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About Cape Recife Nature Reserve
Conveniently situated within Port
Elizabeth, the Cape Recife Nature
Reserve has much to offer visitors and
locals alike. A stunning beach,
rolling dunes, coastal fynbos, marine
birdlife, rock pools, and a 133-year old
lighthouse beckon further exploration.
The reserve is renowned as a ‘must do’
birding site in Port Elizabeth to see
marine and freshwater birds. The tern
roost at Cape Recife is the best place
in the country to see Roseate Tern.
Seven species of tern are found here
including Roseate tern, Antarctic tern
and occasionally Damara tern.
Waterbirds that are often seen include
Little Bittern, South African Shellduck,
African Black Oystercatcher and Southern
Tchagra. African penguin and ocean birds
can also be spotted offshore.
Cape
Recife Nature Reserve facilities include
an Information Centre, ablution block,
bird hides, picnic site and a
nine-kilometre walking trail.
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About Hobie Beach
All the rage for
swimming, sunbathing and body surfing,
Hobie Beach is the venue for the annual
Splash Festival as well as the Beach
Volleyball and World Boardsailing
Championships.
The calm seas,
blissfully warm water (between 18 to 21
degrees in summer) and beaches patrolled
by professional lifeguards provide the
perfect combination for a family
holiday. Hobie Beach is a good choice
for swimming or simply sunbathing but if
you’re a water sports junkie there’s no
end to the thrills here - choose from
scuba diving, windsurfing, kiting,
surfing, jet skiing or surf skiing.
At
low tide the Shark Rock Pier side of
Hobie Beach is a great place to explore,
offering sheltered rock pools with
interesting inter-tidal sea life. Kids
love spending time here looking for
creatures like starfish and octopus.
Hobie Beach is situated in Summerstrand
which is an ideal base from which to
explore Port Elizabeth and its beautiful
coastline.
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About African Penguin
Rehabilitation
Center SAMREC
The African Penguin Rehabilitation
Center is used for the rescue and
rehabilitation of the endangered African
Penguin, other marine birds and marine
animals.
The center is equipped with a
receiving
area, ICU, washing, drying and pool
facilities and provides opportunities
for research as well as an education
centre.
Visitors can view the
rehabilitation
process without disturbing the animals
and enjoy watching the feeding of
penguins in the finishing pool. There is
also a pleasant coffee shop for relaxing
with tea or coffee and cake afterwards.
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About Humewood Golf
Course
Considered one of the world's most
challenging links courses, Humewood Golf
Course is consistently ranked as one of
South Africa's Top 10 golf courses. The
late Bobby Locke considered Humewood
Golf Course to be the best in South
Africa and said that it compared
favourably with the top links courses in
the British Isles. Humewood has hosted
the South African Amateur 9 times and
the South African Open 4 times.
Situated in the coastal city of
Port
Elizabeth, the golf course is a genuine
seaside links, frequently lashed by the
winds off Algoa Bay. The length of the
course is 6 225 meters with 18
holes/par72. With wide and undulating
fairways, fast greens and thick coastal
bush, a round at Humewood is an absolute
must for any golfers visiting South
Africa.
The course is home to a variety of
animal life with an abundance of cheeky
plovers, otherwise known as kiewietjies,
one of which makes up the club's emblem.
And, after your round of golf, relax at
the "19th" in the elegant Club House and
indulge in a spectacular view over the
links course itself as well as Algoa
Bay.
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About Port Elizabeth
Museum
Rainy day in the Bay? Why not
check out
what's up at PE Museum at the Bayworld
Complex. Situated on the main beachfront, it
delivers a feast of education and
entertainment to thousands of visitors
each year.
March the kids straight to the
life-sized reconstruction of the giant
prehistoric dinosaur known as
Algoasaurus that once lived here.
Another leviathan for your pipsqueaks to
gawk at is the 15 metre skeleton of the
last Southern right whale harpooned in
Nelson Mandela Bay. Wannabee pirates will dig the
replica of
the Dias Cross and a five metre bronze
cannon dated 1640, salvaged from a
Portuguese galleon wrecked near Port
Elizabeth.
The Port Elizabeth Museum is
a wonderful
blend of cultural and natural history
and is the third oldest in South Africa.
Displays include the Dinosaur, Marine,
Bird, Maritime History, Costume and
Local History Halls, as well as a
Curiosity Corner, Xhosa Beadwork Gallery
and the First People of the Bay.
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About
Bayworld Oceanarium
Although
Bayworld Oceanarium’s two dolphins,
Dumisa and Domino, have winged it off to
Hong Kong, the aquarium remains one of
the star attractions in Nelson Mandela
Bay. Situated in
the heart of the Port Elizabeth
beachfront, Bayworld continually dishes
up a feast of education and
entertainment to thousands of visitors
each year.
Kids love the
little colony of rescued Cape fur and
Sub Antarctic seals. These web-footed
friends provide an up-close experience,
giving visitors a chance to see them
swimming and feeding. Interactions with
their trainers and related stories
present their amazing adaptations to the
aquatic environment.
Be thrilled
by the adult ragged-tooth sharks
displaying jagged jaws of eating tools
as they cruise around the circular tank.
There’s lots to see but don’t miss the
tiny Knysna seahorses and the wily
octopus.
Open 09:00 –
16:30 every day of the year, except on
Christmas Day, 25 December.
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About Bayworld Snake
Park
Fascinating but fearsome to some
folk,
reptiles are always a hit with kids. The
Bayworld Snake Park has been around
since 1919 and is home to numerous
reptiles, many of which are indigenous
to the Nelson Mandela Bay area.
The slithery and scaly collection
includes the longest species of snake in
the world, the deadliest snake in Africa
and a cunning snake that pretends to be
dead so as to avoid being attacked.
There are also some of the common
species which you might find in your
back garden while staying in the Bay.
Informative signs help you
identify the
snakes so if you do happen to meet one
of them, you’ll know whether it is
dangerous or not. Along with the amazing
snakes, you will also be able to see
lizards, crocodiles, tortoises and
terrapins.
Open 09:00 – 16:30 every day of
the
year, except on Christmas Day, 25
December.
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