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African Ubuntu is ideally situated in Jeffrey’s Bay, across the road from the beach with access to one of the world’s most famous breaks.A relatively small backpackers there is always plenty of space to do your own thing with many places to relax and read a book, just plain old chill or have a laugh while watching our ducks waddle around the garden. For this reason, along with our friendly and helpful staff, we are well known as a home away from home and more importantly, a clean home with many guests hanging around for longer than they expected.We do get ou
A relatively small backpackers there is always plenty of space to do your own thing with many places to relax and read a book, just plain old chill or have a laugh while watching our ducks waddle around the garden.
For this reason, along with our friendly and helpful staff, we are well known as a home away from home and more importantly, a clean home with many guests hanging around for longer than they expected.
We do get our party on now and again and either hang at the lodge playing pool and table tennis or we head out to one of the many happening pubs and restaurants and try our hardest to paint the town red. The more chilled at heart can curl up in front of the bonfire while reading a book, watch a movie in the lounge on the big screen, or gaze at the stars from one of our balconies.
We make delicious home-cooked meals most nights and every Friday we cook a traditional meal for our guests to try out some of the local cuisine. Think braais, potjies, salads from our vegetable garden, vegetarian dishes and much more.
So if you are looking for refreshing accommodation, one where you can put your feet up and no one will gasp at your sandy feet, you have arrived at the ideal accommodation with the best swell and hosts in town.
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Jeffreys Bay is named after the senior partner of the firm Jeffrey & Glendinnings that opened a store in 1849 on the location where the town is today. Jeffrey is believed to be the first person to have settled there.
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Jeffreys Bay was known as a hippie hangout, where the now-burgeoning surf community originated. Jeffreys Bay has grown from a sleepy little fishing town over the past few years and is one of the fastest expanding urban areas in the country. Jeffreys Bay as a surfing destination was made famous by Bruce Brown’s movie “The Endless Summer”.
Jeffreys Bay is a popular tourist destination because of its surfing opportunities and the Blue Flag beach.
Jeffreys Bay is famous for abundant seashells, great seafood and calamari. The nearby Kabeljous, Seekoei and Krom River lagoons host numerous water birds, and are also ideal for watersports like canoeing, boardsailing, and fishing. Every year, migrating whales make their way to Hermanus and Witsand to give birth, and whales can be seen breaching almost every day during the season.
Just northeast of the town, on the Kabeljous River, lies the Kabeljous Nature Reserve. It is a walk-about reserve, well known to anglers for a diverse number of fish. The Kabeljous estuary is one of the best preserved estuaries in the Eastern Cape. The lagoon is home to waterfowl, herons, and a variety of waders. Nearby, the Seekoei River Nature Reserve lies between Aston Bay and Paradise Beach. The reserve lies on the estuary formed by the Seekoei and Swart rivers. The reserve is rich in birdlife with over 120 species of birds. The lagoon is also home to numerous red-knobbed coots and small antelope. There is also a circular hiking trail that takes about three hours to complete. The trail starts with a trip on a raft across the lagoon and runs through fynbos and subtropical vegetation.
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