Why this ride
On the way it passes Ilha do Mel Ecological Station, Ilha do Cardoso State Park and back through Ilha do Mel Ecological Station. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Zone & State Park Pau Oco Turistical Prese and Ilha do Cardoso State Park starting at Piraquara
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 802 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 13 h 51
- 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: planning record, not independently verified geometry.
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Distances and riding times are planning figures. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Zone & State Park Pau Oco Turistical Prese
In 1873, the province of Paraná in southern Brazil opened a road down the Serra do Mar from Curitiba to the coast, and it is still there, paved with stone setts, winding through the Atlantic forest in more than a dozen kilometres of bends. The Serra do Mar here is part of the Atlantic Forest South-East Reserves, listed by UNESCO in 1999, one of the largest remaining stretches of a forest that once covered much of the Brazilian coast.
Read the complete Zone & State Park Pau Oco Turistical Prese write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Zone & State Park Pau Oco Turistical Prese is where the day begins. Next is Ilha do Mel Ecological Station.
2. Ilha do Mel Ecological Station
No cars are allowed on Ilha do Mel, the honey island, at the mouth of the bay of Paranaguá in southern Brazil, and that is a large part of its charm. The island is a mix of sandy beaches, rocky headlands, mangroves and Atlantic forest, and most of it is protected as an ecological station and a state park. Its forests, beaches and mangroves are part of the Atlantic Forest South-East Reserves listed by UNESCO, a string of protected areas along the coast of Paraná and São Paulo that preserve some of the best remaining stretches of the Mata Atlântica. The number of visitors is limited, which keeps the island quiet even in summer.
Read the complete Ilha do Mel Ecological Station write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Ilha do Mel Ecological Station comes up about 196 km into the recorded legs. Next is Ilha do Cardoso State Park.
3. 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
about 402 km into the recorded legs you reach Ilha do Cardoso State Park. Next is back through Ilha do Mel Ecological Station.
4. back through Ilha do Mel Ecological Station
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Ilha do Mel Ecological Station write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Ilha do Mel Ecological Station, late in the day. Next is Zone & State Park Pau Oco Turistical Prese.
5. Zone & State Park Pau Oco Turistical Prese
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Zone & State Park Pau Oco Turistical Prese write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Zone & State Park Pau Oco Turistical Prese. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Zone & State Park Pau Oco Turistical Prese to Ilha do Mel Ecological Station
Zone & State Park Pau Oco Turistical Prese → Ilha do Mel Ecological Station is 196 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Ilha do Mel Ecological Station to Ilha do Cardoso State Park
Ilha do Mel Ecological Station → Ilha do Cardoso State Park is 206 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Ilha do Cardoso State Park to back through Ilha do Mel Ecological Station
Ilha do Cardoso State Park → back through Ilha do Mel Ecological Station is 206 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Ilha do Mel Ecological Station to Zone & State Park Pau Oco Turistical Prese
back through Ilha do Mel Ecological Station → Zone & State Park Pau Oco Turistical Prese is 196 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.