CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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: planning record, not independently verified geometry.
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From Iguape it runs 353 km to Iguape; allow about 6 h 05 of riding. It goes by way of Ilha Comprida Wild Life Zone, Serra do Itapitangui and back through Ilha Comprida Wild Life Zone. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
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.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
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.
Read the complete Ilha Comprida Wild Life Zone write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Ilha Comprida Wild Life Zone comes up about 60 km into the recorded legs. 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.
Read the complete Serra do Itapitangui write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
about 178 km into the recorded legs you reach Serra do Itapitangui. Next is back through Ilha Comprida Wild Life Zone.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Ilha Comprida Wild Life Zone write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
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.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Chauas Ecological Station. That is the ride.
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 → Serra do Itapitangui is 118 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Serra do Itapitangui → back through Ilha Comprida Wild Life Zone is 118 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 60 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.