Guidebook for De Kelders
Food Scene
Renowned locavores Mariana and Pieter serve up delicious fresh inspired food to the few tables in their intimate restaurant which neighbours their home and overlooks their food garden. Sadly though, it's not kid-friendly.
8 locals recommend
Mariana's at Owls Barn
12 Du Toit StRenowned locavores Mariana and Pieter serve up delicious fresh inspired food to the few tables in their intimate restaurant which neighbours their home and overlooks their food garden. Sadly though, it's not kid-friendly.
The Royal Oke
R43Lovely setting and relaxedly child-friendly, offering down-to-earth food
Havercrofts
Open for lunch Thursday – Sunday only. Deliciously indulgent food using local produce.
Child-friendly, lovely food, great wine and spectacular setting.
24 locals recommend
The Tasting Room (Stanford Hills Estate)
Child-friendly, lovely food, great wine and spectacular setting.
Graze
Small chef-owner-run restaurant serving delicious food!
A right turn inside the harbour, it also sells Snoek biltong - not for the faint-hearted, but I love it!
Ichtus Fisheries - Gansbaai
A right turn inside the harbour, it also sells Snoek biltong - not for the faint-hearted, but I love it!
Entertainment & Activities
The most respected Shark Cage diving operator involved in stringent research, also runs the african penguin seabird sanctuary.
41 locals recommend
Great White House Restaurant - Gansbaai
5 Geelbek StThe most respected Shark Cage diving operator involved in stringent research, also runs the african penguin seabird sanctuary.
Parks & Nature
Franskraal
Shark cage diving central :)
Van Dyks Bay
African Penguin and Seabird Sanctuary
This beautiful indigenous forest hiking trail, with 1000 year-old trees, is open daily from 8am – 5pm. It is a gentle, undemanding walk, taking between 1 and 2.5 hours to complete, depending how long you sit on the benches or how long you spend playing in the labyrinth made from sea shells.
Directions - Roughly 5km outside of Gansbaai you will reach the Uilenkraalsmond intersection. Turn left here and follow the tar road. After approximately 6.5km you will come to a gravel road to your left. Turn left here. After about 1.6km you will see a turnoff over a cattle grid on your left hand side, signed ‘Platbos Forest’. Turn left onto this road.
11 locals recommend
Platbos Indigenous Forest
This beautiful indigenous forest hiking trail, with 1000 year-old trees, is open daily from 8am – 5pm. It is a gentle, undemanding walk, taking between 1 and 2.5 hours to complete, depending how long you sit on the benches or how long you spend playing in the labyrinth made from sea shells.
Directions - Roughly 5km outside of Gansbaai you will reach the Uilenkraalsmond intersection. Turn left here and follow the tar road. After approximately 6.5km you will come to a gravel road to your left. Turn left here. After about 1.6km you will see a turnoff over a cattle grid on your left hand side, signed ‘Platbos Forest’. Turn left onto this road.
Arts & Culture
A scenic 25 km drive from Gansbaai en-route to Cape Agulhas brings you to this tranquil hamlet where a versatile group of homefolk mainly live off the abundantly yielding cattle farms and horsesteads bordering ever-changing landscapes of vineyards, olive plantations and multi-hued fynbos flower-farms. Ask at the Gansbaai Tourism office for dates on which the Art Route and Farmers Market are operating.
13 locals recommend
Baardskeerdersbos
A scenic 25 km drive from Gansbaai en-route to Cape Agulhas brings you to this tranquil hamlet where a versatile group of homefolk mainly live off the abundantly yielding cattle farms and horsesteads bordering ever-changing landscapes of vineyards, olive plantations and multi-hued fynbos flower-farms. Ask at the Gansbaai Tourism office for dates on which the Art Route and Farmers Market are operating.
Essentials
The local Super Spar is located in the Gateway centre at the end of Main Road in Gansbaai. It's a great store :)
31 locals recommend
Gansbaai
The local Super Spar is located in the Gateway centre at the end of Main Road in Gansbaai. It's a great store :)