Plettenberg Bay

Municipality

Municipality: Plettenberg Bay Local Municipality

Plettenberg Bay Tourism Bureau

Victoria Cottage
Plettenberg Bay

Phone number: 44-533-4605
Fax number: 44-533-4066
Email: Email inquiry
Web: See the website

Plettenberg Bay is named after Joachim van Plettenberg, Governor of the Cape

Attractions

Also see the neighbouring towns

The stone pillar erected by Van Plettenberg in 1778 can be viewed. The Old Timber Store is a national monument. Robberg (Seal Mountain) is a nature reserve (243Ha) on a red sandstone peninsula. Its environment has a rich variety of vegetation and birds. There is a huge cave which served as dwelling in days gone by. In the Municipal offices are some remains of the wreck of the Portuguese ship Sao Goncales which was wrecked in 1630. Dolphin and whale watching trips are offered in the bay in season.

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History

The area was inhabited in the Middle Stone Age. Khoi-Khoi and San people also loved here. The bay was visited by Portuguese sailors. In 1577 Manuel da Perestrello gave the name Formosa Bay to the bay. In 1778 Governor Joachim van Plettenberg journeyed here and erected a stone pillar to claim the spot for the Dutch East India Company. In the 1820s a farmhouse and inn was built by the Rex family of Knysna in the area, now part of the Formosa Inn. In the 1860s the place became a centre for the timbre trade. Forest Hall was built in 1863 by William Newdigate.

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Climate

Weather Report for Plettenberg Bay

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