Why this ride
From Cananéia it runs 329 km to Cananéia; allow about 5 h 40 of riding. The stops in between: Chauas Ecological Station, Carlos Botelho State Park and back through Chauas Ecological Station. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Ilha do Cardoso State Park and Carlos Botelho State Park
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 329 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 5 h 40
- 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: planning record, not independently verified geometry.
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Distances and riding times are planning figures. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. 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
Ilha do Cardoso State Park is where the day begins. Next is Chauas Ecological Station.
2. Chauás Ecological Station
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.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Chauás Ecological Station comes up about 67 km into the recorded legs. Next is Carlos Botelho State Park.
3. 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
about 165 km into the recorded legs you reach Carlos Botelho State Park. Next is back through Chauas Ecological Station.
4. back through Chauas Ecological Station
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Chauas Ecological Station write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Chauas Ecological Station, late in the day. Next is Ilha do Cardoso State Park.
5. Ilha do Cardoso State Park
Return visit. Read the place description above.
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
Back at Ilha do Cardoso State Park. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Ilha do Cardoso State Park to Chauas Ecological Station
Ilha do Cardoso State Park → Chauas Ecological Station is 67 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Chauás Ecological Station to Carlos Botelho State Park
Chauás Ecological Station → Carlos Botelho State Park is 98 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Carlos Botelho State Park to back through Chauas Ecological Station
Carlos Botelho State Park → back through Chauas Ecological Station is 98 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Chauas Ecological Station to Ilha do Cardoso State Park
back through Chauas Ecological Station → Ilha do Cardoso State Park is 67 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.