Eastern Cape Travel with Kids
With its ideal mild climate, some of the most beautiful beaches in the country, particularly because they lie on the Indian Ocean, and any number of things to do with a family, the Eastern Cape is definitely one of the more favoured regions in South Africa in which to holiday.
Essentially the Eastern Cape is about malaria-free safaris and beach vacations. The Eastern Cape has a host of private and national game reserves, many of them practically neighbours, although you need to have done your homework as far as children are concerned as some game reserves that welcome children may not allow them on game drives unless a particular vehicle is taken by your family alone. But as a rule, national parks are extremely child-friendly. [cont.]
Combining a safari with self-driving along the coast, stopping at a number of beaches in your own time, is a wonderful way to experience both the untamed and the more refined aspects of the Eastern Cape. Many visitors to the country fly in via Port Elizabeth, where there are fantastic beaches, an oceanarium and snake park at which to entertain children.
For others, the Eastern Cape is all about the Addo Elephant National Park and visiting the sanctuary that offers this sacred animal of Africa a home, just 73 kilometres from Port Elizabeth, where children are welcome. The sighting board, just outside reception is a bonus when you have children, and the Addo Main Camp is good value for money.
Other great visits for families with children include: the rock pools at Middle Beach in Kenton - filled with sea creatures - that allow a fair amount of safe swimming and even babies enjoy the water, which is warmer having baked in the sun for a while; the beach at Cape St Francis - one of the best beaches in the country and ideal for families, and fishing on the Kromme River.
Kenton on Sea's Shelley Bay, which you can reach by driving to Bushman’s River and then following the road until it peters out. There follows quite a walk over sand dunes - interspersed with endemic aloes - so not a good idea with little ones, but for older kids, it’s a lark; and finally, the Tiffindell ski resort - the only place on the continent at which you can snow ski - is set on the slopes of the southern Drakensberg. [hide]
Family / Child Friendly Accommodation (all ages)
Find child-friendly establishments catering for families travelling with kids in the Eastern Cape. These child friendly establishments include family hotels, guest houses, bed & breakfasts, holiday apartments, suites, cottages and holiday homes that welcome children of ALL ages (from newborns to teenagers). Please see the Eastern Cape Accommodation listing pages for other establishments that accept children from 6, 12 or 16 years upwards (there are plenty to choose from!)
To find child friendly holiday accommodation in the Eastern Cape, select a town / suburb in the drop down menu or from the detailed lists below:
Eastern Cape Child Friendly
Suburb / Town List by RegionsSunshine Coast {view all Sunshine Coast Family Friendly}
Alexandria Child Friendly (1) Bathurst Child Friendly (2) Cannon Rocks Child Friendly (1)
Cape St Francis Child Friendly (3) East London Child Friendly (21) Humansdorp Child Friendly (1)
Jeffreys Bay Child Friendly (18) Kenton On Sea Child Friendly (10) Kleinemonde Child Friendly (2)
Oyster Bay Child Friendly (2) Port Alfred Child Friendly (13) Port Elizabeth (below)
St Francis Bay Child Friendly (15) Tsitsikamma (below)
Port Elizabeth {view all Port Elizabeth Family Friendly}
Beachview Child Friendly (4) Bluewater Bay Child Friendly (6) Central Hill Child Friendly (2)
Chelsea Conservancy Child Friendly (2) Glendinningvale Child Friendly (1) Greenacres Child Friendly (1)
Humerail Child Friendly (2) Humewood Child Friendly (4) Kini Bay Child Friendly (1)
Maitlands Child Friendly (1) Mill Park Child Friendly (5) Redhouse Child Friendly (1)
Richmond Hill Child Friendly (1) Sardinia Bay Child Friendly (1) Seaview Child Friendly (1)
Summerstrand Child Friendly (12) Walmer Child Friendly (16)
Tsitsikamma {view all Tsitsikamma Family Friendly}
Eersterivier Child Friendly (2) Natures Valley Child Friendly (2) Storms River Child Friendly (8)
Frontier Country {view all Frontier Country Family Friendly}
Alexandria Child Friendly (1) Alicedale Child Friendly (1) Amakhala Child Friendly (1)
Bathurst Child Friendly (2) Blaauwbosch Child Friendly (1) Bushman Sands Child Friendly (1)
Colchester Child Friendly (5) Grahamstown Child Friendly (11) Greater Addo (below)
Groendal Wilderness Area Child Friendly (1) Kwantu Child Friendly (2) Lalibela Child Friendly (1)
Sidbury Child Friendly (2)
Greater Addo {view all Greater Addo Family Friendly}
Addo Child Friendly (18) Addo Elephant Park Child Friendly (11) Colchester Child Friendly (5)
Kirkwood Child Friendly (3) Nanaga Child Friendly (2) Paterson Child Friendly (2)
Sidbury Child Friendly (2) Somerset East Child Friendly (2) Sunland Child Friendly (3)
Zuurberg Child Friendly (2)
Karoo Heartland {view all Karoo Heartland Family Friendly}
Baviaanskloof (below) Graaff Reinet Child Friendly (2) Nieu-Bethesda Child Friendly (2)
Baviaanskloof {view all Baviaanskloof Family Friendly}
Gamtoos Valley Child Friendly (2) Patensie Child Friendly (1) Steytlerville Child Friendly (1)
Studtis Child Friendly (1)
Amatola {view all Amatola Family Friendly}
Cintsa Child Friendly (2) East London Child Friendly (21) Gonubie Child Friendly (11)
Hogsback Child Friendly (1) King Williams Town Child Friendly (2) Stutterheim Child Friendly (1)
Tarkastad Child Friendly (1) Winterberg Child Friendly (1)
Wild Coast {view all Wild Coast Family Friendly}
Cintsa Child Friendly (2) Lusikisiki Child Friendly (1) Morgans Bay Child Friendly (1)
Mthatha Child Friendly (1) Port Edward Child Friendly (3) Port St Johns Child Friendly (3)
Umtata Child Friendly (1)
Northern Ukhahlamba {view all Northern Ukhahlamba Family Friendly}
Aliwal North Child Friendly (3) Barkly East Child Friendly (3) Lady Grey Child Friendly (2)
Rhodes Child Friendly (5)
accommodation by special category
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