Why this ride
A 554 km round trip from Cananéia - roughly 9 h 33 in the saddle. It goes by way of Serra do Itapitangui, Ilha Comprida Wild Life Zone, Pariquera - Abaixo State Park and back through Ilha Comprida Wild Life Zone.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Ilha do Cardoso State Park and Pariquera - Abaixo State Park starting at Cananéia
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 554 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 9 h 33
- 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 Serra do Itapitangui.
2. 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.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Serra do Itapitangui comes up about 77 km into the recorded legs. Next is Ilha Comprida Wild Life Zone.
3. 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.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 184 km into the recorded legs you reach Ilha Comprida Wild Life Zone. Next is Pariquera - Abaixo State Park.
4. 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, about halfway. Next is back through Ilha Comprida Wild Life Zone.
5. back through Ilha Comprida Wild Life Zone
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Ilha Comprida Wild Life Zone write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Ilha Comprida Wild Life Zone sits at 370 km, about halfway. Next is back through Serra do Itapitangui.
6. back through Serra do Itapitangui
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Serra do Itapitangui write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Serra do Itapitangui comes up about 483 km into the recorded legs. Next is Ilha do Cardoso State Park.
7. 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
Ilha do Cardoso State Park closes the day.
Leg by leg
Ilha do Cardoso State Park to Serra do Itapitangui
Ilha do Cardoso State Park → Serra do Itapitangui is 77 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Serra do Itapitangui to Ilha Comprida Wild Life Zone
Serra do Itapitangui → Ilha Comprida Wild Life Zone is 107 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Ilha Comprida Wild Life Zone to Pariquera - Abaixo State Park
Ilha Comprida Wild Life Zone → Pariquera - Abaixo State Park is 96 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Pariquera - Abaixo State Park to back through Ilha Comprida Wild Life Zone
Pariquera - Abaixo State Park → back through Ilha Comprida Wild Life Zone is 96 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Ilha Comprida Wild Life Zone to back through Serra do Itapitangui
back through Ilha Comprida Wild Life Zone → back through Serra do Itapitangui is 107 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Serra do Itapitangui to Ilha do Cardoso State Park
back through Serra do Itapitangui → Ilha do Cardoso State Park is 77 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.