The excursions in dune-buggy along the litoral, trekking, excursions across the shoreline with buggy, jangada, boat, horse walks, surf, wind-surf and kite-surf.

Ponta grossa, Cumbe and The River Jaguaribe; Along the beach and between the coqueiros it is possible to taste coconut water, shrimps, lobsters, chestnuts of caju, and fresh fish with good caipirinha or caipirosca.

Buses to/from Fortaleza about 6 times daily by São Benedito tel +55 85 3444 9999, about 3,5 hours, R$ 18,50. An alternative is to jump off any bus that passes Aracati, and switch to frequent minibuses for the last bit to Canoa. You can also take one of the minibuses with daytrippers from Fortaleza, which will take you directly to any hotel, but they will charge you return price, R$ 35.

Get any souvenir with Canoa's trademark: The star embraced by the crescent moon.

Weekdays are rather dead, apart from January. Fridays and Saturdays have people pouring in from the whole eastern part of the state, and also some crowds from Rio Grande do Norte. Broadway turns into one big party. Into to the wee hours there is often some beach party as well, -reggea at Freedom goes on until dawn.