Area Attractions
While you are in the Stilbaai area, or should you extend your stay,
be sure to visit some of the following worthwhile attractions and businesses.
Stilbaai Tourism Office and Museum
The Stilbaai Museum and Information office for the area is situated in the historic De Jager farmstead, built back in 1814. The museum displays many photos from the early days of this holiday town, up to the recent past. The best feature of the museum is the excellent exhibition on the Blombos Cave, the early inhabitants of this area, dating back as far as 96 000 years, and many artefacts excavated in the cave.
Next to the De Jager farmstead is a pond, fed by a natural fountain, in which indigenous fresh-water eels have been living for generations. The eels are fed daily at 11:00 and the public can view this interesting spectacle.
There is also a coffee shop at the museum with a nice garden atmosphere. For more information, phone 028 754 2602 or mail info@stilbaaitourism.co.za
Allegaartjie / Cottonfields & Trading Post
Gifts – Décor – Coffee – Clothing – Shoes
Allegaartjie is a lifestyle and coffee shop in the heart of Stilbaai. We provide a wide range of gifts, kitchen accessories, home décor, clothes and deli products. That’s also what Allegaartjie means, a “mixed grill”.
After you have worked hard doing shopping, you can enjoy a lovely cup of coffee and some of our home bakes, all made in our own bakery. Come and experience our ambience, and our motto of living in the luxury of simplicity by choice – throughout our village walk, which include our clothing shop Cottonfields, and our shoes/collectables shop The Trading Post.
Trading hours:
Mon – Fri 08:00 -17:00
Saturday 08:00 – 14:00
Sundays Closed (Except holidays season)
Contact us: 028 754 3299 or allegaartjie@yahoo.com
Stilbaai Kelders
Stilbaai Kelders are suppliers of the finest and widest variety of quality wines and other alcoholic beverages in Stilbaai. We have a selection of more than 750 different South-African wines. Stilbaai Kelders hosts wine tasting evenings, has an active Wine Club, and hosts the well-known Stilbaai Wine & Food Expo every year. Visit us at 17 Voortrekker Street and also take advantage of our informal wine tasting area.
Trading hours: Monday to Saturday 09:00 – 18:00.
Tel: 028 754 1655
Stilbaai Kelders is verskaffers van die beste en wydste verskeidenheid kwaliteit wyne en ander alkoholiese drankies in Stilbaai. Ons het ‘n keuse van meer as 750 verskillende Suid-Afrikaanse wyne. Stilbaai Kelders bied wynproe-aande aan, het ‘n aktiewe wynklub, en bied elke jaar die bekende ‘Stilbaai Kelders Wine & Food Expo’ aan. Besoek ons by Voortrekkerstraat 17, en maak ook gebruik van ons informele wynproe-area.
Drie Pikkewyne Restaurant - Jongensfontein
A unique family-owned seaside eatery in Jongensfontein, approximately 10 km from Stilbaai. Come and enjoy this beautiful seaside setting, with our menu of local flavourful meals to suit a variety of tastes.
We offer breakfast, lunch, dinner and drinks, including a kiddie’s menu. Whether you are drinking sundowners on the deck, enjoying the view or sitting inside our cozy beach bar, tucking into our delicious fish & chips, pizzas, burgers or a toastie, our atmosphere is comfy, casual and family friendly.
Trading Hours:
Monday – Thursday out of season: 9h00 – 17h00 (Booking essential after 17h00)
Friday and Saturday out of season: 9h00 – 20h00 (Booking essential after 17h00)
Sunday out of season: 9h00 – 16h00 (Booking essential for lunch)
7 days a week during peak season: 8h00 – until late (Booking essential after 17h00)
Contact: 028 – 755 8110
Lappiesbaai & Goukou River
Lappiesbaai is the long sandy beach to the east of the Goukou River mouth. It is a safe Blue Flag beach and very popular in summertime, when holiday-makers and their kids turn the beach into the most colourful, buzzing area in Stilbaai. The area around the river mouth is very popular with kite surfers in the summer months, when the easterly winds give them the thrills they seek.
The Goukou River is always open to the sea, making it a tidal river. It is navigable for 13 km upstream! Many water activities can be enjoyed, from tube floating, SUP, canoeing, windsurfing and sailing, to rowing boat, motorboat and waterski (in a limited area). It is also very popular for fishing. There is a jetty and two slipways for boat launching.
The Ancient Fish Traps
The ancient fish traps at the Skulpiesbaai Nature Reserve near Stilbaai, is a fascinating place to visit. To see it properly, be sure to go there at low tide. It is a declared National Heritage Site and a great legacy from the past.
The stone walls in the intertidal zone was built by the indigenous Khoisan of the Southern Cape coast. They used these enclosures as tidal fish traps. These people lived along the coast for many thousands of years. It seems that the first traps were built more than 2000 years ago, as the sea level before then was lower than the present.
When the first white people arrived in the area in the late 1700’s, the Khoisan people were still working the fish traps. The new settlers quickly adopted their ingeneous techniques. Over the years the adopted owners of the fish traps maintained, rebuilt and added to the Khoisan walls.
A dedicated group of Stilbaai residents still maintain the tradition of fish trapping. However, due to over-fishing along the entire South African coast in since the 1970’s, not many fish are caught in the traps today.