Why this ride
On the way it passes Pau Brazil National Park, Veracruz Station and back through Pau Brazil National Park. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Monte Pascoal National Park and Veracruz Station
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 438 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 11 h 02
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
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: 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. Monte Pascoal National Park
On Easter Sunday 1500 the lookouts of Pedro Álvares Cabral's fleet saw a rounded mountain rising out of the Atlantic haze and called it Monte Pascoal, Easter Mountain. A few days later the Portuguese landed on the coast nearby, and the story of European Brazil began. The mountain still stands over the low forested coastline of southern Bahia, and the national park around it protects some of the last stretches of Atlantic forest in this region. It is part of the Atlantic forest reserves of the Costa do Descobrimento, listed by UNESCO in 1999.
Read the complete Monte Pascoal National Park write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Monte Pascoal National Park is where the day begins. Next is Pau Brazil National Park.
2. Pau Brazil National Park
Brazil is named after a tree. Pau-brasil, brazilwood, grew along the Atlantic coast when the Portuguese arrived in 1500, and its heartwood yields a deep red dye that was worth a fortune in Europe, so the early traders called the land after it. Within a few generations they had cut most of the coastal trees, and the species nearly vanished. Pau Brasil National Park, near Porto Seguro in southern Bahia, protects a patch of lowland Atlantic Forest where some of those trees still stand, with dense, humid woods, vines, palms and the bird calls of the tropics. The park is part of the Costa do Descobrimento Atlantic Forest Reserves, listed by UNESCO in 1999.
Read the complete Pau Brazil National Park write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Pau Brazil National Park comes up about 126 km into the recorded legs. Next is Veracruz Station.
3. Veracruz Station
On 22 April 1500, a Portuguese fleet under Pedro Alvares Cabral anchored off this coast of Bahia, and the history of Brazil as a European colony began. The fleet was bound for India, and was blown far to the west, and the first mass in Brazil was held on shore a few days later. The area around Porto Seguro and Santa Cruz Cabralia is still called the Costa do Descobrimento, and the stretch of Atlantic Forest behind it is a UNESCO World Heritage listing, the Atlantic Forest Reserves of that same coast, one of the last pieces of lowland coastal forest in the north-east of the country. Veracruz Station is one of its protected areas.
Read the complete Veracruz Station write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 218 km into the recorded legs you reach Veracruz Station. Next is back through Pau Brazil National Park.
4. back through Pau Brazil National Park
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Pau Brazil National Park write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Pau Brazil National Park, late in the day. Next is Monte Pascoal National Park.
5. Monte Pascoal National Park
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Monte Pascoal National Park write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Monte Pascoal National Park. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Monte Pascoal National Park to Pau Brazil National Park
Monte Pascoal National Park → Pau Brazil National Park is 126 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Pau Brazil National Park to Veracruz Station
Pau Brazil National Park → Veracruz Station is 92 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Veracruz Station to back through Pau Brazil National Park
Veracruz Station → back through Pau Brazil National Park is 94 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Pau Brazil National Park to Monte Pascoal National Park
back through Pau Brazil National Park → Monte Pascoal National Park is 126 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.