Abaixo State Park write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Pariquera - Abaixo State Park comes up about 77 km into the recorded legs. Next is Ilha do Cardoso State Park.
3. Ilha do Cardoso State Park
The southern tip of São Paulo's coast frays into a maze of islands, channels and mangroves, and the largest of the islands, Ilha do Cardoso, rises from the sea as a forested mountain ridge. It has been a state park since the 1960s, protecting a remarkable range of habitats in a small space: mountain rainforest, restinga scrub on sandy soils, mangroves, dunes and long empty beaches facing the Atlantic. It is part of the Atlantic Forest Southeast reserves listed by UNESCO.
Read the complete Ilha do Cardoso State Park write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 153 km into the recorded legs you reach Ilha do Cardoso State Park. Next is back through Pariquera - Abaixo State Park.
4. back through Pariquera - Abaixo State Park
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Pariquera - Abaixo State Park write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Pariquera - Abaixo State Park, late in the day. Next is Carlos Botelho State Park.
5. Carlos Botelho State Park
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Carlos Botelho State Park write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Carlos Botelho State Park. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Carlos Botelho State Park to Pariquera - Abaixo State Park
Carlos Botelho State Park → Pariquera - Abaixo State Park is 77 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Pariquera - Abaixo State Park to Ilha do Cardoso State Park
Pariquera - Abaixo State Park → Ilha do Cardoso State Park is 76 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Ilha do Cardoso State Park to back through Pariquera - Abaixo State Park
Ilha do Cardoso State Park → back through Pariquera - Abaixo State Park is 76 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Pariquera - Abaixo State Park to Carlos Botelho State Park
back through Pariquera - Abaixo State Park → Carlos Botelho State Park is 77 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.