2. Playa del Amor
Marietas 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.
3. 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
4. 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
5. Pink Sands Beach
Harbour 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.
6. 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
7. 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
8. Maho Beach
St. 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
9. 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
10. 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
11. Playa de Gulpiyuri
Llanes, 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
12. 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
13. 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
14. Scala dei Turchi
Realmonte, 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
15. 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
16. 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
17. Zlatni Rat Beach
Brac, Croatia
The beach changes form
depends on tide, current,
and wind.
Often referred to as the
Golden Cape or Golden
Horn.
18. 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
19. 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
20. 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
21. 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
22. 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
23. Boulders Beach
Simonstown, South Africa
Large 540 million year old
granite boulders fill the
beach.
Home to over 2,ooo
endangered African
Penguins.
24. 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
25. 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
26. Cow Beach
Goa, 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
27. 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
28. 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
29. Hyams Beach
Jervis Bay, Australia
Won the Guinness World
Record in 2006 for having
“the whitest sand in the
world”
30. 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
31. 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
32. Hot Water Beach
Coromandel 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
33. 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
34. 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
35. Punalu’u Beach
Hawaii
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.
36. 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
37. 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
38. Glass Beach
Fort 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.
39. 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
40. 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
41. 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
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