1st DAY (Sunday): FORTALEZA
Arrival to Fortaleza. Transfer to the hotel. Overnight.
2nd DAY (Monday): FORTALEZA MUNDAÚ
(8 hours/160 km)
Breakfast. Departure from Fortaleza at about 8am to Mundaú town in an off road route by the beaches. We visit Cumbuco, where we know skibunda, a kind of sport where people slide sand dunes down sit on a wooden board. We also know the new Pecém harbor and other amazing beaches till Fleixeiras beach, where we stop for lunch. Then we go to Mundaú beach, where we stop for our first night. We visit the rendeiras (native weavers) from Mundaú to observe their ancestral handicraft techniques and then we go to the sand dunes to see the sunset. Lodging in a rustic lodge in Mundaú beach (hot shower, air conditioning, mini-bar, TV, restaurant, swimming pool) in front of the beach. Dinner and overnight.
3rd DAY (Tuesday): MUNDAÚ JERICOACOARA
(8 hours/240 km)
Breakfast. Departure from Mundaú town to Jericoacoara beach going by the outback and seaside tracks until Icaraí Beach, from where we go by outback tracks till the next highway, because of the natural obstacles at the seaside, like rivers and mangroves. Lunch. We get the highway and secondary roads till Preá beach (18km far from Jericoacoara), from where we take the beach and sand dunes way to our final destination Jericoacoara. Dinner and overnight.
4th DAY (Wednesday) JERICOACOARA
Breakfast. Day activities: hiking to Pedra Furada (a rocky formation with a hole in the middle made by the sea waves force that's a 2 ½-hour long hiking); off road tour to Azul and Paraíso lagoons, where we stop for lunch. Sunset on the dunes. Dinner and overnight.
5th DAY (Thursday) JERICOACOARA FORTALEZA
Breakfast. Free morning. At noon, we check out in Jericoacoara. Lunch. Return to the hotel at Fortaleza by highway. It's about a 4h30min long trip by regular roads from Jericoacoara to Fortaleza. Overnight.
6th DAY (Friday) FORTALEZA
Breakfast. Transfer to airport. |