Flamenco Tanks
Besides the main tank visible on the beach itself, Flamenco has a few more slightly inland. Walk along the inside paths of the beach and you’ll eventually get to them!
Punta de Molinos
A long hike through Culebra’s Wildlife Reserve, this trail begins at Flamenco beach and ends at a bird sanctuary at the most northwestern tip of the island.
Playa Carlos Rosario
The beach at Carlos Rosario is rocky, and at a ~35 minute hike, it can be tough to get to. But your reward is the best snorkeling on the island. To get to Carlos Rosario, you need to go through a hole in the fence in the back of the Flamenco Beach Parking lot. There will be a dirt path that you’ll follow to Carlos Rosario Beach. When you exit the path, turn right and look for the sea grape tree that offers shade and some flat rocks to sit on. That's also near the horseshoe sandy spot for snorkelers to enter the water.
If you’re feeling more adventurous, walk to the left down the beach to the rocky peninsula, where you can plunge into some prime snorkel spots!
PS: Don’t venture off the path and ruin this spot for the rest of us! There’s a reason the area is fenced off- Culebra was once an Army radio base, with certain areas yet to be swept for mines. Stay on that path!
Playa Resaca
Take the road on the east side of the airport all the way to the top (if you think you're at the top, you're not, keep going). Park and trek down through the woods- a hike full of challenges, large boulders, interesting flora. At the bottom, go through the maze-like mangrove forest following a path marked by rope. Total hike down ~30 minutes. Emerge from the forest and AMAZING!!! All you see is a beautiful, long beach. No-one will be there. The beach goes for ~1 mile. The waves are strong and the ocean noise beautiful.
Playa Brava
Brava is an isolated beach on the wild north shore of the Island. It is about an hour hike but well worth it as the scenery is a perfect representation of what you imagine when thinking of a deserted tropical beach where the white foam of the crystal clear waves mixes with the sand under a blue sky with puffy white clouds and green hills behind you.