CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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A 779 km round trip from Peruíbe - roughly 16 h 34 in the saddle. On the way it passes Chauas Ecological Station, Ilha Comprida Wild Life Zone, Pariquera - Abaixo State Park and Serra do Itapitangui. A steady touring day rather than a sprint.
Jureia-Itatins is a rare piece of coast. Between the sea and the Serra dos Itatins, in the south of São Paulo state, a long stretch of Atlantic Forest runs down to the beach with few roads and almost no development, and the ecological station that protects it is one of the largest remaining blocks of coastal forest in the state. The land rises from white sand and mangrove to wet forest on the ridges, with rivers running out through the trees to the sea, and the whole thing is so thick and green that satellite pictures show it as a dark patch among the paler towns.
Read the complete Jureia-Itatins Ecological Station write-up.
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Jureia-Itatins Ecological Station is where the day begins. Next is Chauas Ecological Station.
The south coast of São Paulo state is a world away from the megacity a few hours to the north. Here, around the old town of Iguape, the Ribeira de Iguape river reaches the sea through a maze of channels, mangroves, islands and lagoons, backed by the forested slopes of the Serra do Mar. The Chauás Ecological Station protects a piece of lowland Atlantic Forest and restinga, the sandy coastal vegetation, near Iguape, and it is part of the Atlantic Forest Southeast Reserves, listed by UNESCO in 1999. The Atlantic Forest once covered much of the Brazilian coast; today only a fraction remains, and this region holds some of the largest continuous stretches.
Read the complete Chauas Ecological Station write-up.
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Chauás Ecological Station comes up about 169 km into the recorded legs. 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.
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about 223 km into the recorded legs you reach Ilha Comprida Wild Life Zone. Next is 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.
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Pariquera - Abaixo State Park, about halfway. Next is 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.
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Serra do Itapitangui sits at 209 km, about halfway. Next is back through Pariquera - Abaixo State Park.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Pariquera - Abaixo State Park write-up.
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back through Pariquera - Abaixo State Park comes up about 458 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Ilha Comprida Wild Life Zone.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Ilha Comprida Wild Life Zone write-up.
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about 553 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Ilha Comprida Wild Life Zone. Next is back through Chauas Ecological Station.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Chauas Ecological Station write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Chauas Ecological Station, late in the day. Next is Jureia-Itatins Ecological Station.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Jureia-Itatins Ecological Station write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
The route ends here after 779 km.
Jureia-Itatins Ecological Station → Chauas Ecological Station is 169 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Chauás Ecological Station → Ilha Comprida Wild Life Zone is 54 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Ilha Comprida Wild Life Zone → Pariquera - Abaixo State Park is 111 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Pariquera - Abaixo State Park → Serra do Itapitangui is 50 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Serra do Itapitangui → back through Pariquera - Abaixo State Park is 74 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Pariquera - Abaixo State Park → back through Ilha Comprida Wild Life Zone is 95 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Ilha Comprida Wild Life Zone → back through Chauas Ecological Station is 57 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Chauas Ecological Station → Jureia-Itatins Ecological Station is 168 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.