Sunday, February 27, 2011

Travel Tips Jericoacoara 2011


The best time to visit Jericoacoara

One question that most tourists are planning to visit a destination as Jericoacoara is that time is more appropriate. The weather can adversely intervene in the tours, since the contact with nature is direct and rain can disrupt an adventure, whether hiking, buggy, etc..

In any season you can visit Jericoacoara, but the ideal is between the months of July and January. Between February and June, starting the short rains of winter, the weather becomes unstable, it rains in the morning and the afternoon is sunny and / or vice versa ..


Another significant factor is price. It set the dates of high and low season, being the high season holidays and vacations and Low Season all other dates. The hotels and inns, as well as agencies charge different prices for the season, so if you can avoid the holidays, since you can save a little.

Money


Come prevented. There are no banks or ATMs, and rides are paid in cash. The nearest bank (Bank of Brazil) is 18km in Jijoca there. Bring pocket change is another convenience. The year 2010 opened a post office in Jeri and it is possible to make small withdrawals and deposits to the account holder who is from Bradesco.

Lighting


Electricity is underground, which feeds only the houses without street lights, to preserve the natural light from the moon and stars.Therefore, a small flashlight can be helpful in the moonless night.Here the voltage is 220v, do not forget to look at your equipment to run the risto not to burn it.

Rules

Jericoacoara you can not throw garbage on the beach, or anywhere else other than a trash can, head off the marked trails or the dunes, pollute, hunt.

Services

If you are closer to developed places, equipped with comfort and infrastructure, easy access and with the usual services available in most places of tourist interest, then it's not your Jericoacoara beach.

Permanence

The ideal minimum stay is three days, so it can be done a tour of each type.

Tours


Some important considerations:
  • All trips are paid. These values ​​range from $ 25.00 to $ 65.00 (per person). To practice kitesurfing and windsurfing, the prices are higher.
  • The ideal shoe for the performance of most tours is a lightweight sandal.
  • All roads that provide access to Jericoacoara National Park is marked DO NOT leave the track.

What to bring

Besides great disposition, is indispensable swimsuit, cap or hat, bag, shoes, shirts, shorts, sunscreen, insect repellent, camera, camcorder and coat in winter.

Getting there

For those arriving by plane in Fortaleza, it is better to have contracted the shuttle. Its main access roads BR-222, EC-354 EC-178 and EC-085. Coming from St. Louis bus station: you need to take the bus at the Bus Terminal Avenue of the French district of Santo Antonio. Tel: (88) 243-2320. Then descend Sobral (Ceará). Sobral, driving to pick Jijoca Jericoacoara. The only bus line leaving from Fortaleza is the company FretCar, costs R $ 38.90 with daily departures at two times: 10:00 and arrive in Jeri 16:30 and 18:30 arriving at midnight. There is also the possibility of arriving by helicopter in Jericoacoara. In this case air taxi hire.

Reservations stay

If you want to go in high season - especially summer and holidays - it is necessary an advance reservation. Although there are many inns and hotels, the chance of you getting nowhere is not small. Even if you plan to go out of season it is good to call to learn the availability of vacancies, because suddenly the place you will want to stay in pensions or reserved for an excursion, you dance.

Clothing


If you go in summer, heat in Jericoacoara is the same for almost all northeastern Brazil: very strong. Even worth taking a topical repellent. If bring sunscreen, a light that does not drop into the water. In winter, you may get some cold night. In winter, as it has sun, the temperature is high. When night comes, can make some cold.

Children

The tours are mostly safe even for children.

Health Services

There is only one public health center in Jericoacoara attending from 08:00 am to 17:00 pm with basic conditions of operation, the nearest hospital is 18km from the Jijoca in Jericoacoara.

"Do not forget, leave only footprints, take only photographs!"


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