4-Night Oystercatcher Trail

Our famous Oystercatcher Trail; it's a Love Affair with Nature!
5-day, 4-night guided coastal walk
Rates include a local guide, beautifully equipped accommodation & all meals
Oystercatcher Trail: 4 nights, 5 days
- Walk from Dana Bay to the Gourits River Mouth in the company of a knowledgeable and entertaining local guide - and re-kindle your bond with Nature while hiking the routes of our ancient history roots - that go back to the dawn of modern human behaviour.
- You'll hike in the company of like minded new friends in small groups (usually no more than about 12 persons).
- Includes accommodation, guide fees, and all meals (on some days you’ll carry your own picnic lunch, on others we'll serve lunch on the beach)
- Accommodation is provided in beautifully-appointed local guest houses or cottages - either in Boggomsbaai, Vleesbaai or even in the Beautiful Gourikwa Private Nature Reserve.
- Boat trip across the Gouritz River
- A new and fresh look at Nature and life
You’ll walk carrying just your daypack - but you’ll leave with more than a pack-full of memories!
Rates: 2021 Oystercatcher Trail
· From R 7 150 per person sharing (minimum 4 persons)
· Should you want a private group or you are less than 4 persons - please let us work out a rate for you
· Rates valid from 10 January 2021 to 10 December 2021
Please speak to us if you are interested in a self catering option.
Optional extra:
- Drinks will be charged to your personal account
- Massages at Sandpiper Sports Centre (please arrange with us before your Trail begins)
The Oystercatcher Trail: day-by-day
Day 1: Boggomsbaai
Dinner and a good rest before the walking beginsDay 2: Dana Bay to Boggomsbaai
Today's route: mostly beachy!- Today’s walking: 12 km
- Breakfast at Sandpiper Leisure Centre or similar facility. Receive you lunch packs for the day - and remember to replenish your Oystercatcher Trail water bottle!
- Road transport to Dana Bay to continue your walk.
- Today you’ll be walking along the beach - with frequent sightings of dolphins and (between May and October), the migratory southern right whales that come here to mate and calve.
- Visit ancient Khoi San middens in the dunes, and enjoy a picnic lunch en route.
- Welcome snacks at Sandpiper Leisure Centre or similar facility.
- Afternoon at leisure.
- This might be a good time for a pampering massage at the Sandpiper Spa (but this is an optional extra - please arrange it with us before your trail begins). Or you could play a game on the Sandpiper Leisure Centre’s tennis court or glass back squash court, or enjoy a bit of chill time on the deck.
- Dinner at Sandpiper Leisure Centre or similar facility.
- Overnight at your accommodation.
Day 3: Boggomsbaai, Fransmanshoek, Boggomsbaai
Rocky shores, Intertidal zones, Fynbos- Today’s walking: 15 km
- Breakfast at Sandpiper Leisure Centre or similar facility.
- Walk along the beach and rocky shore to Fransmanshoek - a small nature reserve with abundant bird life and beautiful veld flowers (where La Fortune was wrecked in 1763 en route from Mauritius to France: Fransmanshoek means ‘French Corner’).
- Enjoy a beach lunch, and snorkeling and swimming in the secluded bay.
- Walk over the sand dunes and back onto the beach to Boggomsbaai.
- Dinner at the Sandpiper Leisure Centre or similar facility.
- Overnight at your accommodation.
Day 4: Duenen to Gourits River
Fynbos, Dunes, beach, rocky shores, river- Today’s walking: 15 km
Breakfast at Sandpiper Leisure Centre or similar facility. - Road transport to the dunes at Fransmanshoek
- Walk over the dune onto the beach to Kanon Private Nature Reserve (about 3 km east of the Gourits River Mouth), which protects one of the few remaining patches of Gourits Coastal Dune Thicket.
- Visit ancient Khoi San fish traps and the giant dunes along the way - and if you’re fit enough, you might like to climb the dunes!
- Continue walking to the Gourits River Mouth.
- Cross the river by boat
- Road transport back to your accommodation
- Farewell dinner at the Sandpiper Leisure Centre or similar facility.
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