Why this ride
A 567 km round trip from Ubatuba - roughly 8 h 54 in the saddle. It suits an unhurried touring pace.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Rio-Santos Highway · part 2
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 567 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 8 h 54
- Journey
- One way; return travel is separate
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.
Reading history stays on this device. My road watch requires a separate selection; opening it does not subscribe this ride.
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. Ubatuba
Ubatuba has more than eighty beaches, and surfers say the exact number depends on how much you walk. The name is from the Tupi language and is often said to mean place of canoe-trees, referring to the big trees the Tupinambá carved into boats. Beyond the beaches, the town sits between the sea and the Serra do Mar, a steep mountain wall covered in Atlantic forest, one of the richest and most threatened ecosystems in Brazil. The result is a coast where you can swim in the morning, walk to a waterfall in the afternoon and see toucans at dusk.
Read the complete Ubatuba write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Ubatuba is where the day begins. Next is Santos.
2. Santos
Santos is Brazil's great port, the largest in Latin America, and for a rider who has spent the day on the coast road from Paraty, arriving feels like landing in a different century. The city sits on São Vicente island, across a channel from the mainland, and the harbour is crowded with cranes, container stacks and ships waiting for berths. Nearly everything Brazil sells to the world, coffee above all, passed through here at some point, and the old coffee exchange building, now a museum, still has its stained-glass ceiling and a tasting room.
Read the complete Santos write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Santos comes up about 284 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Ubatuba.
3. back through Ubatuba
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Ubatuba 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 567 km.
Leg by leg
Ubatuba to Santos
Ubatuba → Santos is 284 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Santos to back through Ubatuba
Santos → back through Ubatuba is 283 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.