Stilbaai, also known as the Bay of Sleeping
Beauty, is a town along the Cape Southern
Coast of South Africa.
Jump in your car - it's about four hours by
car from Cape Town
Beauty, is a town along the Cape Southern
Coast of South Africa.
Jump in your car - it's about four hours by
car from Cape Town
Although the popularity of Stilbaai as one of the best tourist destinations on the Garden Route is growing at an ever-
increasing rate, it maintains its characteristics as a pollution-free, safe and peaceful destination. It has long stretches
of white sandy beaches, mild weather and a river which is navigable for 15 km.
The weather is ideal for holiday making with moderate temperatures, and beautiful sunshine days.
Jongensfontein is a coastal village, about 10 km along the coast and offers stunning views of the ocean.
Melkhoutfontein, a few km inland from Stilbaai, is a friendly community consisting primarily of the descendants of the
indigenous fishermen of this area.
increasing rate, it maintains its characteristics as a pollution-free, safe and peaceful destination. It has long stretches
of white sandy beaches, mild weather and a river which is navigable for 15 km.
The weather is ideal for holiday making with moderate temperatures, and beautiful sunshine days.
Jongensfontein is a coastal village, about 10 km along the coast and offers stunning views of the ocean.
Melkhoutfontein, a few km inland from Stilbaai, is a friendly community consisting primarily of the descendants of the
indigenous fishermen of this area.
Stilbaai, also known as the Bay of Sleeping Beauty, is a town along the southern coast of South Africa about four hours
by car from Cape Town. The town hosts a variety of B&B lodges and a friendly warm coast for surfing and swimming.
Stilbaai is host to a number of interesting archaeological sites, including ancient fish traps thought to have been built by
early ancestors of the Khoi people of the Southern Cape.
There is also a shell landfill that has been carbon dated to around 1,000 BC - another archaeological site is situated in a
group of caves at Blombos, about 12 kilometers from Stilbaai. Artefacts found at Blombos have been carbon dated to
around 75,000 BC, making it the oldest known human settlement today.
by car from Cape Town. The town hosts a variety of B&B lodges and a friendly warm coast for surfing and swimming.
Stilbaai is host to a number of interesting archaeological sites, including ancient fish traps thought to have been built by
early ancestors of the Khoi people of the Southern Cape.
There is also a shell landfill that has been carbon dated to around 1,000 BC - another archaeological site is situated in a
group of caves at Blombos, about 12 kilometers from Stilbaai. Artefacts found at Blombos have been carbon dated to
around 75,000 BC, making it the oldest known human settlement today.
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