Why this ride
A highland corridor with elevation, open views and lower-density roads. It links naturally to Historic Centre of Diamantina and Espinhaco Range.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Diamantina to Serra do Cipo
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 196 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 4 h 01
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Editorial context
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Access context
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Seasonal context
Apr-Oct
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Diamantina
Diamantina earned its name the hard way. In the early 1720s, prospectors in the hills of Minas Gerais found diamonds in the gravel of the streams, and for the next hundred years this high, rocky corner of Brazil supplied most of the world's stones. The Portuguese Crown clamped down at once, declaring a restricted diamond district, with a monopoly on trade, permits, soldiers and informers, and the town that grew up at the centre of it, on a cold plateau in the Serra do Espinhaço at around 1,200 metres, became rich and strange. Today it has about thirty-seven thousand people, and the colonial centre was inscribed by UNESCO in 1999.
Read the complete Diamantina write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Diamantina sits at 0 km, early in the day. Next is Serra do Cipo.
2. Serra do Cipó
At the southern end of the Espinhaço range, the long backbone of rock that runs through Minas Gerais and Bahia, the Serra do Cipó is a country of bare quartzite ridges, clear streams and waterfalls that glow amber from the tannins in the water. The national park protects a landscape of campos rupestres, rocky fields where wildflowers and strange plants have adapted to thin, acid soil, and where you find species that exist nowhere else on Earth. Among them are the canelas-de-ema, tall, shaggy-trunked plants that look like something from a children's book.
Read the complete Serra do Cipo write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Serra do Cipó comes up 196 km in.