{"id":356,"date":"2023-01-19T15:22:30","date_gmt":"2023-01-19T15:22:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mintur.globaluy.com\/?post_type=places&p=356"},"modified":"2026-04-16T10:46:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T13:46:49","slug":"cabo-polonio","status":"publish","type":"places","link":"https:\/\/uruguaynatural.com\/en\/places\/cabo-polonio\/","title":{"rendered":"Cabo Polonio"},"author":1,"template":"","place-categories":[84,103],"class_list":["post-356","places","type-places","status-publish","hentry","place-categories-este","place-categories-rocha"],"acf":[],"primary_title":"

Relax<\/span> in Cabo Polonio<\/h1>","short_description":"Cabo Polonio National Park is an area of suggestive scenic beauty, which still preserves typical characteristics of the landscape of the Uruguayan Atlantic coast, prior to the transformation process that began in the mid-twentieth century by the expansion of the traditional urban-tourist model.","description":"This coastal marine area has a great heterogeneity of natural environments, including sandy beaches, rocky points, dunes, native coastal forest, small wetlands, oceanic environments and islands. Many of these ecosystems are priorities for the SNAP, given their restricted distribution in Uruguayan territory (rare ecosystems). The most outstanding component -due to its uniqueness- is the Cabo Polonio dune system, which constitutes the most extensive remnant of a sandy strip that formerly extended along our coast. It is one of the few areas of mobile dunes in the region, with areas that exceed 20 meters in height.\r\n\r\nCabo Polonio National Park is home to several priority species for the SNAP, including endangered or threatened species (such as Darwin's toad), plant and animal species with restricted distribution (such as the banana do mato, the four-eyed frog and the canaleta turtle) and migratory species of regional and global importance (such as terns, southern right whale and green turtle).\r\n\r\nIt also includes key sites for the annual cycle of crustaceans of commercial interest (such as pink shrimp, marine shrimp and sea prawns), and for the breeding and feeding of more than 47 species of fish (catshark, corvina, forkbeard, forkbeard, silverside). Almost half of Uruguay's sea lion and fur seal populations are located on its islands. Its areas are used for the reproduction and breeding of these species. The rocky area of the cape is home to the only continental settlement of fur seals in the country and offers a unique opportunity to observe these animals up close.\r\n

How to get there?<\/h4>\r\nIt is located on the Atlantic coast of the department of Rocha, at kilometer 264,500 of the National Route N\u00ba 10. To enter there are several options, one of them is from the Terminal Puerta del Polonio, through all-terrain vehicles, you travel about 7 kilometers to the center of the town. Another option would be to do it on foot or on horseback. For the more adventurous, you can also enter from Barra de Valizas, on foot or on horseback.\r\n

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