Coffee Bay (Koffiebaai) is a town in the Eastern Cape of South Africa.
Get in
By bus
Coffee Shack and Bomvu Backpackers offer a shuttle service from the Shell Ultra City in Umtata. Take one of the following buses to the Shell Ultra City Umtata:
- Bazbus Baz Bus - hop on hop off backpacker bus service from Port Elizabeth or Durban. +27 21 439 2323
- Intercity coaches: Greyhound, City to City, Translux, SA Roadlink.
By plane
- SA Airlink has daily flights from Johannesburg to Umtata FlySAA. You can hire a car from Umtata airport with Avis
Get around
See
- Hole in the wall, a beautiful 11 km hike or half hour drive. The Hole is a large cliff jutting into the sea through which waves have carved a large hole.
Do
Coffee Shack offers a wide variety of activities and some of the cheapest professional surf lessons in South Africa. Every day they do a different hike or activity.
Buy
- Afritude funky locally printed clothing.
Eat
- Papazellas - great pizza & good company. At the Greenhouse. Bookings essential. Ask for Phil or Luke.
Drink
Sleep
- Coffee Shack, +27 47 575-2048, happydays@coffeeshack.co.za. Camping from R70 per person, dorm beds from R120 and private rooms from R300 for a double
- Ocean View Hotel, +27 47 575-2005, oceanview@coffeebay.co.za.
- White Clay Resort (SC and DB&B), +27 47 575-0008, whiteclay@vodamail.co.za. Nestled between cliffs above own private beach and bay. All accommodation offers sea views 100m from the beach. Fully licensed restaurant specialising in seafood, with pub. From R165 pp