More colourful Plett gardens for PAWS
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Garden lovers can look forward to the fourth Plett Open Garden Day in support of PAWS, on Saturday 31 October from 10:00 to 16:00. This popular event will again feature Rae Gilbert’s magnificent Bosky Dell Rose Garden as the anchor garden.   Last year, despite cold and wet weather, 313 hardy visitors  turned ...more


TripAdvisor reviewer rates Plett best
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TripAsdvisor, the world's largest travel site, provides user reviews from actual visitors. This review from a recent visitor to the seaside town rates Plett best.

The Robberg Beach Lodge was our third stop during our honeymoon and what an amazing place it is. We stayed in a suite, with great views of ...more


Robberg Coastal Corridor declared Protected Environment
Robberg Corridor example farming

In a groundbreaking, never been tried before land conservation approach, a few visionary landowners made application in early 2011 to the Minister for Environmental Affairs and Development Planning of the Western Cape province to declare its members’ properties a Protected ...more


Swiss wins Otter in under 4 hours!
Swiss Trail Runner Marc Lauenstein wins otter in under 4 hours -1

Swiss mountain man achieves the impossible.
Biggest Trail Running PayOut in SA

The Garden Route National Park was the arena of possibly one of the most extraordinary athletic achievements in South African sporting history when Swiss Trail Runner Marc Lauenstein became the first person to run the Otter ...more


Wine, bubbly and much more in Plett
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Plettenberg Bay visitors and residents will get a taste of the finer things in life with the second Sasfin Plett Wine and Bubbly Festival next week on October 9 and 10.

Leading up to the festival, which will among others showcase products from more than ten local wine producers, the coastal holiday town ...more


Coastal clean-up day in Plett
coastal-clean-up-day-plett International Coastal Clean-up Day was again celebrated in earnest throughout Eden District recently.

In a collaborative initiative involving Eden District Municipality, the Provincial Department of Environmental Affairs, Nature's Valley Trust, SANParks, CapeNature, Born in Africa, Bitou Municipality, ...more

Heritage Day celebrated Plett style
Heritage Day celebrations in Plett

Heritage Day was celebrated with huge enthusiasm by residents of Plett and the outlying areas of Bitou in a gathering at the town's show grounds on a beautiful sunny 24th of September.

With music by the local marching band, the festivities were opened at 12pm, followed by an address from Bitou Executive ...more


National Parks Week launched
The Garden Route National Park launched its activities for South African National Parks Week on Monday September 14 at the Hakerville sports grounds. Photo: Yolandé Stander. The Garden Route National Park’s role in not only conservation but also as a tourism and economic driver was highlighted this week at the launch of the tenth annual South African National Parks Week in Harkerville just outside Plettenberg Bay.   SANParks opened its gates free of charge to visitors at 19 ...more

Plett tourists all year round
plett-tourists-on-central-beach Plettenberg Bay has started to move from a seasonal holiday hot spot to an all-year destination of choice among both local and international tourists.   This is good news for Bitou as tourism is its main economic driver and contributes R1.3-billion to the town’s gross economic value.   At Plett ...more

Maryna Strachan to MC at Wine & Bubbly Fest
Maryna Strachan It’s all about wine, food & fun!

Editor of Wine Extra Magazine, Maryna Strachan, will be joining the Sasfin Plett Wine & Bubbly Festival as the official Master of Ceremonies. With her pedigree in the wine business, long legs and witty sense of humour she is sure to bring some ...more


Local school could sing with Pharrell Williams
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Wittedrift High School learners have sung their way into a one-in-ten shot of performing alongside global megastar Pharrell Williams when he makes his way to South Africa next month.   The world renowned singer, songwriter and record producer, best known for one of his latest hits Happy, will be ...more

Tourism Incentive Programme
Dave Swart of PAA and Thomas Ngomana of Face Adrenalin at the Tourism TIP seminar

On Thursday 23 July 2015, The Director of Tourism Sector Transformation, Noxolo Ntenetya led an informative workshop on the Tourism Incentive Programme. The workshop was held in George at the Protea Hotel, King George. The focus area of the Tourism Incentive Programme is international market access for tourism ...more