Why this ride
It goes by way of Serra do Itapitangui, Ilha Comprida Wild Life Zone, Pariquera - Abaixo State Park and Ilha do Cardoso State Park. It suits an unhurried touring pace.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Jacupiranga State Park and Ilha do Cardoso State Park
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 809 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 17 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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Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. 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
Jacupiranga 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
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Planning note
Serra do Itapitangui comes up 49 km in. 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
98 km in 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 Ilha do Cardoso State Park.
5. 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 sits at 197 km, about halfway. Next is back through Pariquera - Abaixo State Park.
6. back through Pariquera - Abaixo State Park
Return visit. Read the place description above.
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
back through Pariquera - Abaixo State Park comes up 246 km in. Next is back through Ilha Comprida Wild Life Zone.
7. 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
295 km in you reach back through Ilha Comprida Wild Life Zone. Next is back through Serra do Itapitangui.
8. 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, late in the day. Next is Jacupiranga State Park.
9. Jacupiranga State Park
Return visit. Read the place description above.
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
The route ends here after 809 km.
Leg by leg
Jacupiranga State Park to Serra do Itapitangui
Jacupiranga State Park → Serra do Itapitangui is 48 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 39 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 35 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Pariquera - Abaixo State Park to Ilha do Cardoso State Park
Pariquera - Abaixo State Park → Ilha do Cardoso State Park is 76 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Ilha do Cardoso State Park to back through Pariquera - Abaixo State Park
Ilha do Cardoso State Park → back through Pariquera - Abaixo State Park is 76 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Pariquera - Abaixo State Park to back through Ilha Comprida Wild Life Zone
back through Pariquera - Abaixo State Park → back through Ilha Comprida Wild Life Zone is 35 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 39 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Serra do Itapitangui to Jacupiranga State Park
back through Serra do Itapitangui → Jacupiranga State Park is 48 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.