This is a list of social nudity places in

South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the southe ...

used for recreation.

Nude beaches

This list includes

topfree Topfreedom is a cultural and political movement seeking changes in laws to allow women to be topless in public places where men are permitted to be barechested, as a form of gender equality. Specifically, the movement seeks the repeal or overtu ...

beaches, clothing-optional beaches (or

nude beach A nude beach, sometimes called a clothing-optional or free beach, is a beach where users are at liberty to be nudity, nude. Nude beaches usually have mixed bathing. Such beaches are usually on public lands, and any member of the public is allow ...

es) and some resorts. Topfree beaches allow women to sunbathe without a bikini top or other clothing above the waist. Clothing-optional beaches allow either sex to sunbathe with or without clothing above or below the waist. A nude beach may also be an obligatory nude area, which means that both sexes are obliged to go without clothing above as well as below the waist.

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

Buenos Aires Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South ...

: Playa Escondida, a nude beach is about south of

Mar del Plata Mar del Plata is a city on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the seat of General Pueyrredón district. Mar del Plata is the second largest city in Buenos Aires Province. The name "Mar del Plata" is a s ...

and a few minutes of Miramar. *

Villa Gesell Villa Gesell is a seaside resort city in Villa Gesell Partido, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It was founded in 1931, with the intention of turning a dune field into a timber plantation.

: Playa Querandí *

Moreno Moreno may refer to: Places Argentina *Moreno (Buenos Aires Metro), a station on Line C of the Buenos Aires Metro *Moreno, Buenos Aires, a city in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina *Moreno Department, a depatnent of Santiago del Estero Province, A ...

: Eden guesthouse

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

Public nudity is a misdemeanor in Brazil, except in places officially designated by the local authority. ;

Bahia Bahia ( , , ; meaning "bay") is one of the 26 Federative units of Brazil, states of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region of the country. It is the fourth-largest Brazilian state by population (after São Paulo (sta ...

* Massarandupió, beach in

State, about north of

Salvador Salvador, meaning "salvation" (or "saviour") in Catalan, Spanish, and Portuguese may refer to: * Salvador (name) Arts, entertainment, and media Music *Salvador (band), a Christian band that plays both English and Spanish music ** ''Salvador'' ( ...

on BA-099 * Praia do Encanto, beach in Bahia State, middle-south of Tinharé Island or

Morro de São Paulo Morro de São Paulo (translation: St. Paul's Hill) is one of 5 villages of the island of Tinharé in the municipality of Cairu, located in the state of Bahia, Brazil. The main beaches of the Morro de São Paulo are located on east side of the i ...

, 2 hours by boat south from Salvador. ;

Espírito Santo Espírito Santo (, , ; ) is a state in southeastern Brazil. Its capital is Vitória, and its largest city is Serra. With an extensive coastline, the state hosts some of the country's main ports, and its beaches are significant tourist attra ...

Barra Seca Barra Seca is an official nude beach in Brazil. While elsewhere in Brazil people are generally prohibited to be naked in public places, in Barra Seca you must be nude in the family area (the main part of the beach). Around the periphery of the b ...

, beach in

Espirito Santo ''Espirito'' (Brazilian for "Spirit") is the second album by Lawson Rollins. Rollins composed all of the music and co-produced the album with Persian-American musician and producer Shahin Shahida (of Shahin & Sepehr) and multi-platinum producer Do ...

State, about north of

Linhares Linhares is the name of a municipality in the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil, north of the state capital, Vitória. It is the largest municipality by area in the state, at 9,501.6 km², and has a population of 176,688 people (2020). The ...

. ;

Paraíba Paraíba ( Tupi: ''pa'ra a'íba''; ) is a state of Brazil. It is located in the Brazilian Northeast, and it is bordered by Rio Grande do Norte to the north, Ceará to the west, Pernambuco to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Paraíba ...

Tambaba Tambaba is an official nudist beach in Brazil, located on the Atlantic coast south of João Pessoa and north of Recife That it may shine on all ( Matthew 5:15) , image_map = Brazil Pernambuco Recife location map.svg , mapsize ...

;

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a b ...

Praia do Abricó Praia do Abricó is a nude beach located in Grumari, a sub district of Barra da Tijuca neighborhood, in the western part of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is currently the only beach that permits the practice of naturism in the city. It i ...

, beach west of

(Note: no land and restricted cellular telephone service—some providers do not cover this area.) * Olho de Boi (Bull's Eye Beach) is one of the beaches in Búzios, in Rio de Janeiro State, and the most popular official nude beach in Brazil for gays. * Jurubá – in the historic city of

Paraty Paraty (or Parati, ) is a preserved Portuguese colonial (1500–1822) and Brazilian Imperial (1822–1889) municipality with a population of about 43,000. Indeed, the name "Paraty" originates from the local Guaianá Indians' Indigenous Tupi l ...

, in the state of Rio. *

Praia Brava Praia Brava is a beach located at the northern end of the island of Santa Catarina Island, between Praia da Lagoinha and Praia dos Ingleses, from the center of Florianópolis, capital of the State of Santa Catarina, and is one of the most beautifu ...

– a beach shared by nudists and surfers, in

Cabo Frio Cabo Frio (, ''Cold Cape'') is a tourist destination located in the state of Rio de Janeiro state. It was founded by the Portuguese on November 13, 1615. The Brazilian coast runs east from Rio de Janeiro to Cabo Frio where it turns sharply north ...

, north of the state of Rio. *

– a beach in Trindade, close to Paraty, south of Rio de Janeiro state. ; Santa Catarina * Praia da Galheta, Santa Catarina, a partially deserted clothes-optional beach on the east coast of

Florianópolis Florianópolis () is the capital and second largest city of the state of Santa Catarina, in the South region of Brazil. The city encompasses Santa Catarina Island and surrounding small islands, as well as part of the mainland. It has a populat ...

(can be reached only by foot) * Pedras Altas, Santa Catarina, between Florianópolis and Garopaba, * Praia do Pinho, in Santa Catarina, next to Balneário Camboriú (often simply referred to as ''Balneário'' by locals), near Florianópolis ;

São Paulo São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaWC a ...

Brava Beach Brava or La Brava may refer to: Geography * Brava, Cape Verde, a volcanic island * Brava, Costa Rica, an island of Costa Rica (Isla Brava) * Costa Brava, a coastal area Mediterranean of northeast Spain *Barawa, a town in Somalia commonly known as ...

, in the Boissucanga section of São Sebastião Note:

Copacabana beach Copacabana () is a ''bairro'' (neighbourhood) located in the South Zone of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is most prominently known for its 4 km (2.5 miles) balneario beach, which is one of the most famous in the wor ...

in Rio de Janeiro is not a nude beach, despite its depiction as such in the 1984 motion picture ''

Blame It on Rio ''Blame It on Rio'' is a 1984 American romantic comedy film directed by Stanley Donen and written by Charlie Peters and Larry Gelbart based on the 1977 French film ''Un moment d'égarement'', starring an ensemble cast led by Michael Caine, Joseph ...

''.

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

* Horcón:

Playa Luna Playa Luna ''(english Moon Beach)'' is the name popularly known Horcon's nude beach. This is the only nude beach that exists in Chile. It is located in the Valparaíso Region, in the commune of Puchuncaví, near the town of Horcon and very close Mai ...

, beach in Caleta Horcón, near

Puchuncaví Puchuncaví is a town and commune in the Valparaíso Province of central Chile's fifth region of Valparaíso. It spans a coastal area of . History The history of Puchuncaví and its surroundings goes back over 500 years, being one of the oldest ...

at North of Valparaiso Province. *

Iquique Iquique () is a port city and commune in northern Chile, capital of both the Iquique Province and Tarapacá Region. It lies on the Pacific coast, west of the Pampa del Tamarugal, which is part of the Atacama Desert. It has a population of 191,468 ...

Playa Luna Norte Playa (plural playas) may refer to: Landforms * Endorheic basin, also known as a sink, alkali flat or sabkha, a desert basin with no outlet which periodically fills with water to form a temporary lake * Dry lake, often called a ''playa'' in the so ...

, beach near

at Tarapaca Region, at North of Chile. * Coulimo: Playa Luna Sur, beach in Coulimo near

Tomé Tomé () is a port city and commune in the Biobío Region of Chile. It is bordered by Coelemu to the north, Ránquil and Florida to the east, Penco to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. The local economy is based mainly on textile man ...

and Concepción at Biobio Region, at South of Chile. * Pichilemu: Playa La Pancora, beach near

Punta de Lobos Punta de Lobos (English language, English: ''Wolves Point'') is a Chilean town, administratively part of the commune of Pichilemu, whose urban centre is north), in the Cardenal Caro Province, O'Higgins Region. The beach of Punta de Lobos, about ...

at South of Pichilemu and Playa Chorrillos at North of Pichilemu, in O'Higgins Region. *

Arica Arica ( ; ) is a Communes of Chile, commune and a port city with a population of 222,619 in the Arica Province of northern Chile's Arica y Parinacota Region. It is Chile's northernmost city, being located only south of the border with Peru. The ...

: Playa Corazones has long been a site for nudists. In the 1990s, attempts were made to make it an official nudist beach, but these attempts failed due to the intervention of the local churches. *

Antofagasta Antofagasta () is a port city in northern Chile, about north of Santiago. It is the capital of Antofagasta Province and Antofagasta Region. According to the 2015 census, the city has a population of 402,669. After the Spanish American wars ...

: Playa Escondida (not an official nudist beach but nudity is tolerated there).

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

* Tayrona Park, West from Cabo San Juan all the way until you can go no further and there's a nudist beach.

Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ''Eku ...

* Súa, a nude beach located about south of

Atacames Atacames is a beach town located on Ecuador's Northern Pacific coast. It is located in the province of Esmeraldas, approximately 30 kilometers south west from the capital of that province, which is also called Esmeraldas. In 2005 Atacames's popul ...

and about southwest of Esmeraldas.

Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol = Great Seal of the State , other_symbol_type = Seal (emblem), National seal , national_motto = "Fi ...

* Puerto Bonito, a nude beach located about south of

Lima Lima ( ; ), originally founded as Ciudad de Los Reyes (City of The Kings) is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón River, Chillón, Rímac River, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of t ...

Uruguay Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...

* Chihuahua beach in Maldonado *

La Sirena beach La Sirena Beach ( es, Playa La Sirena) is a beach located around two kilometers north of Aguas Dulces resort, in Rocha Department, Uruguay. It was officially designated as a naturist beach by the authorities of the government of Rocha. Descripti ...

Aguas Dulces Aguas Dulces is a resort in the Rocha Department of southeastern Uruguay. Location The resort is located at the east end (on Km. 277.5) of Route 10 and the south end of Route 16, on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, about southeast of Castillos ...

Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...

* Playa Miami, a nude beach located near Laguna de Tacarigua. * Playa Mono Manso, Playa Yaguarita and Playa Kapino, located near Chuspa. * Playa El Diario and Playa Grande, near

Choroní Choroní is a coastal locality in the far north of the municipality of Girardot, Aragua state, Venezuela. It is located on the outskirts of the coastal mountain range. This mountain range makes up the essence of the Henri Pittier National Park ...

. * Cayos de Morrocoy (in a few of the

cay A cay ( ), also spelled caye or key, is a small, low-elevation, sandy island on the surface of a coral reef. Cays occur in tropical environments throughout the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans, including in the Caribbean and on the Great ...

s),

Isla de Margarita Margarita Island (, ) is the largest island in the Venezuelan state of Nueva Esparta, situated off the northeastern coast of the country, in the Caribbean Sea. The capital city of Nueva Esparta, La Asunción, is located on the island. History ...

, Playa Acuarela and Playa El Agua.

Resorts and pools

Unlike public beaches, these are private property which admits the public.

Argentina

*Yatan Rumi near Tanti, Córdoba Province. A naturist reserve located in the nearby mountains with 1,200 hectares. *Ruca Chauke in

Rosario Rosario () is the largest city in the central provinces of Argentina, Argentine province of Santa Fe Province, Santa Fe. The city is located northwest of Buenos Aires, on the west bank of the Paraná River. Rosario is the third-most populous ci ...

. *La Pachamama in

Brazil

;Bahia *Ecovila da Mata, in the municipality of Entre Rios, Bahia.
Pousada Rio e Mar
at the Massarandupió beach in Entre Rios.
Quinta das Flores
in the municipality of Entre Rios, Bahia, Massarandupió village.
Encantos de Massarandupió
in the municipality of Entre Rios, Bahia, Massarandupió village. ;Paraíba *Pousada Villamor, Coqueirinho Beach, municipality of Jacumã, close to Tambaba nude beach. ;Rio de Janeiro *Recanto Paraíso Naturist Resort in the municipality of Piraí. ;

Rio Grande do Sul Rio Grande do Sul (, , ; "Great River of the South") is a Federative units of Brazil, state in the South Region, Brazil, southern region of Brazil. It is the Federative_units_of_Brazil#List, fifth-most-populous state and the List of Brazilian st ...

*Hotel Ocara, in the municipality of

Colinas do Sul Colinas do Sul is a municipality in north-central Goiás state, Brazil. Location Colinas is located in the Chapada dos Veadeiros statistical micro-region and is almost directly north of Brasília, to which it is connected by G0-327 as far as Alt ...

. ;São Paulo *Mirante do Paraíso. Closed/discontinued since 2020 in the municipality of Igaratá.
Rincão Naturista Clube
in the municipality of

Rincão Rincão is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 milli ...

Uruguay

*Chihuahua Resort ( Chihuahua)

Notes

References

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