Why this ride
A 319 km round trip from Cananéia - roughly 5 h 30 in the saddle. On the way it passes Chauas Ecological Station, Jacupiranga State Park and back through Chauas Ecological Station. A steady touring day rather than a sprint.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Ilha do Cardoso State Park and Jacupiranga State Park
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 319 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 5 h 30
- 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 Jacupiranga State Park.
3. Jacupiranga State Park
The Vale do Ribeira, in the far south of São Paulo state, holds the largest continuous remnant of Atlantic Forest left in Brazil, and the Jacupiranga area, near the border with Paraná, is part of that green expanse. The Atlantic Forest once covered much of Brazil's coast, but centuries of logging, farming and urban growth reduced it to a fraction of its former extent, and what remains here, together with neighbouring reserves, forms part of the UNESCO site of the Atlantic Forest Southeast Reserves, inscribed in 1999. The forest is incredibly rich in species, with jaguars, pumas, monkeys, toucans and countless orchids and bromeliads.
Read the complete Jacupiranga State Park write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 160 km into the recorded legs you reach Jacupiranga 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 Jacupiranga State Park
Chauás Ecological Station → Jacupiranga State Park is 93 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Jacupiranga State Park to back through Chauas Ecological Station
Jacupiranga State Park → back through Chauas Ecological Station is 93 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.