Coffee Bay, South Africa Travel Blogs

Gone Feral
May 5, 2007 (10 photos)

... in an area known as the "Transkei". We have been told it would be a little different to what we had already seen in South Africa and wouldn't be anything like we are used to and it certainly was different! The road to Coffee Bay had potholes all through ...

Coffee Bay
Jan 20, 2006 (13 photos)

... coast area. It has the villages along the coast as well as inland areas. This use to be one of the original homeland areas in South Africa. During the apartheid if you were white you had to get a visa to even enter this area. You could only go there for a ...

Coffee Bay
Nov 23, 2009 (9 photos)

... then I'll shut up about Africa. For the time being, for I am determined to go back next year. And yes, Clédat first. I got the message - some of you like that better. We'll see - lets say goodbye to South Africa first. Or au revoir - I like that better :)

Coffee Bay - Chilling between Xmas and New Year
Dec 27, 2005 (10 photos)

... but it was an amazing drive! As we got onto the road to Coffee Bay we could have been back in Kenya not in the modern South Africa we have come to no! This whole area is Xhosa, and there are thatched huts everywhere, the beach is really pretty and its ...

Coffee Bay - Transkei
Mar 14, 2005 (2 photos)

I was recommended Bomvu Backpackers on many occasions. If you are interested in relaxing (but being close to the party at Coffee Shack) it is the place to be. Bomvu is situated on the bank of the Red River (Wild Coast) and is surrounded by beautiful ...

4 dogs, several cows and the Indian Ocean
Jan 29, 2005

... minds were free to come up with ideas for entertainment, probably not the best freedom for two hitchhiking, wandering travellers in South Africa. I was presented with a most tempting proposition. "Want to hop on a minibus and see where it takes us?" One ...

Still here in coffee bay this is really the ...
Feb 20, 2002

Still here in Coffee Bay. This is really the sort of place I could end up staying months or even years although I doubt my liver would appreciate it. As it is Alex and I are leaving Fletch tommorow and starting 4 days worth of travelling that will see us ...

Maiden Voyage of Tirimasu (the Combi)
Mar 24, 2008

... more of a meal than a drink. We mostly camped in National Parks but also managed a couple of nights in Coffee Bay, a more developed backpacker location ('reggae' bars, children selling shell necklaces, bungy jumping in the locality ...).  Horror ...

A festival, a hike and a lost camera
Jul 26, 2009 (28 photos)

The Baz Bus picked us up at about 7am on Thursday morning. We arrived to Mthatha at about 2pm. We had planned to go to Coffee Bay which meant being dropped by the Baz Bus in Mthatha and the hostel sending a shuttle bus to meet the Baz Bus to drive us the ...

Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay
Sep 21, 2009 (3 photos)

... 2 km (1.2 mi.) from our hotel.  We end up at Raptor’s View, a pub/hotel run by a married couple from South Africa.  The place is loaded with antiques from England and the pub is well stocked with all the South African beers, wines and ...

Kickin it Leo Style..
May 31, 2006

... enclaves to have fires or do what ever you wanted. Excellent music was constantly streaming out of the bar too, which is nice, as South Africa has the worst radio stations on the planet. It's as if their DJ's have been locked in a closet with nothing but ...

hiking the Mapuzi trail
Jan 29, 2006 (1 photos)

... . Day two hike to MApuzi (r30), bat caves, little pool, cliff jump into sea, everyone bottled except me, then river cliff jump, pat took about 20mins to jump the 7ishm one! Then back to coffee shack to party before private party at afritude mans place.

It's been a full week since my last update ...
Feb 17, 2002

... as they give you loads of leg room. If anyone else is gonna do SA, rent a car. We've now been here in Coffee Bay for 2 niughts. It's fa and away the most interestin place we've stayed. It's situated in Transkeei which is where the XHjosa people ( ...

Update from Africa
Aug 3, 2006

... . The x is pronounced as a click with your tongue hitting the roof of your mouth. This is one of the poorest areas in South Africa, but is is such a beautiful place. The projects are going well as they are working together with the local chiefs and the ...

Coffee Bay
May 12, 2009

... Durban to Coffee Bay. Coffee Bay is a remote village about 8 hours west of Durban. We woke up around 6am to catch the bus to Coffee Bay. It is a really cool place. The six of us from Durban managed to get a 12 person dorm room to ourselves which was very ...

Day 141 – SA, Coffee Bay – Wild Coast
Mar 29, 2009

... of credits quite some time ago.  At least we haven’t hit anyone yet which is a very likely possibility. Made it to Coffee Bay safe and sound.  Camping at a hostel called the Coffee Shack.   We checked in for two nights but think ...

Beautiful Coffee Bay!
Sep 26, 2006

... like the water when it started to kick and then sat down in the middle of the lagoon, it was very funny!! I left Coffee bay yesterday and after a brief overnight rest stop in Port Elizabeth last night, I arrived in Jeffreys bay about an hour ago. Its ...

The Gang Joins an African Drum Circle
Aug 23, 2009 (21 photos)

... we had a party. Everyone at the bar felt the need to buy all of us drinks, including our favorite character from Coffee Bay- Stoner Cook Girl, who was all hippied out. We discovered our favorite drink- the springbok shot which is half peppermint liqueur ...

The Wild Coast - Coffee Bay
Sep 17, 2006 (3 photos)

Hey! howz it people!? Spent 2 great nights in Coffee Bay on the wild coast! Its a backpackers on a beach in the middle of nowhere basically! Mets loads of folk who were all up for a laugh and a beer. We played BUFFALLO so were not allowed to put our ...

Wild Coast!
Nov 30, 2005 (5 photos)

... the most beautiful coast that I have ever seen. We say the famous "Hole in the Wall", and on the way we met a local South African man who ended up being our host for the evening! After spending some time with him at his beach house, he invited us to stay ...

Brrrrrr...
Mar 3, 2009 (5 photos)

... lang, weshalb ich mich auf E-Mails und Spiegel Online beschraenkte. Jetzt bin ich nach einigen hundert Kilometern im abgelegenen Strandkaff Coffee Bay. Viel gesehen hab ich noch nicht, werd dazu aber in ein paar Tagen mit Sicherheit ein Update abgeben ...

Transkei - Coffee Bay, Umkomaas
Oct 21, 2007 (14 photos)

... 21st: Not feeling too well..... We got the Baz Bus to Coffee Bay. The journey took us through some of the poorest areas of South Africa and past the village where Nelson Mandela grew up. We got to the Coffee Shack hostel at around 4pm - I went to bed, ...

East coast road trip
Dec 19, 2005 (36 photos)

... the others enjoying their beers and wine which eventually lead to midnight swims and jacuzzis! Friday was a public holiday here in South Africa, it began rather roughly for Fiona and Liam who were feeling the effects from the night before. Our first ...

The Wild Coast
Apr 16, 2005 (7 photos)

... Wild Coast. 16/04/05 "Lying in the heart of the Wild Coast with easy access from the N2 (main coast road), Coffee Bay is a popular stop. Surrounded by rolling hills with three rivers flowing through the valleys into the sea, miles of white beaches ...

A long day to Coffee Bay
Feb 5, 2007 (5 photos)

An early breakfast, a quick border crossing and a very long drive. As you cannot stop the truck on the side of the road, we eventually pulled into an abandoned train station called Ugie Station for lunch.   During lunch a few drops of rain began ...

A fabulous beach and braii
Feb 6, 2007 (5 photos)

... Now we have gone swimming in the Indian Ocean.   In the evening we had a braii, which is quite a tradition in South Africa. The bad news is that Jojo's wife in hospital in Zimbabwe with meningitis. Although she is seriously ill, Jojo believes that ...

Coffee Bay
Aug 2, 2006 (2 photos)

We are in coffee Bay and it has just stopped raining. We had an intereting evening. There were so many bugs in our roon, we slept with the lights on. My brother gave us a bug thing to plug into the room. We are right on the ocean and it is beautiful. ...

Und noch ein Wasserfall
Mar 6, 2009 (5 photos)

Jo, geil hier. Bin jetzt seit drei Tagen in Coffee Bay, einem kleinen abgelegenen Oertchen inmitten der ehemaligen Transkei. Die Transkei war zu Zeiten der Apartheid eine der "Homelands", wo man alle Schwarzen hinsiedeln wollte, um ihr eigenes Land zu ...

Surf and hippies in Coffee Bay
Jul 9, 2006 (4 photos)

... Festival. We left the following morning for Cintsa (pronounced 'Tint-sa') and the 'best backpackers in South Africa', Buccaneers. ------------- Coffee Bay is in what is now the Eastern Cape and what was formerly known as the Transkei. The Transkei ...

The Wild Coast
Oct 29, 2006

... but it was impossible to find with the directions in the guidebook. I can confirm that they do sell the best chocolate brownies in South Africa though. Possibly the best in the world. The best of my life. It was quiet now with just the two of us, ...