CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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: planning record, not independently verified geometry.
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A 1121 km round trip from Pariquera Açu - roughly 19 h 21 in the saddle. On the way it passes Ilha Comprida Wild Life Zone, Serra do Itapitangui, Jacupiranga State Park and Salto Morato Private Reserve. It suits an unhurried touring pace.
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.
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Pariquera - Abaixo State Park is where the day begins. 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.
Read the complete Ilha Comprida Wild Life Zone write-up.
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Ilha Comprida Wild Life Zone comes up about 115 km into the recorded legs. 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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about 244 km into the recorded legs you reach Serra do Itapitangui. Next is 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.
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Jacupiranga State Park, about halfway. Next is Salto Morato Private Reserve.
On the Paraná coast of Brazil the Atlantic Forest comes down almost to the sea, and Salto Morato is a private reserve that protects a good piece of it. A few thousand hectares of dense, wet forest, ferns, palms, orchids and giant trees covered in moss, with a trail that leads to a waterfall of about a hundred metres plunging down a green cliff. The Atlantic Forest was once enormous, running along most of the Brazilian coast, but today only a small fraction survives, and this area, with its neighbours in the Serra do Mar, is one of the best-preserved parts, recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage cluster.
Read the complete Salto Morato Private Reserve write-up.
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Salto Morato Private Reserve sits at 561 km, about halfway. Next is back through Jacupiranga State Park.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Jacupiranga State Park write-up.
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back through Jacupiranga State Park comes up about 725 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Serra do Itapitangui.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Serra do Itapitangui write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
about 884 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Serra do Itapitangui. 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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back through Ilha Comprida Wild Life Zone, late in the day. Next is Pariquera - Abaixo State Park.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Pariquera - Abaixo State Park write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
The route ends here after 1121 km.
Pariquera - Abaixo State Park → Ilha Comprida Wild Life Zone is 115 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Ilha Comprida Wild Life Zone → Serra do Itapitangui is 129 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Serra do Itapitangui → Jacupiranga State Park is 158 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Jacupiranga State Park → Salto Morato Private Reserve is 162 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Salto Morato Private Reserve → back through Jacupiranga State Park is 162 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Jacupiranga State Park → back through Serra do Itapitangui is 158 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Serra do Itapitangui → back through Ilha Comprida Wild Life Zone is 129 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Ilha Comprida Wild Life Zone → Pariquera - Abaixo State Park is 115 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.