On a calm private lake along Camino Saiz Martínez, the Club de Ski offers days of water skiing and wakeboarding with personalised coaching. The sheltered setting, away from the sea swell, keeps the surface mirror-smooth for much of the day, ideal for taking your first steps on the water or for polishing manoeuvres if you already have experience on the board or the skis.

The offering is meant both for those who have never put on a pair of skis and for advanced riders after speed and jumps. You work with instructors and a boat at top-level facilities, a few minutes from the village of José Ignacio. It is a different alternative to the traditional beach day, combining adrenaline and learning in a natural setting of countryside and lagoon in eastern Uruguay. It is worth booking ahead in season.