Del Lago Camping

When guests aren’t sticking to the site for rests on a picnic blanket in the grassy green areas, Barra do Chuí beach is where they can hang out on golden sand with dips in clear Atlantic Ocean water to be had. Further along the coast at 30 minutes’ drive is Praia do Hermenegildo beach if a change of scene is sought... or you can seek a sunset at the port of Santa Vitória do Palmar a 40-minute drive away. If you’re after a major change of scene – perhaps to a completely different country? – drive south 20 minutes to the Uruguayan border then 25 minutes further for wanders in a lagoon landscape with hummingbirds to keep an eye out at San Miguel National Park. For more time in this small nation, the capital Montevideo is four hours and 15 minutes from the park; if you’re meant to be moving on to pastures new in Brazil, the fab beaches of Florianópolis are 12 hours north.