Why this ride
On the way it passes Alto Ribeira Touristic State Park, Jacupiranga State Park and back through Alto Ribeira Touristic State Park.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Intervales State Park and Jacupiranga State Park
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 518 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 12 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. Intervales State Park
There is a place in the hills of south-east São Paulo state where you can hear a monkey you will probably never see. The muriqui, the largest primate in the Americas, lives in the Atlantic Forest of the Serra de Paranapiacaba, and Intervales State Park, one of the largest protected areas of that forest, is one of its refuges. The park covers more than forty thousand hectares of steep, misty hills, with giant ferns, bromeliads, orchids and trees hung with vines, and it is part of the Atlantic Forest South-East Reserves, listed by UNESCO in 1999. Toucans, tapirs and, rarely, jaguars share it.
Read the complete Intervales State Park write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Intervales State Park is where the day begins. Next is Alto Ribeira Touristic State Park.
2. Alto Ribeira Touristic State Park
The Ribeira valley, in the south of Sao Paulo state, holds the largest remaining stretch of Atlantic Forest in Brazil, and under it lies one of the great cave regions of the Americas. The park called PETAR, the Alto Ribeira Touristic State Park, covers hills of limestone that are riddled with hundreds of caves, many of them with underground rivers, huge chambers and elaborate formations of stalactites and stalagmites. The forest above is thick with ferns, bromeliads and trees draped in moss, and it belongs to the Atlantic Forest South-East Reserves, a UNESCO World Heritage listing from 1999.
Read the complete Alto Ribeira Touristic State Park write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Alto Ribeira Touristic State Park comes up 64 km in. 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
128 km in you reach Jacupiranga State Park. Next is back through Alto Ribeira Touristic State Park.
4. back through Alto Ribeira Touristic State Park
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Alto Ribeira Touristic State Park write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Alto Ribeira Touristic State Park, late in the day. Next is Intervales State Park.
5. Intervales State Park
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Intervales 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 Intervales State Park. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Intervales State Park to Alto Ribeira Touristic State Park
Intervales State Park → Alto Ribeira Touristic State Park is 62 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Alto Ribeira Touristic State Park to Jacupiranga State Park
Alto Ribeira Touristic State Park → Jacupiranga State Park is 65 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Jacupiranga State Park to back through Alto Ribeira Touristic State Park
Jacupiranga State Park → back through Alto Ribeira Touristic State Park is 65 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Alto Ribeira Touristic State Park to Intervales State Park
back through Alto Ribeira Touristic State Park → Intervales State Park is 62 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.