Coffee Bay Backpackers SOUTH AFRICA
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Coffee Bay
South Africa
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Coffee Bay
South Africa
Coffee bay is
one of the most popular
holiday resorts on the Wild Coast, with safe and beautiful swimming beaches,
spectacular hikes, excellent fishing and a transient population of families
on holiday, backpackers, campers, tourists and students.
This
is the only other coastal resort apart from Port St Johns that has a tarred
road all the way, making for a pleasant rolling journey from Jojweni or
Viedgesville on the N2. The countryside here is quite different to the
gentle hills to the south – it is more rugged, and with glimpses of the
grandeur of high cliffs. A distinctive feature is the local thatched round
huts, each with a 'topknot' fashioned out of a car-tyre, coloured bottles or
even an aloe plant. This gives each dwelling a rather surprised expression,
but has a strictly practical purpose – it is said to prevent owls (regarded
by the locals as creatures of ill-omen) from roosting on the roofs.
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