CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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From Iguape it runs 549 km to Iguape; allow about 14 h 05 of riding. The stops in between: Ilha Comprida Wild Life Zone, Pariquera - Abaixo State Park, Serra do Itapitangui and Ilha do Cardoso State Park. It suits an unhurried touring pace.
The south coast of São Paulo state is a world away from the megacity a few hours to the north. Here, around the old town of Iguape, the Ribeira de Iguape river reaches the sea through a maze of channels, mangroves, islands and lagoons, backed by the forested slopes of the Serra do Mar. The Chauás Ecological Station protects a piece of lowland Atlantic Forest and restinga, the sandy coastal vegetation, near Iguape, and it is part of the Atlantic Forest Southeast Reserves, listed by UNESCO in 1999. The Atlantic Forest once covered much of the Brazilian coast; today only a fraction remains, and this region holds some of the largest continuous stretches.
Read the complete Chauas Ecological Station write-up.
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Chauás Ecological Station is where the day begins. Next is Ilha Comprida Wild Life Zone.
Ilha Comprida, the long island, is exactly what its name promises: a narrow barrier island of sand, dunes and restinga scrub that runs for roughly seventy kilometres along the southern coast of São Paulo state, separating the Atlantic from the calm inland waters of the Mar Pequeno. Behind it lies the Lagamar, one of the largest estuarine complexes in Brazil, a maze of channels, mangroves and islands stretching south toward Cananéia and Paranaguá. This entire region, including the Ilha Comprida protected areas, forms part of the Atlantic Forest South-East Reserves, listed by UNESCO in 1999 for preserving one of the richest and most threatened ecosystems on Earth.
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Ilha Comprida Wild Life Zone comes up 35 km in. Next is 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.
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69 km in you reach Pariquera - Abaixo State Park. Next is Serra do Itapitangui.
The Serra do Itapitangui rises behind Cananéia, on the southern coast of São Paulo state, a modest coastal range covered in dense Atlantic Forest that looks down on one of the best-preserved estuaries in Brazil. The forest here is part of the Atlantic Forest South-East Reserves, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1999, which protects a vast area of forest, mangroves and coastal islands stretching from São Paulo into Paraná. The Mata Atlântica once covered much of Brazil's coast; today, only a fraction remains, and this region holds some of the largest and best-preserved stretches.
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Serra do Itapitangui, about halfway. Next is 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.
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Ilha do Cardoso State Park sits at 138 km, about halfway. Next is back through Serra do Itapitangui.
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Read the complete Serra do Itapitangui write-up.
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back through Serra do Itapitangui comes up 173 km in. Next is back through Pariquera - Abaixo State Park.
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Read the complete Pariquera - Abaixo State Park write-up.
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207 km in you reach back through Pariquera - Abaixo State Park. Next is back through Ilha Comprida Wild Life Zone.
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Read the complete Ilha Comprida Wild Life Zone write-up.
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back through Ilha Comprida Wild Life Zone, late in the day. Next is Chauas Ecological Station.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Chauas Ecological Station write-up.
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The route ends here after 549 km.
Chauás Ecological Station → Ilha Comprida Wild Life Zone is 20 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Ilha Comprida Wild Life Zone → Pariquera - Abaixo State Park is 35 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Pariquera - Abaixo State Park → Serra do Itapitangui is 56 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Serra do Itapitangui → Ilha do Cardoso State Park is 28 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Ilha do Cardoso State Park → back through Serra do Itapitangui is 28 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Serra do Itapitangui → back through Pariquera - Abaixo State Park is 56 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Pariquera - Abaixo State Park → back through Ilha Comprida Wild Life Zone is 35 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Ilha Comprida Wild Life Zone → Chauas Ecological Station is 20 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.