strangest beaches in the world

Strangest Beaches in 80 days Around the World

Mackenzie DeMuth

Playa del AmorMarietas Islands, Mexico

Hidden Beach on the Marietas Islands off the coast of Mexico

Because the beach is located in a huge hole, the only access to it is by helicopter or a small opening on the tidal side of one wall.

Can only swim or scuba dive through the short tunnel.

Expense 5 nights at the Hotel

Cinco in Punta de Mita, 5.8 miles from Marietas Islands = $2,500

Car rental for 6 days = $332

Food and Beverages: free continental breakfast at the hotel, $70 for lunch and dinner including drinks = $420

Itinerary Day 1: Settle in Day 2: $85 to Cavern

Swim and Snorkel Cruise from Puerto Vallarta

Day 3: $130 for the Scuba Dive Tour

Day 4: Relax on the beach in Puerto Vallarta

Day 5: $100 to kayak around the Marietas Islands

Day 6: Pack up TOTAL COST: $3,567

Pink Sands BeachHarbour Island, Bahamas

The pink color comes from tiny microscopic shelled animals known as Foraminifera.

The beach spreads 3 miles plus long and 50 t0 100 feet wide.

Expense 5 nights at the Pink

Sands Resort = $3,530

Car rental for 6 days = $400

Food and beverages including free continental breakfast, $80 for lunch and dinner = $480

Itinerary Day 1: Settle in Day 2: $135 for the San

Salvador Island Jet Ski Excursion

Day 3: Relax on the Pink Beach

Day 4: $50 to relax at the Dunmore Spa

Day 5: $145 to dive down into the Briland’s Blue Hole

Day 6: Pack up TOTAL COSTS: $4,740

Maho BeachSt. Maarten, St. Martin

Airplanes fly directly over the Maho Beach and land on the unusually close runway.

One of the few places you can be directly under the flight path of an airplane before it lands.

Comes within 100 feet of the beach

You can feel the jet blast

Expense 5 nights at the

Sonesta Maho Beach All Inclusive Resort and Casino = $1,530

Car rental for 6 days = $350

Food and Beverages: are all included in the Resort and Casino

Itinerary Day 1: Settle in Day 2: Go to the beach and

watch the planes fly in. Day 3: $75 to go on the St.

Maarten Sightseeing Cruise with Snorkeling

Day 4: $37 to go on the St. Maarten Half-Day Trip to Orient and Maho Beach

Day 5: $200 to go shopping at all the shops along the Maho Beach

Day6: Pack up TOTAL COSTS: $2,192

Playa de GulpiyuriLlanes, Spain

It’s a flooded sinkhole in the middle of a meadow

100 m from the Cantabrian Sea

Underground tunnels from the sea create small waves on the beach

Expense 5 nights at the Hotel

La Palma de Llanes = $240

Rental car for 6 days = $300

Food and Beverages: free continental breakfast, $50 for lunch and dinner = $300

Itinerary

Day 1: Settle in Day 2: Check out the

Playa de Gulpiyuri beach Day 3: Go to Playa de

Torimbia beach Day 4: Cliff dive at

Bufones de Pria Day 5: $30 to stand up

paddle board at Escuela Asturiana de Surf

Day 6: Pack up TOTAL COSTS: $870

Scala dei TurchiRealmonte, Italy

It’s called “Stair of the Turks”

It’s a rocky cliff on the coast of Realmonte that looks like stairs

Really white color

Expense

5 nights at the Scala dei Turchi Resort = $695

Rental car for 6 days = $400

Food and Beverages: for six days including drinks, excluding breakfast, $70 for lunch and dinner = $420

Itinerary

Day 1: Settle in Day 2: Go see the Scala

dei Turchi beach Day 3: For $54 visit the

Temple of Concord 6.6 miles from Scala dei Turchi

Day 4: For $54 visit The Valley of the Temples

Day 5: Visit the Temple of Hercules

Day 6: Pack up

TOTAL COSTS: $1,623

Zlatni Rat BeachBrac, Croatia

The beach changes form depends on tide, current, and wind.

Often referred to as the Golden Cape or Golden Horn.

Expense 5 nights at the Zlatni

Rat Beach Hotel = $650

Rental Car for 6 days = $350

Food and Beverages: free continental breakfast, lunch is included on the trips days 2-4

Lunch and Dinner for the other days = $240

Itinerary Day 1: Settle in Day 2: $68 to do the Full-

Day Mega Catamaran Excursion

Day 3: $86 to do the Bol and Brac Party Catamaran with free food and drinks

Day 4: $65 to do the Bol and Golden Horn Sailing tour

Day 5: Relax on the beach Day 6: Pack up TOTAL COSTS: $1,459

Perran Sands, Cornwall, England

A container filled with millions of Lego pieces fell into the sea off Cornwall in 1997. Instead of sitting at the bottom of the ocean, they are still washing up on the Perran Sands beach in Cornwall

Expense

5 nights at the Cellar Cove Bed and Breakfast = $650

Car rental for 6 days = $320

Food and Beverages: breakfast included at hotel, $50 for lunch and dinner = $300

Itinerary Day 1: Settle in Day 2: Go to Perrans

Sands Beach Day 3: $65 take surfing

lessons Day 4: Do the

Perranporth to St Agnes Cliff top Walk

Day 5: $75 ride horses down the beach

Day 6: Pack up TOTAL COSTS: $1,410

Boulders BeachSimonstown, South Africa

Large 540 million year old granite boulders fill the beach.

Home to over 2,ooo endangered African Penguins.

Expense 5 nights at Boulders

Beach hotel in Cape Town = $365

Rental Car for 6 days = $250

Food and Beverages: free continental breakfast, $60 for lunch and dinner = $300

Itinerary Day 1: Settle in Day 2: Take pictures of the

penguins at Boulders Beach

Day 3: $55 to take a private tour of the Cape Point and Constantia Valley Wine Region

Day 4: $280 for a Cape Town Helicopter Tour

Day 5: $207 to Sea Kayak around Cape Town

Day 6: Pack up TOTAL COSTS: $1,457

Cow BeachGoa, India

Cows just hang out with you on the beach

They are holy animals in India so the people won’t bother them, and the cows won’t bother the people

Expense

5 nights at the Village Villa “Sunny Cow” = $600

Rental car for 6 days = $270

Food and Beverages: free continental breakfast, $50 for lunch and dinner = $300

Itinerary

Day 1: Settle in Day 2: Go to “Cow

Beach” Day 3: For $57 visit the

Basilica of Bom Jesus Day 4: For $246 take the

2-day private tour: Jungle Adventure in Dudhsager Falls

Day 5: Still on the tour Day 6: Pack up TOTAL COSTS: $1,473

Hyams BeachJervis Bay, Australia

Won the Guinness World Record in 2006 for having “the whitest sand in the world”

Expense

5 nights at Dolphin Shores Hotel, 2.6 miles from Hyams Beach = $500

Car rental for 6 days = $300

Food and Beverages: Free continental breakfast, $60 for lunch and dinner = $360

Itinerary

Day 1: Settle in Day 2: Relax on the

beach and pay $35 to rent a paddle board

Day 3: $48 to go on the Jervis Bay Wildlife Cruise

Day 4: Participate in the Wild Sands Walk

Day 5: $40 to Snorkel and Dive Jervis Bay

Day 6: Pack up TOTAL COSTS: $1,283

Hot Water BeachCoromandel Peninsula, New Zealand

Tourists dig up holes on the beach to sit in because the water is so warm making themselves their own personal hot spring.

Temperature can get to 147 degrees Fahrenheit

Expense

5 nights at the Hot Water Beach Bed and Breakfast =$400

Car rental for 6 days = $400

Food and Beverages: free breakfast, $50 per day for food and beverages = $250

Itinerary Day 1: Settle in Day 2: Go dig own hole at

the Hot Water Beach Day 3: $246 to do the

Small-Group Coromandel Peninsula Day Trip from Auckland

Day 4: $25 to attend the Moko Artspace-Art museam

Day 5: G0 back to Hot Water Beach

Day 6: Pack up TOTAL COSTS: $1,321

Punalu’u BeachHawaii

Known for it’s black sand The black sand is made

of basalt and created by lava flowing into the ocean which then explodes and cools.

Endangered species like hawksbill and green turtles like to bask on the black sand.

Expense 5 nights at the Lava

Lodge in Volcano Village, 27 miles from Black Sand Beach = $1,974

Rental Car for 6 days = $280

Food and Beverage: free continental breakfast, $80 for lunch and dinner = $480

Itinerary Day 1: Settle in Day 2: Take pictures of

the black sand beach Day 3: $145 to Discover

Volcano Country Day 4: $218 to do the

Evening Volcano Explorer From Kona tour

Day5: $186 to take a tour of the island

Day 6: Pack up TOTAL COSTS: $3,283

Glass BeachFort Bragg, California

Glass Beach is just want it sounds like…a beach filled with small pieces of colored glass.

Got there from years of dumping garbage into an area of coastline near the northern part of town

The waves broke down the glass making them small, smooth, pretty pieces.

Expense

5 nights in Glass Beach Inn = $750

Rental Car for 6 days = $400

Food and Beverages: Free continental breakfast, $50 for lunch and dinner 6 days = $300

Itinerary Day 1: Settle in Day 2: Take pictures at

the glass beach Day 3: $15 to go visit

the sea glass museum Day 4: Walk down the

Fort Bragg Coastal Trail Day 5: $35 to Kayak

around Glass Beach Day 6: Pack up TOTAL COSTS:

$1,500

American Airlines Cedar Rapids, Iowa to Marietas Islands, Mexico $295 Marietas Islands, Mexico to Harbour Island, Bahamas $499 Bahamas to St. Martin $354 St. Martin to Llanes, Spain $434 Spain to Realmonte, Italy $92 Italy to Brac, Croatia $351 Croatia to Cornwall, England $119 England to Simonstown, South Africa $617 South Africa to Goa, India $299 India to Jervis Bay, Australia $911 Australia to Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand $162 New Zealand to Hawaii $834 Hawaii to Fort Bragg, California $288 California to Cedar Rapids, Iowa $259

Flights

$31,692

TOTAL COST

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