1 2 3 The graves of Captain Robert Charles Harker and his wife. First and second VIE, TSITSIKAMMA BEA generation Harkers. The oldest marked CON Plettenberg Bay graves in Plettenbergbay. SUSAN WINDSURFER BEACH CUTHBERT SUSAN Town Map TO THE GRAGS, CO STORMSRIVIER AND PORT ELIZABETH BIRD CHARLES TO 365 Day a Year Holiday Destination! N2 PLA A EARP JONES STRYDOM PHITIDIS A OLMA RA FERDINAND Y JULIA ZENON TO A WINDSURFER BEACH PL Plett Industria Seagull Colony LESLEY FREDERICK HUT JULIA Plettenberg Bay hosts one of the largest CHINSON DOROTHEA CUPID KEURBOOMSRIVER LAGOON seagull breeding colonies along the ROXANNE ROSHEEN THERON South African coast at the mouth of the ARIS P JULIA Keurboom's River Mouth. BEA TRUTER CON BOWTIE Qolweni ORIENT PROTEA ON AL ERICA (Bossies Gif) BOWTIE BOWTIE SOL ORIENT SALMACK AL PL MARINE TURAKINA Whale Watching CHALLENGE Plettenberg Bay N2 LANDING SALMACK The southern right whale TYPHOON THERMOPYL PHILLIPA KNOTTS (Eubalaena australis) is one of three SYDNEY AE SIDNEY species classified as right whales. It is KARINA CAMP LN T AINE LN HILL AEPING EL AN PLETZEN V HILL HILL distinguished from other whales by the TO KNYSNA HILL HILL LANGDOWN NEWGA ANDREW Old Timber Shed SERICA GLENIFER callosities on its head, a broad back MARINE MAIN TE The Old Timber Shed – Build in EUPHEMIA TOPLIS without a dorsal fin, and a long mouth ALLEY LANGDOWN GIBB V that begins above the eye. Its skin is 1787-1788 by Johan Jacob Jerling MULLER SWIFTSURE ROCKS EUPHEMIA ANTHONY FORMOSA dark grey to black with some white PIESANG for the Dutch East India Company to LOOKOUT CHURCH patches on the belly. Only about 12,000 store timber before it had to be CHURCH SEWELL CHURCH CUTTY SARK CHURCH southern right whales are left in the VIRGINIA transported. Located in Meeding BREACH B ARIEL SARK CUTTY PARK CRESCENT world, spread throughout the southern B Street close to beachfront. OUD WILDER HIGH ANCHOR RICE RED JACKET part of the Southern Hemisphere. RA FIERY CROSS MAIN VEN YING CL FL RECTORY PARK ATHENA Plettenberg Bay is widely known as a LIGHTNING ANCHOR KLOOF BULL ANT favourite calving destination for these Pansy Shell OUD STRAND MEEDING CL RAINBOW FLYING AILL whales. They usually come in close to LE V HOBIE BEACH The delicate flower-shaped pansy HIGH the shore between August and PLETTENBERG DUMINY shell is endemic to the coast around PLETT TOURISM OFFICE SEA WITCH BEACH November. Plett offers a few great whale Plett and has become the unofficial CENTRAL JACKSON A watching spots, such as Von Plettenberg icon of the town. Spotting these PERESTRELL SINCL monument, The Lookout View Site, ESTRELL SAN GONZALES HOPWOOD shells on any beach is a must do for AIR beachy head drive, Keurbooms Beach any visitor to Plettenberg Bay. Milkwood Scenic Trail CROWS NEST O and Robberg Nature Reserve. For a ANDER closer encounter, whale watching tours HARKER CALL HOPWOOD AND and trips are available. ODL BEACON ISLE ODLAND ZAMBEZI LIMPOPO SHALLOW BLINDERS PIESANG RIVER KEURBOOMS REEF PIESANG VALLEY Plettenberg Bay PIESANG VALLEY PHAROS RED BAIT Country Club GREEN POINT PHAROS BEACON ISLE LUNDY ISLAND CASQUET HILL BEACON ISLE PHAROS THE PL BEACON ISLE Von Plettenberg LUND PRONGS BRAKKL Y ISL OOF HANOIS AND Beacon The Governor of the Cape, Baron Joachim van LUNDY L ISLAND ONG STONE C Plettenberg, named the town Plettenberg Bay in C MAPLIN T BASS 1779. On 6 November 1778, he erected a beacon, GREA HANOIS ROCHE BONNE still to be seen on the corner of Hopwood and PENDEEN THE PRONGS Meeding Street. (Blue icon.) MAPLIN GODFREY ONGSHIPS BISHOPS L BEACHY HEAD BEACHY ROCK ADDA HANOIS PL Marine Life and Reefs FARALL ROCHE BONNE ACHENA POINT THERINE More than 100 species of fish are known to occur along this coast and P ON MANGOLD POINT ST CA ST ROBBERG BEACH include Zebra, Double-sash Butterflyfish, Blacktail, Roman, Elf, Galjoen ROBBERG ST ANDREW RATTRA and Yellowbelly Rock Cod. Some of the finest soft coral reefs in the world OOF FOWEY Y HEAD MAPLIN are found here with sponges, starfish and many varieties of shellfish BRAKKL ROCKS SPURN including Plett’s unique Pansy shell. POINT NAVESINK Brackenridge Research has shown that 10% of South Africa's Humpback and ACHENA POINTSANGANER Estate P Bottlenose dolphins are found in and around Plettenberg Bay. VESINK JUMENT NA TINO JUMENT AND MAPLIN YSTONE ONGSHIPS ISL MACQUARIE AA L OOF BELL EDD ENT ROCK BELL ROCK BRAKKL KENNERY INDIAN ROBBERG AILSA CRAIG ABLEFORD MAPLIN ST WOLF D ROCK OCEAN D JUMENT ROBBERG BEACH AN BEACHY HEAD CORDOV LISMORE AND TARBET NESS Blue Flag Beaches DASSEN ISL ONGSHIPS US REEF L Blue Flag Beach The ‘Blue Flag is’ a voluntary eco-label awarded to international beaches, indicating San Gonzales Shipwreck DAEDAL compliance to strict criteria dealing with water quality, environmental education and RUGBYWEDGE CORDOV MINTOS LEDGE AN AMOOK information, environmental management, and safety and other services. In 1630, the Portuguese ship San Gonzales sank off Plettenberg Bay TILL whilst en-route from Portugal to India, killing 150 of her crew. 100 crew members managed to swim ashore and subsequently settled in The Blue Flag Programme is owned and run by the independent non-profit COB the Piesang river valley where they survived for 8 months, building organisation Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE). When a beach receives the ‘Blue Flag’ status, it becomes part of a select few ‘perfect’ timber huts and growing vegetables from seeds they brought with GRIS NEZ SERENDIPITY JACK CASE beach destinations in the world. them. There are also indications that they traded produce and BUNKER CAMDEBOO goods with the local Outeniqua settlements. They managed to AND Y TRINITY Plett has received the unique honour of having BOTH Robberg and Keurbooms Beach build two boats from the remains of the San Gonzales and local BRANT CADD FAIRWAY declared worthy of Blue Flag Status, which means it is one of the very few places in timber. They set off and were eventually picked up by other DASSEN ISL MONTROY LIGHT Africa with two blue flag beaches! passing Portuguese vessels. GRIS NEZ EAGLE SKERRY In a written account, one sailor describes the area VORE This officially makes Plett one of the safest, cleanest and most environmentally BIRDIE ALGUADA REEF ALGUADA conscious beach destinations in Africa. ONGSHIPS as a series of wild rich valleys abounding with L Robberg ROTHERSAND large trees and sweet smelling flowers. He BOGEY VORE also mentions an ‘infinite’ abundance of Ridge SKERRY wildlife, including “deer, wolves, JANE SKERRY VORE DASSEN ISL seals, buffalo, wild boar, monkeys, AND HOOD POINT GRIS NEZ THINA E tigers and elephant,” wolves and A DIADEM E CHRISTINA tigers possibly referring to AGNES DIADEM WHITE CAPS AY leopard and brown hyena. WHALE ROCK DR. W WHALE ROCK DR CAPRICORN W .R TO . VERDE MIDGE GEMINI CL Plettenberg Bay Tourism ROBBERG SOLAR BEACH SOLAR . 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