Ocean Safaris Plettenberg Bay

Ocean Safaris Plettenberg Bay

Ocean Safaris operates in Plettenberg Bay one of South Africa’s most diverse bays.

Attractions and Activities In Plettenberg Bay

Plettenberg Bay is a well-known holiday destination and offer a variety of attractions and activities including Whale and dolphin watching.

Dolphin and Whale Watching in the Garden Route

Ocean Safaris in Plettenberg Bay on the Garden Route offer two different types of Dolphin and Whale watching cruises: DISCOVERY CRUISES and PREMIUM CRUISES (Close Encounter). The tour begins with a unique dry launch into the surf zone and ends with a ride straight back onto the beach….

Close Encounter Whale Watching in Plettenberg Bay

PREMIUM cruises are ‘CLOSE ENCOUNTER’ tours. These are conducted on the permitted whale watching vessel “Fatboy”. This permit allows the licenced boat to approach whales up to 50 m. The whales may then move closer if they wish….

Discovery Whale Watching Cruises in Plett

The DISCOVERY whale watching cruises at Ocean Safaris in Plett are run on boats which do not hold permits and are legally obliged to stay 300 meters from whales.

Garden Route Whale Season

‘Official’ whale season in Plettenberg Bay on the Garden Route, based on the presence of Southern Right Whales along our coastline, runs between July and November… however, we are fortunate to have Humpback Whales between April and January. Bryde’s whales are seen along our coastline ALL year round

Ocean Safaris Cruise Times

Ocean Safaris boats operate 3 times a day. Generally cruise times are 9.00am, 11.30am and 2.30pm, but we ask you to confirm this with each booking, as times do change according to weather patterns. There is adequate space on our vessels for each passenger to bring a bag and/or camera bag.

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Wildwaters Fun Park – Plettenberg Bay

Plettenberg Bay Activities and attractions.

Plettenberg Bay is a popular holiday destination that offers activities and attractions for young and old. Besides shopping, going the beach and ant the many tourism attractions in the area Plettenberg Bay is also home to the Wildwaters Fun Park!

Adventure park in Plettenberg Bay

Wild Waters Fun Park is an adventure park for children in a safe and secure family environment in Plettenberg Bay.

Wild Waters Fun Park

Visitors to the Wild Waters Fun Park may make use of the facilities at the park witch includes:
- a waterslide,
- 18 hole mini golf,
- swimming pool,
- kiddies playground with play pool & mini waterslide and
- trampolines.

Picnic in Plettenberg Bay

There are also picnic spots and braai areas at Wild Waters Fun Park for those who would like to spend the day! As well as a Kiosk and restaurant. All this in the heart of Plettenberg Bay!

Wildwaters Fun Park Plettenberg Bay

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The Elephant Sanctuary – Plettenberg Bay

Tourism attractions - Plettenberg Bay

The Elephant Sanctuary is situated in a beautiful part of The Crags near Plettenberg Bay, in the scenic and famous Garden Route of South Africa. This is one of the main Tourism attractions in the Plettenberg Bay area. The Elephant Sanctuary is directly adjacent to Monkeyland and the Birds of Eden sanctuary, giving you three world-class experiences in one stop.

Elephant educational programs in South Africa

The Elephant Sanctuary hosts a unique and fully guides educational program that sets itself apart from anything else that South Africa has to offer in terms of elephant interaction. Guest numbers are limited to ensure personal attention and maximum elephant interaction for each guest, making this a truly memorable and enriching experience.

Learn about elephants

Visitors can learn more about elephant habits, behaviour, different personalities and anatomy through up-close and personal interaction.

Touch Elephants

ONE-HOUR TRUNK-IN-HAND ELEPHANT EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM
An experienced guide introduces you to the elephants, sharing with you their backgrounds, behaviours, personalities and more. You can touch, feed, interact and walk trunk-in-hand with the elephants.

Elephant back riding

ELEPHANT-BACK RIDE
This includes the full trunk-in-hand educational program followed up by a ride of approximately 10 to 15 minutes – a privilege historically reserved for kings! The Elephant Sanctuary conducts their elephant back riding program in a controlled environment to make it a safe yet exciting experience. Elephant rides are done bare back to enhance your contact with the animal. Long pants and closed shoes are recommended.

Elephant Training Programs

EARLY MORNING ELEPHANT BRUSH DOWNS
During this very special interactive program you take part in the morning or afternoon grooming and brush down of the elephants. Afterwards you join the training- and stimulation program the handlers do with the elephants every day. This is followed by the educational trunk-in-hand program.

Elephant experience in the Garden Route

AFTERNOON SUNDOWNER ELEPHANT EXPERIENCE
This program includes all the other programs for the full elephant experience in the Garden Route: the trunk-in-hand educational program, and the elephant back ride followed by the elephant brush down program.

The Elephant Sanctuary - Plettenberg Bay

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Monkeyland - Plettenberg Bay

Things to do & places to visit in Plettenberg Bay.

When traveling in the Garden Route of South Africa in the Plettenberg Bay area you will find a variety of things to do and places to visit.

Monkeyland – Plettenberg Bay

Loacted approximately 16 km from Plettenberg Bay towards Natures Valley and Tsitsikamma you will find Monkeyland, one of the world’s first free roaming primate sanctuaries.

Tourism attractions in Plettenberg Bay

Monkeyland is of the most popular attractions in the Plettenberg Bay area.

Visit Monkeyland

Visitors to Monkeyland are taken on monkey safaris in the indigenous forest by experienced game rangers. On these safaris you can expect to see many species of primates ranging from the Gibbons of Asia and Howlers from South America to the Lemurs of Madagascar. All the primates live in a natural environment. At Monkeyland you are privileged to step into their world to explore and learn fascinating facts about primates first hand.

Knowledgeable ranges will tell you all about these fascinating creatures as you encounter them free-roaming in our magnificent forest. They will also point out, identify and explain the many wonders, of the wild from the rich diversity of bird life to the intricate working of our indigenous forest.

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Birds of Eden – Plettenberg Bay

Activities and attractions in Plettenberg Bay

Amongst the list of popular Activities and attractions in the Plettenberg Bay area is Birds of Eden.

BIRDS OF EDEN – Plettenberg Bay

Birds of Eden allows for self-guided walks thanks to the layout of the boardwalk.

Guided Tours of Birds of Eden

Guided tours can be arranged at an extra charge where the bird keepers themselves will escort visitors through the park, explaining more about the birds as well as the construction and history of the park. Identification of the birds is made easier by the photographic guide available at the entrance.

Visiting Birds of Eden

Visitors are treated to a unique forest experience with a magical array of sounds coming from the canopy. Surrounded by the orchestra of birds do not necessary mean it is easy to actually see the birds. Looking for them is part of the journey. Feeding time makes spotting them easier since the birds come down to the platforms to feed.

Unique forest experience

A visit to the bird sanctuary can take visitors anything from two to five hours to complete. The availability of various benches encourages visitors to sit and soak up the experience of the forest and the birds inside this unique sanctuary. Young and old will delight in the visit.


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Children’s Activities at The Market Square, Plettenberg Bay

Plettenberg Bay for sun, surf and sand… The Market Square …. For everything else!

Children’s Activities at The Market Square shopping centre includes: Puppet shows, Art workshops, Face Painting, Balloons, Colour Competitions, Board Games and lots more

Children’s Activities

Dates:17 Dec to 31Dec

Time: 11h45 to 14h45

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About the Elephant Sanctuary Plettenbeg Bay – an elephant experience for life!

The Elephant Sanctuary provides a "halfway house" or temporary home for young African elephants in need of a home. The Elephant Sanctuary is the only elephant sanctuary in South Africa that provides in this way for elephants and it is our vision to release all the elephants back into a semi wilderness area once they are older and experienced enough to fend for themselves in this type of environment. The herd consists of five female elephants and one young male.
This is a very well balanced family structure and forms part of the reason why we have such a happy and relaxed herd of elephants. The elephants are exercised and stimulated daily, which provides a firm foundation for trust and bonding between the elephants, their handlers and visiting guests.

The team at the Elephant Sanctuary do properly researched stimulation exercises on a daily basis with the elephants. The exercises do not just stimulate the elephants emotionally, but also improve their physical wellbeing and bowel stimulation.

As part of the constant research done at the Elephant Sanctuary, they are also busy with an elephant "body language" study. The results of this study will be published in their newsletter – "Only at the Elephant sanctuary".

Elephants in captivity have always been and will always be a controversial issue. The Elephant Sanctuary, as responsible elephant owners, constantly strive to improve the relationship between the elephants, their living environment, health and emotional conditions and also with the animal welfare organisations and other experts in the field of elephants in captivity. The Elephant Sanctuary has always had a very professional relationship with animal welfare organisations. The Elephant sanctuary also support and sell goods on behalf of some animal welfare and anti poaching units to provide funding for those units.

The Elephant Sanctuary is proud that it has never removed wild elephants from the bush for the purposes of tourism or entertainment. The Elephant Sanctuary merely took responsibility for the elephants after they had been removed from their natural environment by other people for various reasons.

The Elephant Sanctuary has the best and most modern stable facilities available and the stables have been designed with the elephant’s health, safety and wellbeing first and foremost in mind.
The Elephant Sanctuary hosts a unique and fully guided educational program that sets itself apart from anything else that South Africa has previously had on offer in terms of elephant interaction and touching elephants. Guest numbers are limited to ensure personal attention and maximum elephant interaction for each guest which makes this a truly memorable and enriching experience.

For more information on visiting the Elephant Sanctuary click here <

About the Elephant Sanctuary Plettenbeg Bay – an elephant experience for life!

The Elephant Sanctuary provides a "halfway house" or temporary home for young African elephants in need of a home. The Elephant Sanctuary is the only elephant sanctuary in South Africa that provides in this way for elephants and it is our vision to release all the elephants back into a semi wilderness area once they are older and experienced enough to fend for themselves in this type of environment. The herd consists of five female elephants and one young male.
This is a very well balanced family structure and forms part of the reason why we have such a happy and relaxed herd of elephants. The elephants are exercised and stimulated daily, which provides a firm foundation for trust and bonding between the elephants, their handlers and visiting guests.

The team at the Elephant Sanctuary do properly researched stimulation exercises on a daily basis with the elephants. The exercises do not just stimulate the elephants emotionally, but also improve their physical wellbeing and bowel stimulation.

As part of the constant research done at the Elephant Sanctuary, they are also busy with an elephant "body language" study. The results of this study will be published in their newsletter – "Only at the Elephant sanctuary".

Elephants in captivity have always been and will always be a controversial issue. The Elephant Sanctuary, as responsible elephant owners, constantly strive to improve the relationship between the elephants, their living environment, health and emotional conditions and also with the animal welfare organisations and other experts in the field of elephants in captivity. The Elephant Sanctuary has always had a very professional relationship with animal welfare organisations. The Elephant sanctuary also support and sell goods on behalf of some animal welfare and anti poaching units to provide funding for those units.

The Elephant Sanctuary is proud that it has never removed wild elephants from the bush for the purposes of tourism or entertainment. The Elephant Sanctuary merely took responsibility for the elephants after they had been removed from their natural environment by other people for various reasons.

The Elephant Sanctuary has the best and most modern stable facilities available and the stables have been designed with the elephant’s health, safety and wellbeing first and foremost in mind.
The Elephant Sanctuary hosts a unique and fully guided educational program that sets itself apart from anything else that South Africa has previously had on offer in terms of elephant interaction and touching elephants. Guest numbers are limited to ensure personal attention and maximum elephant interaction for each guest which makes this a truly memorable and enriching experience.

For more information on visiting the Elephant Sanctuary click here <

The Plettenberg Bay Country Club

The Plettenberg Bay Country Club has an 18 hole golf course set in a private nature reserve. The highly rated course is a very popular tourist destination. The main attraction being the challenging layout built to USGA specifications and is rated in the TOP 50 in South Africa.Set in a nature reserve, the indigenous Flora attracts a large variety of bird life and small animals like antelope and bush pig, etc. The site has also become popular with the local bird-watching club and is home to a large colorful bird known as the Knysna Loerie (Taurco corythaix).

The clubhouse provides a great venue for all special functions and events big or small, such as: prize givings, birthdays, social gatherings, team building, conferences and many more corporate events, with the veranda overlooking the 18th green, offers the most beautiful vista. Lounge area and bar with a big screen TV.

The Plettenberg Bay Country Club also have TWO BOWLING GREENS at Plettenberg Bay Country Club which offer our members and guests an opportunity to not only experience the fun of bowling, but to master the skill to a point where you may be invited to play in the championships throughout the year. The bowling club boasts a very friendly crowd of bowlers who welcome visitors at their tabs-in days. The tabs-in days are always mixed, apart from championships and monthly competitions.

With the equable climate of the Southern Cape, the Plettenberg Bay Country Club tennis section plays host to a large number of visitors and holidaymakers throughout the year. The 4 TENNIS COURTS, a permanent tennis coach (for those that need to brush up on their game) and friendly members invite you to soak up the hospitality in the magnificent setting of the Country Club.

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Wild Waters Fun Park – Plettenberg Bay

Wild Waters Fun Park is an adventure park for children in a safe and secure family environment. Visitors to the Wild Waters Fun Park may make use of the facilities at the park witch includes: a waterslide, 18 hole mini golf, swimming pool, kiddies playground with play pool & mini waterslide and trampolines. There are also picnic spots and braai areas at Wild Waters Fun Park for those who would like to spend the day! As well as a Kiosk and restaurant.

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The Market Square Shopping Complex - Plettenberg Bay

The Market Square is a shopping complex of choice located within the coastal town of Plettenberg Bay. The layout is in the form of a strip mall with a wide selection of shops and restaurants. There are two supermarkets stocked with food and fresh produce, clothing and home-ware. Another 53 shops offer a comprehensive range of quality goods to satisfy the most discerning shopper.

For more information on and contact details of The Market Square click here.

The Elephant Sanctuary - Plettenberg Bay

The Elephant Sanctuary provides a safe haven for our elephants and offers a unique platform for guest education and interaction.

All the programs are guest and elephant driven, which means the most important part of our operation is to ensure happy elephants and satisfied guests. The close encounter with elephants you experience at The Elephant Sanctuary truly is one of a kind.

Their elephants are African Elephants (Loxodonta Africana) whose trust they gained through their unique reward based training. They believe in forming bonds between humans and elephants. To this end, all our elephants are exercised and stimulated daily, which provides a firm foundation for trust.

The Elephant Sanctuary is a family orientated operation catering for both young and old. The focus is on education through interaction, so you will not only learn a lot about elephants, but also get to touch, feel, feed, walk trunk-in-hand and even ride these magnificent animals. Elephants are highly intelligent and delightful – when meeting them you will discover that each one has a different character, personality and temperament.

They have three operations: in The Crags, near Plettenberg Bay on the Garden Route, at the Hartbeespoort Dam, only an hour's drive from Johannesburg and Pretoria, and in Hazyview, a 10-minute drive from the Kruger National Park.

For more information on the Elephant Sanctuary in the Grags near Plettenberg Bay click here!