This family hotel maintains its old-world charm and unique South African hospitality, while satisfying the wild at heart. Set in idyllic Transkei surroundings, with access to the stunning Wild Coast beaches, lagoons and green, lush, tropical vegetation.

The hotel offers a variety of rooms to suit all needs, be it a romantic weekend, family getaway or corporate event. All 36 rooms are en-suite and inclusive of: 19 family rooms with an inter-leading second bedroom with a choice of single or bunk beds; 15 double rooms and 2 twin rooms with either 2 or 3 beds. Double, queen or king beds are available. There are 10 exclusive campsites which are ecofriendly and have access to coffee & tea facilities available to purchase, plug points for each site, dedicated and clean ablution facilities, and access to Wi-Fi.

FACILITIES:

• Swimming pool

• Bar

• Restaurant

• Cleaning service

• Laundry services

• Wifi

• Coffee/tea facilities

Trennerys Hotel

https://www.trennerys.co.za/

S 32°63′49″ 21 E 28°42′70″05

+27 (0)47 498 0004

A transfer had been arranged (through Imonti Tours) for your pick-up from Makanda to the Trennerys Hotel where you will enjoy a relaxed and favorable dinner at your leisure.

A morning transfer had been arranged (through Imonti Tours) for your pick-up to the Trennerys Hotel (4-hour drive, 280 km) to recharge before your upcoming 3 hikes. Enjoy the facility of the hotel while having a favorable dish of your choice for dinner at your leisure.

Breakfast and Dinner Included

Enjoy a mouth opening scenery at the family friendly Morgans Bay Hotel. Situated a short 45-minute drive from East London along the Wild Coast of South Africa and nestled between a mile of unspoilt beach and breathtaking cliffs, you will be spoilt for choice on ways to spend your day.

Established in 1946, this newly renovated, third-generation, family-run hotel offers comfortable and relaxing accommodation in 40 tastefully decorated en-suite bedrooms.

Their facilities include a large outdoor swimming pool, beauty spa, beach boutique, an à la carte restaurant and pub, a resident’s lounge and dining room, braai facilities, a games room, and a laundry service. Beach towels and umbrellas are included, while surfboards, sand boards, body boards, SUPs and canoes are available to hire.

The Sandhoppa Beach Boutique

The Sandhoppa boutique is also open and sells a range of branded clothing, footwear, hand bags, costumes and towels to ensure you have everything you need for your stay should you have forgotten anything.

The Milkwood Spa

At the magnificent Milkwood Spa you will struggle to find a more breath-taking view from a spa in the Eastern Cape. You will be treated to the sights and the sounds of the rugged Wild Coast while you relax and enjoy your time here. They offer a fantastic range of massage and beauty treatments as well as a sauna and jacuzzi. Treat yourself to one of their various packages including a couple’s package, perfect for honeymooners. End off your amazing experience enjoy a glass of bubbly from the viewing deck.

Morgans Bay Hotel

https://morganbayhotel.co.za/

Morgan Bay Hotel, 41 Beach Road, Morgan Bay, Wild Coast, South Africa, 5292

+27 (0)82 8528263

Starting Point: Seagulls (a small seaside hamlet near Kei Mouth). Crossing the Kei River: You’ll likely need to take a ferry or pont across the Great Kei River to reach the starting point of the Strandloper Trail. Trail: The Strandloper Trail is a well-marked, one-way hiking trail. Distance to Morgan Bay: The section from Seagulls to Morgan Bay is approximately 14 km. Terrain: Expect walks along beaches, coastal forests, and rocky ledges. Highlights: Enjoy the scenic coastline, the Gxara River estuary, and the small hamlet of Qolora.

A hike from Seagulls (Kei Mouth) to Morgan Bay in South Africa involves walking along the Strandloper Trail. This portion of the trail is roughly 14 km and includes a river crossing and walks through coastal forest. You can access the trail from the ferry crossing over the Kei River and then follow the marked path.

Breakfast, lunch and dinner included

Haga Haga as a village was started in the early 1920’s when farmers from the hinterland acquired farms here for winter grazing. They would move everything, goats, cattle, sheep etc by ox wagon down to the coast for 3 – 4 months. To cross the beach they would unspan one team of oxen and hook them onto the other team, hence the work Haka Haka which is the Xhosa word to “hook on”, this is how Haga Haga got its name. The hotel started during the depression years as a 5 bedroom boarding house by “Daddy” Hobbs. A couple of years later White Waves Inn was developed. The original Chemaly cottage was bought and this formed the main building, kitchen, lounge, dining room. In the early 1960’s the Brill family, ex-traders from the Transkei, bought both the hotels and combined them to form one complex. On the 1 April 1975 Sandy and Neil Chemaly bought the hotel, arriving here to lighting plants, paraffin fridges and coal stoves.

Haga Haga Hotel is a family-owned hotel celebrating the old-world charm and hospitality of the Eastern Cape Wild Coast. The staff offer a hands-on personal approach to all the guests. If you wish for beach, sea and incredible views which is affordable then look no further than Haga Haga. The hotel has a special place in many people’s hearts where families have been coming back for generations. It’s a place where you can connect again with your family, share, reminisce and experience new memories. It’s a place to escape, enjoy good food, make new friends and catch up with old friends and put your feet up Haga-Haga is located 60 km north of East London, on the Wild Coast. The village is nestled between the hills and the sea at the mouth of the Haga-Haga River, where one can sail or paddle ski in the warm shallow waters, or go beachcombing in the craggy rock pools and spacious beaches, all set against the panoramic backdrop of rolling green hills. Haga Haga offers miles of flat rocks, good fishing, rocky outcrops, ledges and gullies where one can see our enormous rock life. The foreshore is a shell collector’s paradise while the more energetic can undertake delightful walks both on the beach or inland. Safe for the family, a shell collector’s paradise, rock pools, fantastic sea and birdlife, indoor and outdoor games, boating (launching at Kei Mouth), ideal for an enjoyable holiday. Haga Haga is a little hideaway that remains pristine due to the 13km’s of gravel road.

Haga Haga Hotel

https://www.hagahagahotel.co.za/

155 Mariners Way Haga Haga, East London, 5272

+27 43 841 1670

Depart Morgan Bay Cliffs: Begin along dramatic 57m-high dolerite cliffs with ocean views. Look out for dolphins and whales. Double Mouth Nature Reserve: Scenic coastal trail leads here. Prepare for a possible Quko River crossing (waist-deep if recent rain). Treasure/Bead Beach: Explore this historic shipwreck site with cornelian beads and Ming porcelain in the shingle. Black Rock Promontory: A dramatic coastline steeped in maritime history. Shell Beach & Marsh Strand: Hike past shell-lined shores and wetlands. Arrive in Haga Haga: End the day in this peaceful coastal village.

To the west of Morgan Bay, the impressive Morgan Bay Cliffs jut out of the ocean to a height of 57 metres. The trail goes along the tops of the rocky doleritic headlands from here down to Double Mouth Reserve. If you are lucky, gives you bird’s eye view of whales or bottlenose dolphins. Depending on the time of year & tide, a potential river crossing awaits at the Quko River just beyond Double Mouth. It is a generally a blind estuary (i.e. not open to the ocean) during autumn & winter, but still good to be prepared for a waist deep crossing if there has been a lot of rain prior.

After crossing the Quko River, the trail makes its way to the famous Treasure or Bead Beach. The promontory ahead is Black Rock, the graveyard of several ships. Cornelian beads and Chinese blue and white ming porcelain sherds may be found in the shingle and grass lining the rocky shore.

After hiking along ‘shell beach’ you will pass some Marsh strand before coming up to Haga Haga.

Breakfast, lunch and dinner included

What started as a spark of inspiration and a piece of coastal farmland back in 1976, has culminated into a remarkable family journey of three generations and the evolution of what is today known as Crawford’s Beach Lodge, the jewel of the Wild Coast.

It’s not just the miles of pristine beach right at your feet, the luxurious accommodation, delicious meals or even the unmistakable warm hospitality that will keep you coming back, this is a place where your soul will find peace and your mind can recharge.

Crawford’s Beach Lodge, set along the magical Wild Coast, offers rustic luxury accommodation for the most discerning of travellers, who are looking for fun, sun and relaxation.

Crawford’s is nestled in the middle of the beautiful Chintsa (Cintsa) Bay on the Wild Coast, surrounded by rolling hills, lush tropical beach forests and overlooks the warm Indian Ocean. A romantic getaway to explore the many beautiful treasures the Wild Coast has to offer.

Spend your days walking on our endless golden beaches and be absorbed by the untouched natural beauty of the landscape while discovering new exotic bird and fish life indigenous to the area.

The location is malaria free and are approximately 42km from East London, the surfside city is famous for its Nahoon Reef.

Crawfords Beach Lodge

https://www.crawfordsbeachlodge.co.za/

42 Steenbras Drive, Chintsa East, 5275, South Africa

+27 43 738 5000

Haga Haga to Chintsa Depart Haga Haga: Choose between a tidal rock platform route with gullies and pools (low tide only) or a scenic climb to Whale Lookout and down to Pullens Bay. 5 km Rocky Shoreline: Boulder hopping and pebble beaches—slow but rewarding with shells and tidal pools. Cape Henderson Beaches: Reach long, flat sandy stretches past Bosbokstrand with views of vegetated dunes. Estuaries & Final Stretch: Pass three typically closed estuaries before reaching Crawfords Lodge (north bank) or Buccaneers (south bank) at Chintsa.

Today is a particularly spectacular hike day. Although one of the longest days, there are long stretches of flat beach at the end.

From Haga Haga you can choose to walk along an exposed wavecut platform with small gullies & rock pools to explore before reaching the waterfall at Rooiwal (possible at low tide) OR take the path up to the Whale Look Out point and then down to Pullens Bay (worth the climb!).

From Haga it is about 5kms along interesting rocky shoreline, where some boulder hopping, and pebble beach negotiation is required. It is slower going but the rockpools and many shells along the way provide interesting diversion.

After about 5kms, the long beaches of Cape Henderson await. After Bosbokstrand, it is sandy beach all the way with high vegetated dunes. You will pass three beautiful estuaries which are normally closed river mouths. Crawfords Lodge is on the north banks of the Cintsa Estuary and Buccaneers is located on the South bank

Breakfast, lunch and dinner included.