Playa Tortuga — Attraction in Puerto Rico

The most beautiful beach I have seen in my life. Soft, fine white sand and crystalline turquoise water with a downward-sloped shoreline. Tortugas circular shape creates a calm “bay” where catamarans can anchor, we swam and saw silver fish in the shallows. No seaweed or seagrass in sight. Take a short walk towards the western end of the beach where rocky sections of shore create large tide pools you can swim in while the surf surges through.

To get to Playa Tortuga, we hiked from Culebrita Beach over the island for an adventuresome 10 minutes through rocky, desert-like terrain with signage for unexplored ordinances and highly poisonous trees.

If you can get here, do...

Playa Tortuga is hands down the most pristine beach that there is in Puerto Rico if not the entirety of the Caribbean. In my opinion it even goes as far as beating the renowned Playa Flamenco. With its pristine waters and serenity you also do not have to deal with floods of people and swarms of bees commonly seen and found in Playa Flamenco which in my opinion makes it the superior option to impress even the more rigorous beach...

This was a beautiful beach and we went there via Gammy‘s water taxi. Highly recommend taking the day and coming here. He gives you everything you need and the beach is pristine, and we snorkeled with sea turtles and stingrays in a bounty of colorful fish and if you go out far enough, you see some really...