Region guide
Kitesurfing in South America
7 kitesurfing destinations across 3 countries, including Brazil, Colombia, Peru. Explore the riding areas, compare seasons and find nearby stays where available.
Destinations
- Cumbuco, Brazil
A fishing village on the Ceará coast that the trade winds turned into a kitesurfing town, with glassy lagoons a buggy ride down the sand.
- Paracas, Peru
A desert bay on the Peruvian coast beside a national reserve, with wind on around three hundred days a year.
- Jericoacoara & Preá, Brazil
A fishing village in a national park where the streets are sand, and fourteen kilometres of beach downwind that made it a kitesurfing pilgrimage.
- Atins & Lençóis Maranhenses, Brazil
A village at the edge of a desert of white dunes and rainwater lagoons, reached by boat or 4x4 and by very few people.
- La Guajira, Colombia
The desert peninsula at Colombia's northern tip, where the Wayuu live and the wind blows for ten months of the year.
- Cartagena Coast, Colombia
A walled colonial city on the Caribbean, where the trade winds blow from December to April and the beaches start fifteen minutes from the old town.
- Santa Verónica, Colombia
A sheltered flat-water bay and a wave beach beside it, an hour from Cartagena on Colombia's Atlántico coast.
Choose your destination and season together
A regional shortlist is a starting point. Compare the recorded best months for each destination, then open its kite area guides for water conditions, riding level and access. Before choosing a hotel, check the route to the launch and the activities available to everyone travelling.