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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A 1310 km round trip from Paranaguá - roughly 22 h 35 in the saddle. On the way it passes Guaraquecaba Ecological Station, Superagui National Park, Ilha do Cardoso State Park and Ilha Comprida Wild Life Zone. It suits an unhurried touring pace.
No cars are allowed on Ilha do Mel, the honey island, at the mouth of the bay of Paranaguá in southern Brazil, and that is a large part of its charm. The island is a mix of sandy beaches, rocky headlands, mangroves and Atlantic forest, and most of it is protected as an ecological station and a state park. Its forests, beaches and mangroves are part of the Atlantic Forest South-East Reserves listed by UNESCO, a string of protected areas along the coast of Paraná and São Paulo that preserve some of the best remaining stretches of the Mata Atlântica. The number of visitors is limited, which keeps the island quiet even in summer.
Read the complete Ilha do Mel Ecological Station write-up.
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Ilha do Mel Ecological Station is where the day begins. Next is Guaraquecaba Ecological Station.
Guaraqueçaba is one of those places in Brazil where the road gives up before the forest does. It lies on the northern shore of the great bay of Paranaguá, on the coast of Paraná state, surrounded by mangroves, islands, tidal channels and the steep, forested slopes of the Serra do Mar. The ecological station protects a large area of mangroves and coastal forest, and it is part of the Atlantic Forest South-East Reserves, a World Heritage Site that preserves some of the best remaining stretches of the Mata Atlântica, a forest that once covered much of Brazil's coast and has now been reduced to a fraction of its former extent.
Read the complete Guaraquecaba Ecological Station write-up.
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Guaraquecaba Ecological Station comes up about 153 km into the recorded legs. Next is Superagui National Park.
You cannot ride into Superagui, and that is exactly why it is still here. The national park covers islands, mangroves, beaches and lowland Atlantic Forest on the northern coast of Paraná state in southern Brazil, and it belongs to the UNESCO-listed Atlantic Forest South-East Reserves. Access is by boat, mostly from Paranaguá or from the small town of Guaraqueçaba, and the reward is a stretch of coastline with no roads, few people and a very rare monkey: the black-faced lion tamarin, which scientists only described in 1990 and which lives in a tiny area of these forests.
Read the complete Superagui National Park write-up.
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about 294 km into the recorded legs you reach Superagui National Park. 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, about halfway. 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.
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Ilha Comprida Wild Life Zone sits at 655 km, about halfway. Next is back through Ilha do Cardoso State Park.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Ilha do Cardoso State Park write-up.
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back through Ilha do Cardoso State Park comes up about 830 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Superagui National Park.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Superagui National Park write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
about 1016 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Superagui National Park. Next is back through Guaraquecaba Ecological Station.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Guaraquecaba Ecological Station write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Guaraquecaba Ecological Station, late in the day. Next is Ilha do Mel Ecological Station.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Ilha do Mel Ecological Station write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
The route ends here after 1310 km.
Ilha do Mel Ecological Station → Guaraquecaba Ecological Station is 153 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Guaraquecaba Ecological Station → Superagui National Park is 141 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Superagui National Park → Ilha do Cardoso State Park is 186 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Ilha do Cardoso State Park → Ilha Comprida Wild Life Zone is 175 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Ilha Comprida Wild Life Zone → back through Ilha do Cardoso State Park is 175 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Ilha do Cardoso State Park → back through Superagui National Park is 186 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Superagui National Park → back through Guaraquecaba Ecological Station is 141 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Guaraquecaba Ecological Station → Ilha do Mel Ecological Station is 153 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.