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Jerico Resort Information
Jerico or Jericoacoara to give it is proper Brazilia name is almost 170 miles to the north of Fortaleza, over highway and rough track. Transfer is by four wheel drive vehicle, in theory air-conditioned.
The town is a pretty fishing village set alongside one of the world's most attractive beaches. Both the Washington Post and the BBC have picked it out for that accolade. There are several lakes nearby and places where you can take dune buggy rides. It is also a centre for dancing the Forra, the typical dance of North-Eastern Brazil, to the accompaniment of accordions and tambourins.
The Hotel Mustique is the only one in Jerico. But the Hotel Boa Vista is nearby at Camocim.
G from Massachusetts liked it
"Jericoacoara what can I say this was a fabulous little beach town, a little difficult to get to as its basically in the middle of lots of sand dunes and the types of vehicle which can go there are restricted, so we had to leave the truck in a nearby town and catch transfers. In the evening lots of little cocktail stalls set up down by the beach which is where we spent most of the evening drinking Caiprinas the local cocktail made of Cachacha (sugar cane alcohol) with crushed lime and sugar over ice. Similar to Mojitos just lime instead of mint. We were waiting for an alleged beach party which turned out to be more like one of the bars with a fire out on the beach. So we stayed by the cocktail stalls which were a hive of activity chatting and drinking until I called it a day at about 5.30 and took myself and half the beach to bed. Feeling slightly peaky the next day took things easy, great food at the restaurants. Next day we went of dune buggying and sand boarding which was excellent fun. Long way back up with that board once you've gone down though!. We had a meal at a churrascaria (restaurant where they keep on bringing round meat on big sticks carving it directly to your plate). The salad and fresh sushi bar and service was a amazing and all for 32 reals (about £7)!"