Why this ride
On the way it passes Guaraguacu Ecological Station, Guaraquecaba Ecological Station, Superagui National Park and Ilha do Cardoso State Park. A steady touring day rather than a sprint.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Zone & State Park Pau Oco Turistical Prese and Ilha do Cardoso State Park
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 1099 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 18 h 56
- 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 Guaraguacu Ecological Station.
2. Guaraguaçu Ecological Station
On the coast of Paraná, between the port city of Paranaguá and the beaches of Pontal do Paraná, the Guaraguaçu Ecological Station protects a stretch of lowland forest, mangrove and sandy restinga along the Guaraguaçu river. It belongs to the network of Atlantic Forest reserves that UNESCO lists for the south and southeast of Brazil, here around the Paranaguá bay, one of the best preserved estuaries on the Brazilian coast. Access to the station itself is restricted, as ecological stations are mainly for research, but the surrounding landscape gives a strong sense of what it protects.
Read the complete Guaraguacu Ecological Station write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Guaraguaçu Ecological Station comes up about 51 km into the recorded legs. Next is Guaraquecaba Ecological Station.
3. Guaraquecaba Ecological Station
Guaraqueçaba is one of those places in Brazil where the road gives up before the forest does. It lies on the northern shore of the great bay of Paranaguá, on the coast of Paraná state, surrounded by mangroves, islands, tidal channels and the steep, forested slopes of the Serra do Mar. The ecological station protects a large area of mangroves and coastal forest, and it is part of the Atlantic Forest South-East Reserves, a World Heritage Site that preserves some of the best remaining stretches of the Mata Atlântica, a forest that once covered much of Brazil's coast and has now been reduced to a fraction of its former extent.
Read the complete Guaraquecaba Ecological Station write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 300 km into the recorded legs you reach Guaraquecaba Ecological Station. Next is Superagui National Park.
4. Superagui National Park
You cannot ride into Superagui, and that is exactly why it is still here. The national park covers islands, mangroves, beaches and lowland Atlantic Forest on the northern coast of Paraná state in southern Brazil, and it belongs to the UNESCO-listed Atlantic Forest South-East Reserves. Access is by boat, mostly from Paranaguá or from the small town of Guaraqueçaba, and the reward is a stretch of coastline with no roads, few people and a very rare monkey: the black-faced lion tamarin, which scientists only described in 1990 and which lives in a tiny area of these forests.
Read the complete Superagui National Park write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Superagui National 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 550 km, about halfway. Next is back through Superagui National Park.
6. back through Superagui National Park
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Superagui 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 Superagui National Park comes up about 691 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Guaraquecaba Ecological Station.
7. back through Guaraquecaba Ecological Station
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Guaraquecaba Ecological Station write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 799 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Guaraquecaba Ecological Station. Next is back through Guaraguacu Ecological Station.
8. back through Guaraguacu Ecological Station
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Guaraguacu 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 Guaraguacu Ecological Station, late in the day. Next is Zone & State Park Pau Oco Turistical Prese.
9. 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
The route ends here after 1099 km.
Leg by leg
Zone & State Park Pau Oco Turistical Prese to Guaraguacu Ecological Station
Zone & State Park Pau Oco Turistical Prese → Guaraguacu Ecological Station is 144 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Guaraguaçu Ecological Station to Guaraquecaba Ecological Station
Guaraguaçu Ecological Station → Guaraquecaba Ecological Station is 55 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Guaraquecaba Ecological Station to Superagui National Park
Guaraquecaba Ecological Station → Superagui National Park is 108 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Superagui National Park to Ilha do Cardoso State Park
Superagui National Park → Ilha do Cardoso State Park is 142 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Ilha do Cardoso State Park to back through Superagui National Park
Ilha do Cardoso State Park → back through Superagui National Park is 142 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Superagui National Park to back through Guaraquecaba Ecological Station
back through Superagui National Park → back through Guaraquecaba Ecological Station is 108 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Guaraquecaba Ecological Station to back through Guaraguacu Ecological Station
back through Guaraquecaba Ecological Station → back through Guaraguacu Ecological Station is 156 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Guaraguacu Ecological Station to Zone & State Park Pau Oco Turistical Prese
back through Guaraguacu Ecological Station → Zone & State Park Pau Oco Turistical Prese is 144 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.