Destinations
Complete guides to Route of Emotions destinations. Written by locals.
- Lençóis Maranhenses
Atins: Guide to the Lençóis Village
Written by people who live here. Flat water kitesurf, outstanding gastronomy, lagoons on foot. The most charming village in Lençóis Maranhenses — without the crowds.
- Delta do Parnaíba
Barra Grande PI: Complete Guide to the Delta's Kite Capital
Complete guide to Barra Grande, Piauí — the kitesurf capital of the Delta do Parnaíba. Flat water, downwinds, Delta boat tours, Cajueiro da Praia and beachfront dining.
- Lençóis Maranhenses
Barreirinhas: Complete Guide to the Gateway of the Lençóis
Barreirinhas is the main gateway to Lençóis Maranhenses — the base for 4x4 jeep tours to the lagoons and speedboat rides down Rio Preguiças to Atins. A practical guide covering what to do, where to stay, and how to get there.
- Jericoacoara
Barrinha: Village Guide
Barrinha de Baixo is the most remote point on Jericoacoara's East Side — a fishing village swallowed by dunes, accessible only at low tide, that became a reference for kitesurfing and absolute silence in Ceará.
- Jericoacoara
Bitupitá: Complete Village Guide
Bitupitá is the last beach in Ceará — on the border with Piauí, where 5 rivers empty into a single point creating the largest mangrove on the Ceará coastline. Complete guide on how to get there, what to do, and when to go.
- Lençóis Maranhenses
Caburé: Village Guide
Caburé is a sandbar between the Rio Preguiças and the Atlantic — a must-stop on the boat tour from Barreirinhas, famous for its seafood restaurants and the duality of river and ocean waters.
- Delta do Parnaíba
Cajueiro da Praia: Village Guide
Cajueiro da Praia is the only place on the planet with open-ocean manatee monitoring — guided sailboat canoe tours through the estuary, deserted beaches, and the Cajueiro Rei, a single organism with over 8,800 m² of canopy.
- Jericoacoara
Camocim: Village Guide
Camocim is the only town with real urban services between Jericoacoara and Barra Grande — a gateway to Tatajuba, flat water kite on the Rio Coreaú delta, and near-deserted beaches.
- Costa do Ceará
Cumbuco: Complete Guide
Complete guide to Cumbuco: Brazil's kite capital, Lagoa do Cauípe, how to get there from Fortaleza, when to go, what to do. Tips from locals.
- Costa do Ceará
Flecheiras: Village Guide
A fishing village with natural reef pools, a centuries-old bobbin lace tradition, and the best food scene on Ceará's northwest coast. ~130 km from Fortaleza.
- Costa do Ceará
Guajiru (Trairi): Complete Village Guide [2026]
Guajiru in Trairi is a quiet fishing village with a 6 km beach, natural reef pools at low tide, and a shallow-water lagoon perfect for kitesurfing. Learn how to get there, when to go, and what to do.
- Jericoacoara
Guriú: Village Guide
Guriú is a small fishing village 30 minutes from Jeri — authentic, quiet, and home to the best flat water for kitesurfing in the region. Mangue Seco, seahorses, and the ferry crossing over the Guriú River make it a must-stop on the Rota das Emoções.
- Jericoacoara
Icaraí de Amontada: Village Guide
Icaraizinho is what Jericoacoara was 20 years ago — a genuine international kite community with up to 9 months of wind, the hidden Lagoa dos Patos, and a French community that built the best balance between Northeastern authenticity and kite infrastructure.
- Delta do Parnaíba
Ilha das Canárias: Village Guide
The Revoada dos Guarás is the Delta's most thrilling spectacle: at dusk, hundreds of scarlet ibises arrive in crimson clouds to roost in the mangrove trees. Second-largest island in the Parnaíba Delta, 17,000 hectares of untouched ecosystems.
- Jericoacoara
Ilha do Guajiru: Complete Village Guide
Ilha do Guajiru has the largest kite lagoon in the Northeast — over 4 km long and 400 m wide, all of it shallow — creating a perfect playground for freestyle and progression. Complete guide: when to go, how to get there, what to do, and where to stay.
- Jericoacoara
Jericoacoara: Complete Guide
Complete guide to Jericoacoara: how to get there, when to go, what to do, where to eat. Tourist tax, kitesurf, Lagoa do Paraíso. Tips from locals.
- Costa do Ceará
Lagoinha: Village Guide
Lagoinha combines a crescent-shaped beach with red cliffs and dense coconut groves — the angle from the Mirante over the beach is one of the most photographed natural compositions in Ceará.
- Lençóis Maranhenses
Lençóis Maranhenses: The Desert with Water
Complete guide to Lençóis Maranhenses: when to go (the secret about April), how to get there, where to stay, lagoon tours. UNESCO Heritage 2024. By locals.
- Delta do Parnaíba
Luís Correia: Village Guide
Luís Correia has 46 km of coastline with eight radically different beaches — from wave kite at Arrombado to natural pools at Maramar — plus the infrastructure of a real city just 15 km from Parnaíba airport.
- Delta do Parnaíba
Macapá (PI): Village Guide
Macapá is a small fishing village at the mouth of the Camurupim River, on the coast of Piauí — and the purest flat water kite spot on the corridor between Luís Correia and Barra Grande.
- Costa do Ceará
Mundaú: Village Guide
The mouth of the Rio Mundaú is the most dramatic river-meets-sea encounter on the Ceará coast: barchan dunes 10–15 m tall, natural pools at low tide, and a catamaran ride through the protected estuary. Complete guide to visiting Mundaú in 2026.
- Costa do Ceará
Paracuru: Village Guide
The Quebramar in Paracuru is the most versatile kite spot in Brazil at a single point: at low tide, a reef creates a 220 m mirror lagoon for 4 hours; at high tide, the same barrier generates the best waves in Ceará (up to 2.5 m).
- Delta do Parnaíba
Parnaíba: Village Guide
Parnaíba is the logistics hub of Piauí's coastline and the gateway to the Parnaíba Delta — the only open-ocean delta in the Americas. It has its own airport, full urban infrastructure, and is the starting point for boat tours, kite, and wildlife.
- Lençóis Maranhenses
Paulino Neves: Village Guide
Paulino Neves is where the paved road ends and the sand tracks begin — the gateway to the Pequenos Lençóis Maranhenses and Santo Amaro do Maranhão.
- Jericoacoara
Preá: Village Guide
Complete guide to Preá — the world capital of kitesurfing, 14 km north of Jericoacoara. Flat water, schools, downwinder, where to stay and how to get there.
- Lençóis Maranhenses
Santo Amaro do Maranhão: Village Guide
Santo Amaro do Maranhão is the secret alternative to the Lençóis Maranhenses via Barreirinhas — larger, deeper lagoons accessible on foot directly from the village. Complete guide with when to go, how to get there, what to do and where to stay.
- Costa do Ceará
Taíba: Village Guide
Taíba has a dual personality: Lagoa do Kite — flat, shallow, home to the GKA Freestyle World Championship — coexists with open-ocean waves at Praia de Taibinha, a WSL stage. 60 km from Fortaleza via CE-085.
- Jericoacoara
Tatajuba: Village Guide
Tatajuba is the most extreme kite spot on Brazil's northeast coast — hard to reach, no ATM, no cell signal — and that's exactly what makes it unique. Duna do Funil, Lagoa Grande, and 17–30 knot winds waiting for you.
- Delta do Parnaíba
Tutóia: Complete Guide to the Gateway Town [2026]
Tutóia is the logistics hub between the Parnaíba Delta and the Lençóis Maranhenses. Find out how long to stay, how to cross, and what to do while waiting for your next connection.