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Greater Gansbaai Area
The greater Gansbaai area is known as the shelled Gem of the Overberg for its magnitude of rare plant and animal species that abound in timeless mountain and sea landscapes of exquisite natural beauty.
Baardskeerdersbos
A scenic 25 km drive from Gansbaai en-route to Cape Agulhas brings you to this tranquil hamlet where a versatile group of homefolk mainly live off the abundantly yielding cattle farms and horsesteads bordering...
Blompark
The name Blompark (Flower Park) is a true description of this area and its colourful community, descending from the earliest fisherfolk who settled along Gansbaai's prolific shores. Fishing has always been the life artery...
Danger Point
The name Danger Point says it all. This beautiful but treacherous peninsula on the southern point of Walker Bay was already as early as 16 May 1488 dubbed Ponte de Sao Brandao by Bartholomew Dias and his expedition...
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De Kelders
De Kelders is the scenic portal to Gansbaai and one of the best whale watching venues in the world. Coming from Stanford, just after the turn-off to Grootbos Private Nature Reserve, one is welcomed by breathtaking...
Elim
Elim is the oldest village in the Strandveld and can be found 30 km from Gansbaai on the way to Bredasdorp via a freshly resurfaced road that makes for safe travelling. The entire village is a national heritage site and...
Franskraal
Franskraal is a true pleasance of colourful flower-gardens blossoming between indigenous fynbos and Milkwood thickets in a tranquil coastal haven. It includes the main beach area and is the oldest holiday village in Gansbaai.
Gansbaai Town
The town of Gansbaai is a grand old dame who gracefully surrendered to centuries of changes and yet maintained her timeless bridal gown of something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue...
Kleinbaai
Kleinbaai is in many ways the reason for Gansbaai's flourishing all year round tourism season. This picturesque and once tranquil fishing and holiday haven has become the bustling hub of the town's flourishing eco-tourism...
Klipfonteyn
Klipfonteyn is a housing estate about 5 km from Gansbaai CBD, that divides the suburbs of Kleinbaai and Franskraal. The directions to Klipfonteyn take you along the scenic R43, past the riverside town of Stanford and on towards Gansbaai.
Masakhane
The bustling area of Masakhane adjacent to Gansbaai's industrial area is a rural hotchpotch of wood and tin shanties scattered between modern brick homes on a beautiful fynbos and Milkwood-clad landscape.
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Pearly Beach
In many ways, Pearly Beach is still the same "pearl of all beaches" that earned it its name decades ago. This rural haven of endless beach and indigenous fynbos-dappled dunes maintained its character as a picturesque...
Perlemoenbaai
Perlemoenbaai is a small suburb that is wedged between Stanford’s Bay and Gansbaai. The directions to Perlemoenbaai lead you off the N2 from Cape Town, onto the R34 through Hermanus and the beautiful Overberg countryside.
Romansbaai
Romansbaai is home to the exclusive Romansbaai Beach & Fynbos Estate between Gansbaai and Danger Point. The directions to Klipfonteyn take you along the scenic R43, past the riverside town of Stanford and on towards Gansbaai.
Stanford's Bay
The area takes its name from Sir Robert Stanford who, after making his fortune as a soldier in the British Army, retired to the Western Cape and became a prominent landowner. Stanford’s Bay is a quiet suburb near Gansbaai...
Uilenkraalsmond
The beautiful Uilenkraalsmond, next to Franskraal, is the oldest established beach resort in Gansbaai and one of the most popular family holiday destinations in the Western Cape. What is today the caravan-park...
