Playa Luna, Chile
The coastline of Chile is 4000 miles long, but it has only one official nude beach: Playa Luna in Puchuncavi, slightly north of Valparaiso. A local nudist group named the beach and pushed for its official nude beach status, which was granted in 2000. Above, an 11th anniversary celebration at the beach in 2011. We looked at this beach last year, but it's worth another look.
The beach is actually located in a wildlife preserve. It's very private because of cliffs at the back of the beach. Above, the stairs that lead down to the beach.
On the beach, you can sunbathe ...
or bring a beach umbrella to avoid too much sun.
You can walk along the shore ...
or go in the water, but few people swim here because the Humboldt Current brings cold water from Antarctica up the coast of Chile.
Here we see the water starting to wash over the beach as the tide rises.
This guy has discovered that at high tide the beach is entirely underwater.
But he apparently found a way to occupy himself on the moss-covered rocks.
When it's not high tide, the beach is a pleasant place to stroll along the sand ...
or along the water's edge ...
or to just sit back and admire a view like this. And the sunset is pretty, too.
3 comments:
What a gorgeous place. It would be impossible for me to get back up those stairs --- more's the pity.
That’s the problem with some nude beaches, you have to hike along treacherous trails to get to some of them as they are hard to access. Others have dilapidated wooden stairs, steep stairs or cement stairs slippery with sand. And not fun climbing back up the stairs and/or trails, it gets to be where it’s not worth the effort at some beaches.
-CA jock
Yes, the sunset is very pretty.
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