Once known as the haunt of the infamous pirate Blackbeard, Ocracoke Island is now heralded for its secluded, undeveloped beaches and its unique regional charm. Ocracoke Island is one of the barrier islands of North Carolina’s Outer Banks and is only accessible by boat or plane. The island’s 16 miles of beaches are great for fishing, swimming and sunbathing by day, and the beach’s sunsets are legendary. Ocracoke locals have a laid back lifestyle that is ideal for escaping from the clamor of the rat race. The surrounding town still retains the charm of an old-fashioned fishing village – perfect for a quiet dinner with the family or a romantic night out.

A small stretch of sand in a Bajan fishing village north of Speightstown where you can still see traditional boat building. There is an an excellent restaurant, the Fish Pot in nearby Shermans.

Small fishing village and interesting bay with a shallow reef and lots of rock pools. Little activity outside bank holiday weekends.

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Twenty years ago this beach was a simple fishing village with no electricity. Nowadays, the place has grown on infrastructure but keeps all the peace and tranquility that you will expect from a place like this. The main reason for this is that for accessing to this beach you will have to use a 4 wheel vehicle to pass dirty roads. And even once you arrive in Jericoacoara beach you will find that most of the streets in the village are covered by sand, so to move yourself in the beach you will have to walk or drive a buggy.

The meaning of the word Jericoacoara is Hole of Turtles, and came from the fact that lots of turtles comes to this beach to dig holes to lay their eggs. So you can expect to see a lot of turtles in Jericoacoara beach.

But what is really incredible about Jericocoara beach is the sunset. In fact, one of the most popular activities is to go to the Sunset Dune, in the west part of the beach, and watch the sun in confrontation with the dune. At night, is also impressive to watch the sky as it is one of the most astonishing view of a clean limpid sky you could ever had.

WHERE TO STAY AND HOW TO GO – HOTELS AND FLIGHTS
Lot of amazing and luxury villas can be found in Jericoacoara. Of course that you will not find big hotels, but you can trust that the villas are very comfortable and in touch with nature, and specially in Jericoacoara we think that is much better to forget about the comforts of the typical hotels, and stay in one of those “pousadas” in order to live the way brazilians do.

OTHER BEACHES NEAR JERICOACOARA
Mangue Seco: 5 kms from Jericoacoara, this small fishing village has a beautiful lake.

Guriu: Another small community of fishermen where you can make some rafting in the river.

Tatajuba: This is the place where you want to go if you love driving a buggy in the dunes and arriving to different lagoons.

Kaputas is a mountain gorge with a small shingle cove beach under a bridge crossing the gorge, with a steep set of steps up/down to the beach,and a steep drop off into the clear blue sea. It’s a 10 minute dolmus [bus] ride from the hill village of Kalkan, a harbour town with colourful restaurants and terraced bars overlooking the not particularly attractive marina.
2.5 hrs from Dalaman Airport.