Natural features

Jericoacoara

Brazil Ceará Jijoca de Jericoacoara

Jericoacoara
Photo: Anderps, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

A remote beach village of sand streets inside a national park, with dunes, lagoons such as Lagoa do Paraíso with hammocks in the water, and some of the world's best kitesurfing.


Watch sunset from the big dune. Reach it by 4x4 from Jijoca.

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