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Walks in Punta del Este

A peninsula between two waters: the river on one side, the open sea on the other. Outside January it is a town with a lighthouse, a port and sea lions, and almost nobody to hurry you.

The shore of Playa Mansa late in the day, with the towers of the Williman rambla behind 1,5 km

Uruguay · Punta del Este

La Mansa, cuando se va el sol

The Mansa rambla

With Vashi, a lifeguard on this beach for forty seasons. He walks the same seven markers every evening, towards the peninsula, and swears it is not for the sunset. At the last one he tells you what it is for.

  • 1.5 km
  • half an hour
  • from marker 7 down to marker 1, set out 35 minutes before sunset
The Punta del Este lighthouse above the houses of the port, at sunset 3,8 km

Uruguay · Punta del Este

La otra Punta del Este

The peninsula

With Graciela, born here when this was a fishing village. She shows you the Punta that is not on the postcards and tells you about a love she kept hidden for sixty years.

  • 3.8 km
  • about an hour
  • starts at La Mano
  • ticket $U 199 ≈ US$ 5

Photos: Rosina Peixoto · CC BY-SA

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