Prime Vieques Parking Spot #17 – Esperanza Fishing Pier
The Esperanza Village fishing pier is located on the South shore, the Caribbean side, of Vieques Island, Puerto Rico.
The fishing village of Esperanza is a great place to park pretty much any time of day or night. Street food, beach walks, pier jumping and maybe even the green flash at sunset… park and see.
Our Commercial Featured on GoPro Culture Website!
Our web commercial, produced and directed by Kinetic Illusions, is now featured on the GoPro Culture Website – http://gproculture.com/
Karl Alexander, the director of the spot, comments:
“We shot this on Vieques Island, Puerto Rico. Using HD GroPro Heros and a big bag full of mounting hardware we filmed every beach and road you can get to by vehicle and cut it down to a minute drive around the island.”
Vieques All Terrain Vacation from Kinetic Illusions on Vimeo.
We shot this on Vieques Island, Puerto Rico. Using HD GroPro Heros and a big bag full of mounting hardware we filmed every beach and road you can get to by vehicle and cut it down to a minute drive around the island.
Prime Vieques Parking Spot #13 – Historic Sugar Cane Pier
The historic sugar cane pier is located on the South shore, the Caribbean side, of Vieques Island, Puerto Rico.
You can walk out across the cement and wooden beams to see the old rail road tracks and where the crane sat that moved the recently cut cane into small ferry boats. The boats took the cane to the Playa Grande plantation on the Northeast corner of the island where it was processed.
The fishing village of Esperanza is a great place to park pretty much any time of day or night. Street food, beach walks, pier jumping and maybe even the green flash at sunset… park and see.
Prime Vieques Parking Spot #11 – Playa Media Luna (the other side)
The other side of Playa Media Luna is accessed through the Sun Bay Nature Reserve. As of 2011, the entrance fee is $2/vehicle. Please don’t drive off the trails.
Media Luna is a calm, protected beach with excellent bird watching opportunities in the lagoon just behind it and you can walk along a muddy road to Playa Navio.
When Parking here, we highly recommend bringing a hammock and a thick book.
Camping sites are available through the Puerto Rico Department of Natural Resources (DNRA).
video: http://kineticillusions.com
Prime Vieques Parking Spot #07 – Playa Media Luna
Playa Media Luna is accessed through the Sun Bay Nature Reserve on Vieques Island, Puerto Rico. As of 2011, the entrance fee is $2/vehicle.
Media Luna is a calm, protected beach with excellent bird watching opportunities in the lagoon just behind it.
When Parking here, we highly recommend bringing a hammock and a thick book.
Camping sites are available through the Puerto Rico Department of Natural Resources.
video: http://kineticillusions.com
Prime Vieques Parking Spot #05 – Rompeolas
The Rompeolas or ‘wave breakers’ are located on the north shore of Vieques Island, and are accessed by driving behind the new airport, past the Great Ceiba Tree and then alongside the old airstrip you may have read about in Hunter Thompson’s ‘The Rum Diary‘. This Prime Parking Spot is about 1/2 mile west of the breakers, drive slowly thru the families of horses and stay off of the sand.
During the day, the leeward side of the rompeolas makes a great beginner snorkel spot. Protected from the wind and surf, there’s lots to see under the old pier.
Watch the sun set behind El Yunque, the rain forest across the sound, and keep an eye out for nesting turtles and passing dolphin. This is a very underrated Parking Spot, mostly used by Nature Nerds for star gazing by wine light on a new moon. Enjoy.
Prime Vieques Parking Spot #03 – Playa el Gallito
Playa el Gallito is located on the north shore of Vieques Island, just between the W Resort & Spa and the Vieques Airport.
On a clear evening you can watch the clouds swirl around the top of the El Yunque Rain Forest, dragging grey skirts of rain through the rays of the setting sun. The Vieques ferry will arrive and depart to your right while Vieques Air Link planes take off above your head. Wait for your friends to arrive or for the night to begin at Playa el Gallito.
Summer is much busier than I expected
Wow, I thought we’d get a bit of a break after the forth but still nearly booked out. Looks like August will be full as well. Christmas and the last two weeks of February are nearly full already. Make your reservations soon!