Guidebook for Gansbaai
Food Scene
Great for breakfast and lunch, excellent whale watching in season.
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Coffee On The Rocks
81 Cliff StGreat for breakfast and lunch, excellent whale watching in season.
Downhome South African food
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Thyme at Rosemary's Restaurant - Gansbaai
13 Main RdDownhome South African food
Seafood including local line catches.
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Blue Goose Restaurant - Gansbaai
22 Hoop StSeafood including local line catches.
Quality winery that serves pizzas on the terrace. Lovely view over the Agulhas Plain.
40 icetyiswa ngabantu basekuhlaleni
Black Oystercatcher Wine
R317Quality winery that serves pizzas on the terrace. Lovely view over the Agulhas Plain.
Roasted locally, delicious coffee, popular spot for breakfast, lunch and sweet pastries
15 icetyiswa ngabantu basekuhlaleni
Gansbaai Coffee Company
38 Church StreetRoasted locally, delicious coffee, popular spot for breakfast, lunch and sweet pastries
The Fish Lady
Main RoadFried snoek and slaap chips, best in town.
Inventive cooking with locally foraged ingredients. Glorious location with sweeping views across Walker Bay. Arrive in time for sunset!
Schneider's Cape Floral Kitchen
Inventive cooking with locally foraged ingredients. Glorious location with sweeping views across Walker Bay. Arrive in time for sunset!
The house restaurant for Marine Dynamics shark dives and whale-watching boat tours. Delicious, fresh food with a great local wine list. Dining under the skeleton of a Southern Right Whale, the kind that populate Walker Bay.
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Great White House Restaurant - Gansbaai
5 Geelbek StThe house restaurant for Marine Dynamics shark dives and whale-watching boat tours. Delicious, fresh food with a great local wine list. Dining under the skeleton of a Southern Right Whale, the kind that populate Walker Bay.
Sightseeing
Cool lighthouse with relics and info on the Birkenhead sinking. Great views after you climb the tower!
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Danger Point station
Cool lighthouse with relics and info on the Birkenhead sinking. Great views after you climb the tower!
Well renovated restaurant and bar with crocodile tourism. Have a meal and check out the crocs. Nice location amidst strandveld on the way to the Danger Point lighthouse.
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Afrikanos Bar and Grill - Gansbaai
Well renovated restaurant and bar with crocodile tourism. Have a meal and check out the crocs. Nice location amidst strandveld on the way to the Danger Point lighthouse.
Rehab center for African penguins
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African Penguin and Seabird Sanctuary - Gansbaai
Rehab center for African penguins
Shark cage dives and boat-based whale watching. Environmental stewards with a strong sense of mission.
39 icetyiswa ngabantu basekuhlaleni
Shark Cage Dive · Marine Dynamics™
5 Geelbek StShark cage dives and boat-based whale watching. Environmental stewards with a strong sense of mission.
Parks & Nature
stunning stretch of beach. visit Khoi-San cave dwellings on the southern end.
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Walker Bay Nature Reserve
16 17th Avestunning stretch of beach. visit Khoi-San cave dwellings on the southern end.
Caves where some of the oldest known humans lived. Dramatic views out over Walker Bay and the coast.
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Klipgat Caves
Normandie StreetCaves where some of the oldest known humans lived. Dramatic views out over Walker Bay and the coast.
Gorgeous white sand beach with a small beach town. About 20 minutes from Xairu by car.
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Pearly Beach
Gorgeous white sand beach with a small beach town. About 20 minutes from Xairu by car.
Protected swimming cove and beach. 10-15 minute walk from Xairu along the cliff path. Good place to relax and have a swim.
Stanfords Baai
Cove StreetProtected swimming cove and beach. 10-15 minute walk from Xairu along the cliff path. Good place to relax and have a swim.
Indigenous Milkwood Forest with ancient trees and flat hiking trail.
11 icetyiswa ngabantu basekuhlaleni
Platbos Indigenous Forest
Indigenous Milkwood Forest with ancient trees and flat hiking trail.
Neighborhoods
Small but special wine region just inland from Hermanus (on the opposite side of Walker Bay from Gansbaai). Top area for South African pinot noir wines.
Hemel-en-Aarde Valley
Hemel-en-Aarde ValleySmall but special wine region just inland from Hermanus (on the opposite side of Walker Bay from Gansbaai). Top area for South African pinot noir wines.
Food and nature
Beautiful spot, great owners, good food. Excellent nursery of local flora, and a small art gallery. Kids love the goats, tortoises, geese, chickens etc. that run around the large property.
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Groeneweide Farm
Beautiful spot, great owners, good food. Excellent nursery of local flora, and a small art gallery. Kids love the goats, tortoises, geese, chickens etc. that run around the large property.
Local brewery with outdoor dining and picnics including cheese from the Klein Rivier Farmstead. Beautiful views of the Klein Rivier Mountains. A variety of classic and seasonal beers as well as wine from Walker Bay Estate.
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Birkenhead Brewery
R326Local brewery with outdoor dining and picnics including cheese from the Klein Rivier Farmstead. Beautiful views of the Klein Rivier Mountains. A variety of classic and seasonal beers as well as wine from Walker Bay Estate.