Top 10 Secluded Beaches

• Introduction
• 1. Ao Phra Nang Beach
• 2. Baía de Sancho
• 3. Bowman's Beach
• 4. Costa de la Luz
• 5. Enderts Beach
• 6. Kaihalulu
• 7. Palmetto Point Beach
• 8. Santa Teresa
• 9. Shipwreck Beach
• 10. Whitehaven Beach

Baía de Sancho

Red-tinged sands and turquoise-trimmed shores define this pristine bay, which unfolds on the main and only inhabited island of Fernando de Noronha, an Atlantic archipelago off of Brazil’s northeastern coast. Protected as an UNESCO Natural World Heritage Site and a national marine park, the ecological sanctuary of the beach and its environs can be explored in near solitude, thanks to strict restrictions on commercial development and controlled visitation. The few visitors that do access the isle are thinned out even further by the precarious approach to the remote Baía de Sancho, which entails climbing down a cliff face along a series of ladders (although the faint of heart can arrange to arrive by boat on snorkeling or diving excursions). The waters here thrive with an array of marine life, from live coral to manta rays and sea turtles to dolphins. Just be sure to pack provisions, as they’ll be no bars, peddlers, or the like on these isolated shores.

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