Elands Bay (also known as Elandsbaai) is one of those spots Cape Town surfers and sandveld lovers talk about in hushed tones. It’s a place many want to keep a secret.
The town is a seaside gem with lots of outdoor activities and coastline adventures. North of Cape Town the West Coast is endless scrubby flatland with one exception: Baboon Point. This craggy headland creates its own peninsula; in its lee is the little town of Elands Bay.
The promontory dominates the town in more ways than one. The bluff creates a degree of shelter on this windswept shoreline and has provided a place of habitation for millennia. San hunter-gatherers harvested the shores while Verlorenvlei, a long stretch of water terminating at Elands Bay, offered fresh water. It was once rich in game and today the bird life is still exceptional.
A small resort town built around a magnificent bay, it’s everything a West Coast seaside village should be. The beach is wide and pristine...
Elands Bay is a charming coastal town situated just 220 kilometres from Cape Town. One of the major attractions in Elands Bay is the rough a...
To get to Elands Bay, you have to venture off the main tarmac strip heading north and head west towards the icy Atlantic coast. Chances are ...
A few kilometres inland from Elandsbaai is the hamlet of Verlorenvlei, remnant of a farm that dates to the beginning of the 18th century. Th...