Top Puerto Rico Hidden Gems | Punta Santiago Nature Reserve

[Music] hi everyone today we're going to be hiking the trail at the Punta Santiago Nature Reserve in umaka Puerto Rico this is on the east coast of Puerto Rico and we got here and there's actually a lot of parking which is nice um and you just go towards the beach and start to the right and it looks like the trail starts next to this abandoned building that has a I don't know chicken snake on [Music] it this Trail starts out really nice it's a sand Trail and we're doing it with a stroller today so it actually looks like it's going to be a pretty accessible Trail to do so for the first part of this hike you hike along this manicured short green grass area that's so pretty with all these beautiful views of the ocean and the palm trees and now it looks like we're going to go into a shaded area again this path is really well kept and there so far I haven't seen any litter along the actual path it's really clean the Shady part of this Trail just opened up to the prettiest view of this deserted beach look at [Music] it okay so we just got to a fork in the trail and the the fork to the right looks to be much more accessible so that's the fork that they're going to do with the stroller and then the one to the left is actually according to the map a mountain biking trail so I'm going to go ahead and take this Trail show you guys what it looks like they looks super fun yes getting in a good workout after a long week of sitting at a desk you guys I'm surprised this Trail isn't super crowded this is so pretty and it's just really peaceful [Music] look oh you guys I think I smell an amazing view coming up here let's check it [Music] out so there's another fork in this Trail here I think I'm going to go ahead and keep going through the forest cuz it looks like the more interesting Trail and the better workout for [Music] me so I'm getting to the top of this little climb and look at this [Music] view all right so we got to something really interesting this says that this Rocky ledge was used during World War II and that there are some military structures here called pill boxes well you guys I wonder where this goes I'm not going there so here are these like military buildings that are super creepy oh I guess I see why they're called pillbox huh here's another one creepy and then from here we can see CAO Santiago and [Music] bees look at this structure what a cool place for a picnic it's so beautifully painted too [Music] so keep going down the trail a little bit after that beautiful building and you're going to see this amazing view of a really unique Beach [Music] we absolutely love this Trail and we're totally going to come back this was a great Trail to do with a stroller and there's also options if you want to be a little more adventurous to hike up that hill and you can extend this trail hike a lot longer it's like a pretty long trail actually but we're going to head back now because we're really hungry so we're going to go get a beautiful dinner somewhere after this beautiful hike the best place to go for a delicious lunch or dinner is El malikone de Nago a seaside boardwalk with a variety of restaurants most of them specializing in fresh seafood we chose Los makos and had a spectacular Seafood [Music] Feast fer do you like the one you like [Music] it thanks so much for watching and we hope to see you on the next one make sure you comment below if you have another beautiful place that you like to visit in umaa Puerto Rico