The Dunes Hotel & Resort

The Dunes Hotel and Resort is situated on the beachfront of Keurboomstrand, close to Plettenberg Bay. It offers sweeping views over the bay to Robberg, as well as views of the mountains behind it. The situation of the hotel offers easy access to many of the attractions on the Garden Route. These include Plettenberg Bay, hiking at Robberg, boat trips on the Bay in search of whales, seals and dolphins, visits to the Tsitsikamma Forest, Storms River Mouth and nearby Monkeyland and Birds of Eden.

Accommodation at the Resort includes hotel rooms, duplex self catering units and sand dune villas. Unless otherwise requested our package tours will normally utilise the hotel rooms. The hotel is officially 3-star graded.

The resort has two swimming pools, a lovely pristine beachfront to enjoy, a restaurant and bar, a children’s playground and conference facilities.

Tours that include The Dunes Hotel & Resort

The Dunes Hotel & Resort attractions

Robberg Nature Reserve

The Robberg Peninsula, which forms the western shoreline of Plettenberg Bay, is managed as a small nature reserve. The northern shore of the Peninsula consists mainly of steep mountain slopes and cliffs, below which a large seal colony resides. On the southern side it is easier to get close to sea level and to two pristine sandy beaches that can be found here.

Keurboomstrand

Keurboomstrand (Keurboom beach) is a coastal village on the opposite side of the Keurbooms River from Plettenberg Bay. It is in a prime spot on the Garden Route and highly popular for camping, fishing and swimming - enjoying the frequent sunshine of South Africa.

Keurbooms River Nature Reserve

The Keurbooms River Nature Reserve is a small reserve of only 740 ha, bisected by the Keurbooms River after which it is named. It is mostly known as holiday attraction with activities on offer. Accommodation is available in bungalows and well equipped camping sites.

Garden Route

The Garden Route is a tourism paradise combining excellent infrastructure with scenic natural attractions. It comprises the narrow coastal belt on South Africa's south coast, stretching from the Tsitsikamma Forest in the east ±200 km to Mossel Bay in the west. It is named after the region's lush vegetation and mountainous scenery.

Tsitsikamma

The Tsitsikamma National Park is a section of the broader Garden Route National Park, a coastal Nature Reserve that stretches eastwards for 80 kilometers from Natures valley. It is known for its indigenous forests, mountains and rugged coastline. The Park offers a number of accommodation facilities, walking trails and a diversity of adventure activities.

Plettenberg Bay

Plettenberg Bay is situated on the shore of an impressive bay of the same name. The town is located ±33 km east of Knysna on South Africa's Garden Route. The Portuguese explorers who first set eyes on the bay named it "Bahia Formosa", the "Beautiful Bay".