Kalo Nero is situated on the Gulf of Kyparissia, a bay of the Ionian Sea. It is 6 km northeast of Kyparissia, 21 km south of Zacharo and 47 km northwest of Kalamata.
It has a 70 kilometre sandy beach which attracts a moderate amount bathers in the summer months, both Greeks and foreign tourists.
On the seafront there are tavernas and bars. Loggerhead sea turtles, Caretta caretta, nest every summer on the beach from many centuries ago, from May to July - with the nests hatching between July and October.
Kalo Nero is famous for its marvelous, unique sunsets in the Kyparissian Bay.