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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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