Eastern Cape
Addo, malaria-free private reserves, the Wild Coast, and Port Elizabeth as a useful hub.
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The best malaria-free safari in the country, plus a coastline most international visitors never reach.
The best malaria-free safari in the country, plus a coastline most international visitors never reach.
- Trip Role
- Base
- Ideal Stay
- 4–7 days
- Best For
- Malaria-free safari, families, wild coast
Where to go here
Cintsa
A lagoon-and-sea beach half an hour from East London — the gentle gateway to the Wild Coast.
Nahoon Beach
East London's wild-card beach — a long open strand with a surf break and Nahoon Point's dune-boardwalk nature reserve.
Gonubie Beach
East London's local beach — a long arc of warm sand with a boardwalk and a river-mouth swimming pool.
Mpame
A remote Wild Coast beach and river mouth south of Coffee Bay — long, empty, and reachable only on dirt.
Bushmans River Mouth
The estuary beach at Bushmans/Kenton — boating, swimming, and a river you can paddle up for kilometres.
Mbotyi
A lagoon-and-beach Wild Coast village backed by a waterfall that drops off the cliff onto the sand — spectacular and remote.
Boknes
A quiet Sunshine Coast beach at a river mouth near Kenton — uncrowded and warm, with a shipwreck on the shore.
Cannon Rocks
A long, empty Sunshine Coast beach near Addo's coast — dunes, a shipwreck, and almost no one.
Igoda Beach
A long, wild beach at the Nahoon-Igoda mouth south of East London — a surf break and an empty stretch of sand.
Maitlands Beach
A long, dune-backed beach at the Maitland River mouth — huge dunes, a river swim, and empty sand 20 minutes from Gqeberha.
Hobie Beach
Gqeberha's main swimming and social beach — a sheltered, warm-water cove behind a breakwater, next to the Boardwalk precinct.
Pollok Beach
Gqeberha's main surfing beach — a long, open strand with a reliable break and the city's beach culture.