Area

Pontal

Across the river mouth from town, where the Rio de Contas meets the sea. Boats, mangrove and the view back at Itacaré.

Pontal sits on the far side of the Rio de Contas where the river meets the sea, and getting across is part of the point: small boats run the crossing and it takes minutes. What you get on the other side is calm water, mangrove, and the best view of Itacaré there is, which is the town seen from the water with the forest behind it.

It is a different register from the surf beaches. The water here is river meeting ocean rather than open Atlantic, which makes it gentler and makes it a good afternoon when the swell is too big to enjoy anywhere else.

The river is a subject of its own, and it is covered along with the forest and the falls in waterfalls, river and forest.

Places appear here once we have been and checked them. That takes a visit, so this list grows slowly on purpose.

Guides that cover Pontal

Waterfalls, river and forest around ItacaréHalf of what makes this coast unusual is behind the beach, not on it. Atlantic forest, cacao under the canopy, and the falls people come inland for.
The beaches of Itacaré, from town beach to trail beachItacaré's beaches split into two kinds: the ones you walk to in flip flops, and the ones that cost you a trail through the Atlantic forest. Which is which, and which one suits the day you are having.