Things To Do

Events

Visit our social media pages for regular updates on exciting events in and around Struisbaai all year round. [...]

Sunsets

Capture breathtaking sunsets whether you are at the harbour, walking along the beach or watching the sunset behind the silhouette of a shipwreck. [...]

Fishermen

Get your picture taken at the harbour with the fishermen’s chuckies (little boats). The fishermen call their boats chuckies, named after the sound they make when they’re started up: “chuck, chuck, chuck.” [...]

Shipwrecks

The stretch of coast around the Southernmost Tip of Africa is known as the “Graveyard of Ships” for various reasons: gale-force winds, ever-changing weather conditions, high swells and the treacherous coast line, have caused numerous wrecks. More than 125 of the approximately 2 130 [...]

Whale Whatching

Breaching, lobtailing, spyhopping and sailing are some the antics you can witness in these waters from July to November. The Southern Right Whales journey to the coastline of South Africa to mate, calve and, as many believe, to have some fun! The curious [...]

Nature Reserves

De Hoop Nature and Marine reserve, De Mond Nature Reserve, Heuningberg Nature Reserve and Agulhas National Park are beautiful places to spend a day with the family. Bird watching is also an attraction, with rare species including the endangered Blue Crane, Cape Vulture, Flamingo [...]

The Flora (Fynbos)

The Cape Floral Region, Situated at the Tip of Africa, this majestic floral kingdom is the only to be fully contained within a single country. Incredibly it has the highest known concentration of plant species in the world, its nearest rival, the South American [...]

Spookdraai Hiking Trail

Starting the Spookdraai trail as one drives into L’Agulhas from Struisbaai, you walk on the shoulder of the main road, following the clearly marked little white painted ghost signs. A tricky little rocky beach section, followed by gravel and a short dash across [...]

Watersports

Struisbaai offers safe bathing and a variety of watersports which are particularly popular. [...]

Harbour

Visit the charming little Struisbaai Harbour. It is a small quaint little harbour with small fishing vessels dotted here and there. The harbour was originally built in 1959 and enlarged in 1990. It serves local fishing boats, known as ‘chukkies’ as well as [...]

Cape Agulhas Lighthouse

You can find the candy-striped Cape Agulhas Lighthouse at the Southernmost Tip of Africa between L’Agulhas town and the Agulhas National Park. It was the third lighthouse erected in South Africa in 1848 and it is the second oldest lighthouse that is still operating. [...]

Southernmost Tip of Africa

Where two oceans collide in a wild display of tumultuous currents and jagged rocky edges you will find the Southernmost Tip of Africa. The stone cairn christens the point where the Indian and Atlantic Ocean meet and people from all over the world journey [...]