Humewood Beach
Humewood Beach in Port Elizabeth has a salt-and fresh-water tidal pool complex, which is a perfect place for children to splash about in for a few hours, without having to contend with the waves. For those who do want to venture into the sea, there are lifeguards on duty. When children get tired of the beach, the Oceanarium is just across the road.
For those who do want to venture into the sea, there are lifeguards on duty. When children get tired of the beach, the Oceanarium is just across the road.
Port Elizabeth Lighthouse
Lighthouses are, by definition, built in lonely, wind-ripped locales - just the kind of places you want to go for an invigorating walk. The lighthouse at Port Elizabeth stands proud on Cape Recife, the point of Algoa Bay. From the grassy car park it's about 2 kilometres over flat, wind-plastered beach to the lighthouse.
Here you turn right and walk along the intermittently sandy and rocky shore to find a colony of penguins that have apparently forsaken Bird Island for this most unusual mainland site. African penguins, for reasons best known to themselves, nest almost exclusively on a few rocky inshore islands along our southeast and West coasts, but in recent years a few mainland colonies have become established between here and Cape Town.
By David Bristow