Travel and Leisure Magazine has published a list of the world’s 15 most stunning black sand beaches. Included on that list is Bali’s very own Keramas Beach, located on the Island’s easter shore, a short drive from Sanur.
Here’s the list of Travel + Leisure’s 15 most stunning black-sand beaches around the world:
- Punalu’u Beach, Hawaii
- Playa Jardín, Canaray Island, Spain
- Ureki Beach, Ureiki, Georgia
- Perivolos Beach, Santorini, Greece
- Kehena Beach, Hawaii
- Piha Beach, Piha, New Zealand
- Miho no Matsubara, Shizuoka, Japan
- Jökulsárlón Beach, Vatnajokull, Iceland
- Playa Negra, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica
- Papenoo Beach, Papenoo, Tahiti
- Spiaggia di Ficogrande, Stromboli, Italy
- Black Sands Beach, California
- Playa Negra, Vieques, Puerto Rico
- Rosalie Bay, Rosalie, Dominica
- Keramas Beach, Keramas, Bali
Travel + Leisure described Keramas Beach as “stunning” and “especially popular among surfers, so it’s a great place to hit the waves (or at least watch as surfers ride in over the black sand).”
Keramas Beach is perhaps the only surfing beach in Bali offering nighttime illuminated surfing.
