Keurbooms Lagoon, Plettenberg Bay

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Keurbooms Lagoon near Plettenberg Bay.

© Keurbooms Lagoon Caravan Park

You’ll find the Keurbooms lagoon on the beautiful Garden Route in the Western Cape. Surrounded by some of the Cape's most beautiful beaches, as well as indigenous forest, wetlands and fynbos, it's just a 5-minute drive from Plettenberg Bay.

You probably won't take much notice of the Tsitsikamma mountain range to the north, or even the Indian Ocean sparkling to your south, while you enjoy the exhilarating experience of wind-surfing or kite-surfing along the Keurbooms lagoon. You might, however, notice some of the local inhabitants – baboons – watching you curiously.

Go bird watching and identify the more than 200 species in the area. Look out for the Orange-breasted sunbird in the fynbos, the elusive Narina trogon in the forest, and the African Black oystercatcher on the Plettenberg Bay beaches.

What about a round of golf on the nearby golf course? Or maybe you'd rather put on your sunhat and glad rags and watch a game of polo? Or you could just hire a rod and line and nab the catch of the day.

If you love caravanning, camping or are driving a motor home, there's a superb caravan park on the banks of the lagoon with grassed camp sites, electric plug points, braais (barbecues), fresh water taps and ablution blocks.

Relax by the beautiful Keurbooms river and sandy lagoon beach, or go across the river to Keurbooms beach and try spot the protected Pansy shell, so-named after the pansy flower with its 5 distinctive petals. It’s a close relative of the sand dollar.

Upstream is the Keurbooms River Nature Reserve overlooking the Keurbooms estuary, where you'll find not only the Cape clawless otter and several small antelope, but also the Keurbooms tree which grows on the coastal forest edges.