Southern Cross Beach House

Southern Cross Beach House

Selected by The Greenwood Guide to South Africa, 2nd edition

Text written by Simon Greenwood

�and relax. With this dreamy, whitewashed, wooden house at the quiet end of Robberg beach�s long arc, it is impossible not to. Plettenberg Bay is a lively town, with lots of restaurants and bars, but people really come here for the sea, and you would seriously struggle to get closer to it than at Southern Cross. During the Christmas holidays the beach is packed, but for the rest of the year there are more signs of life in the sea.

Dolphins race by all year round, revelling in their position at the head of the food chain, with southern right whales often wallowing just in front of the house from June to November. The house itself is just up a wooden gangway from the beach. Wood predominates, with blues and white echoing the ocean. The brochure says �plantation style�, but I would plump for classic Massachussetts beach house. Wooden decking looks across the bay to the Tsitsikamma Mountains to the left and the Robberg Peninsula opposite, which is geologically identical to the Falklands, bizarrely� and a fantastic place to walk. Inside is the breakfast room and living room, and set around the garden on the ground floor (Sue and Neill live upstairs) are the five lovely rooms. Barefoot, laid-back luxury.

Contact Details

Telephone: +27-(0)44 5333868
Facsimile: +27-(0)44 5333866

Email address:
southerncross@robbergbeach.co.za