One of the most beautiful spots on the Wild Coast is the small community of Coffee Bay. There is not much more here other than some huts, a trading store, a plain camping site and two resort a hotel, although the tiny village is slightly growing nowadays. The subtropical coast is stunning and the long sandy beach is untouched between the green rolling hills and the turquoise sea. Coffee Bay surely is one of South Africa's paradises.
Coffee Bay got its name from a cargo ship that supposedly ran ashore here in the 19th century and spilled some of its coffee bean shipment on the shore. Local stories have it that some of these beans took root and grew into coffee trees, but unfortunately they are nowhere to be seen today.
Coffee Bay is renowned for its fishing, its offers all facets of salt water fishing. There are a number of small local commercial fishermen who operate coffee bay on a daily basis. These fishermen offer useful information to all visiting Deep Sea, Light boat and Rock and Surf fishermen. Some of the best fishing can be planned for May - July, as this is the time of the annual 'Sardine Run'. This natural phenomenon sees the world’s largest shoals of Sardine move along the coast, closely followed by every predatory fish, mammal and bird found in or above the ocean.
Literally a hole in a monumental wall of free-standing rock in Coffee Bay, on South Africa’s unspoiled, rural stretch of Wild Coast.
Hole in the Wall is a pretty much self-contained holiday village, perfect for families with children.
There is no shortage of swimming pools, trampolines and beach activities, ideal and safe to let the kids play while the folks chill out on the beach or on the deck overlooking the beach, or at the bar, again with a sea view.
This part of the South African coastline, stretching between the Mtamvuna River in the north and the Great Kei River to the south, is characterized by its untamed beauty and yet for the holidaymaker it has all the facilities, activities and accommodation you would find anywhere else; just a little more rustic and a little less gauche, but no less comfortable.
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