With Burundanga River caressing our feet in the beach entrance, the famous black and extremely thin sand of these region gives a different touch to the landscape; also the softness of the walking, with that kicking noise on the sand like a polished wooden floor. Waves are closing in every direction and with different strenght, that’s why this is the principal beach for surf lessons. Lefts, rights, tiny, big, sinister, foam for the begginers, more sand space than any urban beach, and a waterway on the left side of the sea to get into the ocean without any problems. On our back, a cliff with the main building of the hotel that never was, which you can clearly see being in the water, and at the depression of that cliff, the Burundanga River, on the right side of the beach, where we were in the first place. Right there, the trail goes on to the second beach: Hawaizinho.
Tiny, charming and misterious, maybe on of the most magic little spots of Itacaré, Hawaizinho Beach is really unique in Bahia. And the trail to get there from Engenhoca Beach is unbelievable: always with the ocean view hitting wildly on the rocks and cliffs of the shore. There are plenty of options to eat and drink something in both beaches, but we could say that Engenhoca has an adventurer and sporting profile and Hawaizinho is more like a leasure point, a relax zone. On its size, it seems to be a really small beach because of its narrowness, but when the tide is low there are lots and lots of meters to the sea, and new parts of the beach show up to be explored between the rocks that are submerged during other tides.
Gamboa, the third beach, is isolated and without any structure, the only one of the four beaches that still is a natural landscape as it was discovered. During low tide is perfect for snorkelling, and it seems like a desert island. If you want to feel castaway, it’s Gamboa that will give the right time -less or more- to open a coconut without a machete or a knife.
