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Places to go

 Type of Activity

 Activity & Area

 Sport/Adrenalin 

Strand/Somerset West - Play a round of Golf at Strand Golf ClubSomerset West, or Erinvale Golf Course

✓ Gordons Bay - Surf at Bikini Beach  or Koeel Bay

✓ Gordons Bay - Go Deep Sea Fishing

✓ Gordons Bay - Hike the Danie Miller Hiking Trail up to the GB sign

✓ Gordons Bay - Rent a bicycle & cycle around our Village

✓ Gordons Bay - Go Scuba Diving

✓ Kogel Bay - Hike up to Crystal Pools (permits required)

✓ Sir Lowry’s Pass - Go Horse Riding at Journey’s End

✓ Somerset West - Rent a Harley Davidson and take a scenic drive

✓ Somerset West - Go HIking at the Helderberg Nature Reserve

✓ Sir Lowry’s Pass - Paraglide from Sir Lowry’s Pass Lookout Point (seasonal)

✓ Sir Lowry’s Pass - Spend the day at Blue Rock where you can Cable Water Ski, Wake Board, Fufi Slide, Play Paint Ball, swim in the Badi or have a picnic

✓ Somerset West - Hit a couple of balls at the Vodacom Golf Driving range

✓ Somerset West - Mountain Biking at Schapenberg located atOngegund Lodge

✓ Somerset West - Spend the day at Helderberg Farm where you can Mountain BikeHike one of their Trails, try the 4×4 Route, play Laser Games or go Gravel Carting

 Somerset West – Play Paintball at Helderberg Farm

✓ Grabouw - Go on a quad biking adventure

✓ Grabouw/Stellenbosch - Go on a Segway Adventure

✓ Strand - Rent a surfboard from Son Surf School at Strand Beach & learn to Surf

✓ Gansbaai - Go Shark Cage Diving

✓ Betty’s Bay - Go Sand Boarding

 Sight  Seeing/Other

✓ Gordons Bay - Take a scenic drive up to the Steenbras Water Treatment Plant

✓ Somerset West/Sir Lowrys Pass - Tour the Helderberg Wine Route

✓ Lwandle - Visit the Lwandle Migrant Labour Museum

✓ Somerset West/Strand - Visit our famous Bird Watching spots

✓ Somerset West - Go shopping at Somerset Mall

✓ Somerset West/Gordons Bay - Visit one of our local Craft Markets

✓ Gordons Bay - Take a scenic drive along Clarence Drive to Hermanus

✓ Betty’s Bay - Visit the Harold Porter Botanical Gardens

✓ Hermanus - Go whale watching  (seasonal)

✓ Western Cape – Do the Brandy Route

 Family Activities

✓ Gordons Bay - Spend the day at one of our beaches✓ Gordons Bay- Have a   picnic under the Milkwood trees

✓ Somerset West - Have a picnic at the Helderberg Nature Reserve

✓ Somerset West - Go to a Summer Sunset Concert at Helderberg Nature Reserve (seasonal)

✓ Somerset West - Visit Monkey Town

 ✓ Somerset West - Visit the Cheetah Outreach Centre where you can now Take a Cheetah for a walk on the Beach

 ✓ Strand - Spend the day at Strand Waterworld with water slides and putt-putt

 ✓ Strand - Spend the day on Strand’s 5km beach

 ✓ Somerset West - Spend the day at Helderberg Farm’s picnic spots, petting zoo or go strawberry picking

 ✓ Klapmuts/Paarl - Visit Butterfly World

 ✓ Cape Town – Visit the Two Oceans Aquarium at the V&A Waterfront

Bettys Bay - Visit the Stony Point Penguin Colony

Gordon's Bay Taxi
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