How do you get to Pink Beach?

The Pink Beach is located on Komodo Island in East Nusa Tenggara, and the only way to get here is via boat. The majority of boat trips leave from nearby Labuan Bajo on Flores Island (Labuan Bajo Harbor). From Labuan Bajo, your best bet is to book a Komodo National Park day trip.



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Pink Sands Beach is free to visit and has no set hours.

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After decades of sand theft, suddenly the Pink Beach wasn't so pink anymore and it was starting its bleaching process. In 1998 the National Park decided to close access to the beach in order to preserve what is was left of it and hope for the conditions to recreate.

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This exceptional beach gets its striking color from microscopic animals called Foraminifera, which produces a red pigment on the coral reefs.

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Olivine Sand Sand of almost exclusively olivine grains is very rare, and Papakolea is one of only four green sand beaches in the world. The others are Hornindalsvatnet in Norway, Punta Cormorant in the Galapagos Islands, and Talofofo Beach in Guam.

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Blue: Vaadhoo, Maldives This color might be cheating, but it's no less spectacular for it. Bioluminescent phyto plankton around the Maldives occasionally washes up onto the shore, making the sand glow in the dark in a dazzling shade of aqua blue.

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A Fairy Tale On Earth: 3 Of The 8 Pink Beaches Of The World Exist In Indonesia. Walking hand in hand with the one you love, beaming together in the sea breezes as soft pink pastel sands gently massage your toes, sounds like a perfect fairy tale from Scheherazade's 1001 Nights.

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It's only with a close look that the beach will look pink when the sun is burning high. Instead, the late afternoon on a sunny day is the best time to see the beach at it's best. The low light and warm hues of the late afternoon sun really picks out the red bits of sand.

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