Kiva Beach

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• Jerrod
  Jun 17, 2024
  Clean, fun, decent owners

  We’ve stopped by twice on our visit to South Lake Tahoe. First on the weekend where yes it was busy but everyone was cleaning up after dogs and keeping them well behaved. When we returned on a weekday we basically had the park to ourselves. About 10-15 minutes drive from most places in Tahoe, we’d visit again when traveling thru Tahoe area.

• Samantha
  Jun 9, 2024
  Max Visits Kiva Beach

  Second time going to this very dog friendly beach. Lots of unleashed well behaved dogs. I knew this going in and have no problem with it. Everyone is super respectful and all the dogs we interacted with had great manners.

• Sydney
  Feb 8, 2024
  We love Kiva!

  I was a regular at Kiva when I lived in S lake and still have yet to find a spot nearly as fun and beautiful to bring my pup. Always such a great group of people and dogs. King loves the water and I enjoy the walk to the beach from the parking lot or even on the busier days from the main road. Looking forward to my next trip up north so I can go back to Kiva!

• Kristina
  Oct 5, 2023
  Picturesque

  Had a great time running around on the beach with my dog- Beautiful views too!

• Haley
  May 2, 2022
  Clean, dog friendly beach

  this beach is not completely dog friendly. look for signs that permit dogs. east of Tallac point is dog friendly. the beach was clean and most dogs were off leash but everyone was very friendly.

• Deirdre
  Jul 21, 2021
  Beautiful Area

  We love Tahoe, this was our first time bringing our dog. This was the nicest dog beach we visited and were able to put her in a day camp to visit even nicer beaches during our trip. Everything I did not like about this beach is why dogs are not allowed on all beaches. The sand had a poo/pee smell in some areas and almost all dogs are off leash - not all well behaved. Overall we would return here when we are in Tahoe again. For being a dog beach it was good.

• Sandra
  Jun 24, 2021
  Great for Dogs

  This is one of the few beaches at Lake Tahoe you can bring your dog to. It is beautiful and easy to get into the water. If you come during the summer, arrive early because the parking lot fills up quickly. I would have given it 5 bones, but no one seems to obey the leash requirement here, so there are tons of dogs running around off-leash.

• Heather
  Apr 3, 2021
  Great beach!

  This fairly narrow but beautiful lake side beach is gorgeous! The day we visited, the parking lot was closed so we found parking on the road and walked the half mile (or so) in but I am glad because otherwise it would have been too crowded and no one seemed to obey the leash laws here, this is the main reason I cannot give 5 bones.

• Yvonne
  Jul 14, 2020
  Lovely beach

  Perfect mix of water kids dog and sand.

• Jessie
  Oct 23, 2018
  Awesome Spot!

  Loved finding this spot! As a previous reviewer said, the best access is by turning on Heritage and then making an immediate left to the parking area that has direct access to a short and scenic trail to the beach. You can go to the beach itself, or continue walking a trail the opposite direction along side the lake.

  I'm sure it's busy on-season, but when we went (on a weekday in mid October at noon) there was plenty of parking, only a handful of people, and just a few dogs. Awesome experience and my dog was stoked to run alongside the beach and in the gorgeous clear water of Tahoe; the backdrop of the mountains made for some awesome pictures too!

• Jamie
  Aug 9, 2018
  Pros and cons

  Kiva beach is best accessed by turning on to Heritage and then making an immediate left. Pros: lots of space, cool peninsula. Cons: bit of a walk from the nearest parking lot, no restrooms, no shade, up against a marsh with stagnant water, lake water isn't as inviting as it is at other beaches, lots of branches and plants in the water.

• Dominic
  More than a year ago
  Awesome Beach

  Kiva beach is an awesome place to bring the dog. Highly recommend arriving early, as the parking closest to the beach front is small. We arrived at 8am, and there were only a few others for close to 2hrs, it began getting packed around 11:30am, so we decided to leave and go have lunch. Only reason I did not give a 5 none review, is because I wish everyone would respect the rules and keep their dogs on leash, even if it’s 30ft long. By 11:30 many dogs that were not very well socialized began shaking up and off leash. Again if you arrive early, you will have no issues.

• Stacey
  More than a year ago
  nice beach for the pups

  The only thing keeping this from a 5 is there were a lot of bees at this beach.

We dug up 19 pictures of dogs at Kiva Beach.

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