Downwinder Advanced

Setting off from Cumbuco's dunes and lagoon, the first leg eases you into the route along open beach as the coast starts to quiet down.

The buildings thin out fast here, replaced by long stretches of open sand and small fishing communities.

One of the most scenic days on the route, tracing dunes and flat water past one of the coast's best-known kite villages.

The most isolated stretch of the week, coastline that barely sees traffic beyond the odd downwinder group.

The pace picks back up on the run into Preá, the traditional launch point for Jericoacoara's lagoon.

The final push past Jericoacoara to Tatajuba, before heading back to Jericoacoara for the night.

Flat water and small waves past the Guriú lagoon, a spot where beginners and advanced riders gather, before Tatajuba.

A wild, untouched stretch of coast — slightly choppy flats mixed with wave sections, ending at a secluded fisherman's town.

The route's biggest day so far, flat sections and choppy water around the estuary, passing remote Curimãs before the lively village of Barra Grande.

Into new territory, where the coastline gives way to the river channels and mangroves of the Parnaíba Delta.

A remote stretch as the landscape shifts toward the dune fields that lead into Maranhão.

The final leg, arriving at Atins on the doorstep of the Lençóis Maranhenses — journey's end.