Why this ride
A 180 km round trip from Paranaguá - roughly 3 h 37 in the saddle. It goes by way of Guaraguacu Ecological Station, Zone & State Park Pau Oco Turistical Prese and back through Guaraguacu Ecological Station.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Ilha do Mel Ecological Station and Zone & State Park Pau Oco Turistical Prese
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 180 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 37
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Ilha do Mel Ecological Station
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.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Ilha do Mel Ecological Station is where the day begins. Next is Guaraguacu Ecological Station.
2. Guaraguaçu Ecological Station
On the coast of Paraná, between the port city of Paranaguá and the beaches of Pontal do Paraná, the Guaraguaçu Ecological Station protects a stretch of lowland forest, mangrove and sandy restinga along the Guaraguaçu river. It belongs to the network of Atlantic Forest reserves that UNESCO lists for the south and southeast of Brazil, here around the Paranaguá bay, one of the best preserved estuaries on the Brazilian coast. Access to the station itself is restricted, as ecological stations are mainly for research, but the surrounding landscape gives a strong sense of what it protects.
Read the complete Guaraguacu Ecological Station write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Guaraguaçu Ecological Station comes up 40 km in. Next is Zone & State Park Pau Oco Turistical Prese.
3. Zone & State Park Pau Oco Turistical Prese
In 1873, the province of Paraná in southern Brazil opened a road down the Serra do Mar from Curitiba to the coast, and it is still there, paved with stone setts, winding through the Atlantic forest in more than a dozen kilometres of bends. The Serra do Mar here is part of the Atlantic Forest South-East Reserves, listed by UNESCO in 1999, one of the largest remaining stretches of a forest that once covered much of the Brazilian coast.
Read the complete Zone & State Park Pau Oco Turistical Prese write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
79 km in you reach Zone & State Park Pau Oco Turistical Prese. Next is back through Guaraguacu Ecological Station.
4. back through Guaraguacu Ecological Station
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Guaraguacu 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 Guaraguacu Ecological Station, late in the day. Next is Ilha do Mel Ecological Station.
5. Ilha do Mel Ecological Station
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Ilha do Mel Ecological Station 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 Mel Ecological Station. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Ilha do Mel Ecological Station to Guaraguacu Ecological Station
Ilha do Mel Ecological Station → Guaraguacu Ecological Station is 27 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Guaraguaçu Ecological Station to Zone & State Park Pau Oco Turistical Prese
Guaraguaçu Ecological Station → Zone & State Park Pau Oco Turistical Prese is 52 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Zone & State Park Pau Oco Turistical Prese to back through Guaraguacu Ecological Station
Zone & State Park Pau Oco Turistical Prese → back through Guaraguacu Ecological Station is 52 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Guaraguacu Ecological Station to Ilha do Mel Ecological Station
back through Guaraguacu Ecological Station → Ilha do Mel Ecological Station is 27 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.