Plettenberg Bay Activities

	Poortjies Beach Just 300 metres from our front door, the lagoon-side Poortjies Beach is a perfect, quiet spot for relaxing, bird watching and safe, wave-free swimming. Toilet facilities are available.
	Central Beach Often the busiest beach in Plett, with life guards on duty in season. Facilities include restaurants, bars and public toilets.
	Robberg Beach This Blue Flag Beach stretches for kilometres between the Robberg Peninsula and the Beacon Island. Facilities include public toilets and various parking areas.
	Keurbooms Beach A little wilder, but equally beautiful. Facilities include a restaurant, public toilets and parking.

Rent a canoe in the Keurbooms River Nature Reserve - laze your way up river between high craggy rocks and deep verdant forest. Also a perfect opportunity for birding (the Garden Route has nearly 300 bird species).

	Plettenberg Bay Game Reserve Experience a hidden gem, where abundant wildlife roam the plains, where the distant roar of lions pierce the black dark of night and where the African sunset leaves an unforgetable memory. www.plettenbergbaygamereserve.co.za
	Buffalo Hills Lodges and Safaris Experience the beauty and tranquillity of Africa in the unique, malaria-free Cape Garden Route. www.buffalohills.co.za

	Plettenberg Bay Country Club The golf course remains a popular destination for tourists. the main attraction being the challenging layout built to USGA specifications and is rated in the top 50 in South Africa. The 18-hole par 72 course is 5 minutes away from Thanda Vista. www.plettgolf.co.za
	Goose Valley Goose Valley is a secure residential golf estate situated on the banks of the Keurbooms Lagoon, one kilometre north of Plett. The 18-hole par 72 course is a mere 3 minutes drive from Thanda Vista. www.goosevalleygolfclub.com

	Ocean Safaris Ocean Safaris is a whale and dolphin watching company in Southern Africa with legally licensed launch sites in Plett - three to four times a day, seven days a week. www.oceansafaris.co.za
	Ocean Blue Situated in the coastal town of Plett, Ocean Blue offers a rare and powerful experience through permitted boat based whale & dolphin encounters. www.oceanadventures.co.za

Rock anglers can expect to bag galjoen, elf, roman or steenbras from Nature's Valley, Keurbooms Beach, Lookout Rocks, Beacon Island or Robberg Beach. Deep Sea anglers can hunt for tuna, leervis, hake and calamari. Fishing charters offering boat-based salt water fly fishing, game and line fishing depart regularly from Central Beach.

	Monkeyland The primates at Monkeyland were all originally bred or held in captivity prior to coming here. Visitors may enjoy guided walking safaris. www.monkeyland.co.za
	Birds of Eden The unique two hectare dome (the World's largest) spans over a gorge of indigenous forest. The sanctuary has its own mysterious ruin, which incorporates a walk-behind waterfall. www.birdsofeden.co.za
	Tenikwa Wildlife Awareness Centre Tenikwa Wildlife Awareness Centre at Plettenberg Bay offers a truly unique Wildcat Experience. Guests are taken on a guided tour to meet captive-bred furry felines, living in a semi-natural environment. For the more adventurous, they offer a walk with the Tenikwa Cheetahs. www.tenikwa.co.za
	Elephant Sanctuary Visitors can learn more about elephant's habits, behaviour, different personalities and anatomy through up close and personal interaction. You also have the opportunity to touch, feed and walk trunk-in-hand with these magnificent animals. They also offer a short elephant back ride - a privilege historically reserved for kings! www.elephantsanctuary.co.za
	Eagle Encounters Eagle Encounters is a rehabilitation centre that is aimed at community awareness, and the rescue, rehabilitation and release of birds of prey. As part of their commitment to the preservation of birds of prey they demonstrate the plight and magnificence of these birds through flying displays. www.eagleencounters.co.za

We'd be delighted to help you choose a restaurant and make a booking for an unforgettable evening in Plett - local restaurants offer everything from fine cuisine to light meals, and there's something to suite every taste.

Plett's Main Street (central precinct) and our Market Square Mall boast a host of interesting shops and restaurants. The town of Knysna, 30 km to the west, is also a popular shopping destination. We particularly recommend OLD NICK - just 2 minutes from Thanda Vista - where you'll find great arts and crafts, jewellery, home decorations, a nursery, tea garden and restaurant. It's a showcase for some of the finest local talent. www.oldnickvillage.co.za

Robberg Nature Reserve The Robberg Peninsula is a unique nature reserve and national monument that lies just south of Plettenberg Bay, offering spectacular views of the bay. Robberg offers a choice of three circular routes of increasing difficulty and distance. The round trip via the Point takes about four hours and hikers will have a good chance of seeing seals, dolphins, whales and sharks. www.capenature.co.za

Tsitsikamma National Park Where the booming breakers of the Indian Ocean relentlessly pound rocky shores, where temperate high forest and fynbos roll down to the sea in an unspoilt verdant carpet, where ancient rivers carve their paths to the ocean down rocky ravines. This, "the place of much water", is the Tsitsikamma Section of the Garden Route National Park. The heartland of the park stretches some 5km to sea, protecting a wonderland of inter-tidal life, reef and deep-sea fish. Hikes range from short ambles to day walks and the famous 5 day Otter Trail. www.sanparks.org

	Bungy Jumping This is the ultimate thrill! This IS the highest commercially operated Bungy jump bridge in the world. If you don't want to jump, they also offer bridge walks along the spectacular and specially designed catwalk to the top of the arch from where you look out over the Gorge to the mountains. www.faceadrenalin.com
	Sky Diving Live life to the full! Experience the thrill of free fall over one of the the most scenic drop zones in the world. No Experience necessary! www.skydiveplett.com
	Canopy Tours A first in Africa. Enjoy the unequaled beauty of the indigenous forest high up on ten treetop platforms. Gently glide along in a harness, on steel cables 30 meters above the forest floor. Birdlife is abundant (including Knysna Loeries and the elusive Narina Trogan), and your guides will explain the ecology of the lush primeval forest. www.stormsriver.com