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Jeffreys Bay is the Gateway to the Garden
Route
- 1 hour from Port Elizabeth Jeffreys Bay is a
buzz of activity in December and over the Easter period when most
South Africans suffer from holiday fever but, a lot more peaceful
most of the year round, except of course when there is surfing
competitions and the shell festival (not much to do with shells),
when everyone comes from all around the area (even JHB) to sell
their years work and show off their creative talents to the locals.
- Take a day trip for a picnic in
Baviaanskloof Nature Reserve in the direction of Hankey, Loerie and
Patensie en route to Willowmore, where orange coloured sandstone
cliffs, aloes, proteas, arums and wild fig trees contribute to
varying scenes of great indigenous beauty.
- SOMETHING SPECIAL (Bartholomews Rest Guests only) - Join a 3 day 4 x 4 guided tour to visit the canyon. Rates apply. Subject to availability and season
- One can stop along the way and see the
Kouga Dam or a magnificent indigenous Yellowwood forest, just
before reaching Hankey.
- Rent a sea faring canoe on a calm day to test
your fishing skills
- Picnic at a nearby waterfall
- St Francis Links Golf Club- Short drive
- Visit the light house at Cape St. Francis
- Beach Horse Riding- nearby at Paapiesfontein
Nature Reserve +-15km
- Hike up Noorsekloof gorge
- Charter a fishing trip for shad, sharks,
grunter, sharks, steenbras and musselcracker, Oh! and did I mention
sharks.
- Take a day trip to Addo Elephant Park, although
quite far a 1 night stay over makes it worthwhile.
- Treat the kids with a visit to the Billabong
clothing factory shop in town
- Climb the 204 spiral steps at the 52m Campernile
in Port Elizabeth next to the railway station
- Have lunch on the harbour in Port Elizabeth
- Bay World in P.E will keep the kids enthralled
watching dolphin shows and discovering the marine life in the same
complex
- You can see white lions at the Seaview Game Park
on the way
- Take a small canoe trip up the nearby Gamtoos
River
- Apparently there is a huge 4 X 4 rally near
Paradise beach in December , but if you're an expert you'll probably
know about that.
- Live entertainment in town in December
- Let us know if there is something we missed and
can add to the list.
How to get there
By plane, train or car arrive in Port
Elizabeth. Take the N2 from Port Elizabeth towards Cape Town.
Take the first Jeffries Bay turnoff after
crossing the Gamtoos River (about 90 kilometers outside of Port Elizabeth). Turn left at the t-junction. At the Stop sign turn right. After about 15 kilometers and just after crossing Kabeljous river, turn at the
first left turn which becomes da Gama (the main road) road in Jeffreys
Bay
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