A Rainbow of Colored Sand Beaches
When many of us think of a tropical vacation, we imagine blue waters and white sandy beaches. While admittedly beautiful, there are a number of more unusual beach destinations where you can travel to see sand in a variety of different colors, including green, red, and black sand beaches, and even orange, purple, and multi-colored. We present a variety of colored sand beaches from locations around the world:
Red Sand Beach in Maui
Kaihalulu Beach in Maui, also known as Red Sand Beach, is near Hana Bay. The red sand comes from the crumbling volcanic cinder cone that surrounds the beach.
Black Sand Beach in Maui
Not far from the red sand beach is another distinctive color. Honokalani has black sand beaches, also made up of volcanic rock.
Green Sand Beach in Hawaii
Papak?lea Beach, also called Green Sand Beach, is located on the big island of Hawaii. Its green hue comes from small particles of olivine or peridot in the sand.
Purple Sand Beach in California
Pfeiffer Beach in Big Sur State park, near Monterey California, boasts light purple sand for its shores. The color comes from manganese garnet that washes down from higher elevations nearby.
Orange Sand Beach in Greece
Xi Beach in Kefalonia, Greece, has beautiful orange sand beaches. In addition to the unusual colored sand on the beach, there are cliffs nearby made of pure white clay.
Multi-Colored Beach in Kauai
Glass Beach at the southern end of Kauai in Hawaii definitely gives you the most colors combined on one single beach. The sand is often liberally covered with many colors of beach glass, all coming from a nearby dump.
