Plettenberg Bay

Beach · Garden Route, Western Cape, South Africa

Blue Flag beaches, dolphins in the surf year-round and whales from July to December.

Plettenberg Bay, nicknamed Plett, is the primary town of the Bitou Local Municipality in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. According to the census of 2001, the town had a population of 29,149. It was originally named Bahia Formosa ("Beautiful Bay") by early Portuguese explorers and lies on South Africa's Garden Route 210 km from Port Elizabeth and about 600 km from Cape Town.

34.0580° S, 23.3783° E

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