Hidden beaches

Whitehaven Beach

Queensland, Austrália

4.9 / 5

Boat only

Praia do Sancho

Fernando de Noronha, Brasil

4.9 / 5

National park

Lagoa Azul

Lençóis Maranhenses, Maranhão, Brasil

4.8 / 5

Lagoon among dunes

Cala Goloritzé

Sardenha, Itália

4.8 / 5

On foot

Praia de Lopes Mendes

Ilha Grande, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

4.8 / 5

Named most beautiful

Anse Georgette

Anse Kerlan, Praslin, Seychelles

4.8 / 5

Granite cove

Praia da Lagoinha do Leste

Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brasil

4.8 / 5

Wild cove

Cathedral Cove

Coromandel, Nova Zelândia

4.7 / 5

Sea arch

Praia de Jericoacoara

Jericoacoara, Brasil

4.7 / 5

Dunes and kitesurfing

Awaroa Beach

Abel Tasman, Nova Zelândia

4.7 / 5

The People’s Beach

Kvalvika

Lofoten, Noruega

4.7 / 5

Hike in

Robberg Beach

Plettenberg Bay, África do Sul

4.7 / 5

Fur seals

Anse Intendance

South Mahé, Seychelles

4.7 / 5

Surf bay

Shela Beach

Lamu, Quénia

4.7 / 5

Dunes and kitesurfing

Playa La Virgen

Caldera / Puerto Viejo, Atacama, Chile

4.7 / 5

Desert coast

Praia do Bonete

Ilhabela, São Paulo, Brasil

4.7 / 5

Trail or boat only

Reynisfjara

Vík, Islândia

4.6 / 5

Black sand

Anchorage Beach

Abel Tasman, Nova Zelândia

4.6 / 5

Sheltered bay

Praia de Atins

Atins, Maranhão, Brasil

4.6 / 5

Kitesurfing capital

Nature’s Valley Beach

Nature’s Valley, África do Sul

4.6 / 5

Lagoon and forest

Monuriki Beach

Monuriki, Fiji

4.6 / 5

Cast Away Island

Praia da Barra

Barra Peninsula, Inhambane, Mozambique

4.6 / 5

Dunes

Matemwe Beach

Matemwe, Northeast Unguja, Zanzibar, Tanzania

4.6 / 5

Reef flat

Praia de Maracajaú

Maxaranguape, Rio Grande do Norte, Brasil

4.5 / 5

Reef pools

Praia do Tofo

Tofo, Moçambique

4.5 / 5

Whale sharks

Praia do Caburé

Caburé, Maranhão, Brasil

4.5 / 5

River and sea

Buffalo Bay

Buffelsbaai, Garden Route, South Africa

4.5 / 5

Bay

Praia do Félix

Ubatuba, São Paulo, Brasil

4.4 / 5

Triangular left

Beachouse Beach

Korolevu, Fiji

4.4 / 5

Surf beach