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Alma Lucie

A day in Kalk Bay is guaranteed to be a good one. From meandering through the local stores to marveling at the beautiful sea views, you’ll be hard-pressed to have a bad time here. Known as a sleepy fishing village, Kalk Bay has a unique history that may surprise its visitors. The name ‘Kalk Bay’ literally translates from Dutch to ‘Lime Bay’, honoring the area’s vast deposits of mussel shells. Early settlers, most likely indigenous Khoi people, in the area burned these shells to produce lime they then used in construction.

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Illuminate

The Whale Bone Pier better known as the Umhlanga Pier was declared by CNN as the “Best In World!” and “world’s most beautiful pier” in 2014. This accolade was made after CNN proclaimed Durban one of the world’s most underrated cities.

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Island

Robberg, situated 8km south of Plettenberg Bay on the Garden Route, is not only a nature reserve but also a national monument and World Heritage Site. Rocks from this region date back 120 million years to the break-up of Gondwanaland and evidence of middle and later Stone Age inhabitation has been found in a few of the caves along the peninsula. Visitors can find out more at the Nelson Bay Cave interpretive center.

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