Yzerfontein, Cape West Coast
Yzerfontein is a tranquil sea-side village, 80 kilometres north of Cape Town on the R27 and marks the start of the beautiful Cape West Coast Region.
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Yzerfontein offers unspoilt coastline with both rocky and sandy beaches including the famous sixteen mile beach which stretches all the way to Postberg Nature Reserve within the West Coast National Park. Yzerfontein is known for its natural beauty, vast stretches of beach and tranquillity.
Year round sunshine and a mild winter climate where pleasant daytime temperatures seldom fall below 10º C. The small craft harbour is an anglers dream, well known for its snoek and crayfish. About 60% of all line fish caught on the West Coast is landed here, providing an income to local inhabitants.
Finding overnight accommodation in the Cape West Coast is made easy in Yzerfontein, which is home to many sea-facing guesthouses and apartments galore.
Enjoy mountain biking, whale and dolphin watching, bird watching, scenic drives and day tours as well as several hiking trails and watersports such as skiing, sailing, surfing and angling. Yzerfontein offers plenty for the nature lover, with long walks along the beach to view whales, coastal birds and flora, fields of wild flowers during spring and visits to the West Coast National Park.
Wildlife you can expect to see in the reserves around Yzerfontein include amongst others the eland, bontebok, springbok, steenbok, kudu, duiker, Cape mountain zebra, caracal, african wild cat and bat eared fox.
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Stunning, stunning place on the West Coast, we love it here for holidays! Been going back every year! Lovely beaches, friendly people, stunning views and lots to see and do in the area. And you are only about 35 minutes away from the bright lights of the city if you feel the need - we never do :). LOVE, love love it here!!!!
Shannon (Durban)
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Hotels & other accommodation options

Thyme & Tide
Thyme & Tide offers accommodation in a seven bedroom beach house in Yzerfontein on the Cape West Coast. The house is is perched on the dunes and ...

Lugkasteel
Situated in Yzerfontein on the Cape West Coast, Lugkasteel Holiday Home offers self catering accommodation for five guests. The house boasts beau...

Villa Fontana 57
Villa Fontana 57 is an airy two bedroom apartment in a secure complex which is close to the beach in Yzerfontein. The apartment offers Cape West ...

Villa de Meeurots
Villa de Meeurots offers accommodation for eight adults, boasts beautiful sea views and is located just three minutes walk from the beach. The vi...

Captain's Cabin
Captain’s Cabin can accommodate up to a maximum of 26 people in seven rooms. Four of the rooms contain double beds and en-suite bathrooms. The ot...


Fishermans Cottages
Situated in the natural bush of the Cape West Coast, the two rustic cottages offer self catering accommodation. The cottages have a beautiful set...

Lumberjack Cottage
Lumberjack Cottage is a rustic cottage on Blombosch Farm just 5km outside Yzerfontein. The cottage provides self catering accommodation for four ...

Villa Insolventa
Villa Insolventa is ideal for a visit to Yzerfontein and the West Coast, being within walking distance from the beach. The Villa can accommodate ...


Blaauws Rest Yzerfontein
Boasting stunning ocean views, Blaauws Rest is a self catering holiday home situated in the West Coast town of Yzerfontein. The house can accommo...

Yzer Beach House
Yzerfontein Beach House, on the Cape West Coast, is located right on the beach so that you can spend the day in the sun without needing to drive....

Blombosch Farmhouse
Blombosch Farmhouse is the perfect getaway destination, offering Cape West Coast self catering for a family or friends. Ideal for two families, o...

Blombosch Jaghuisie
Situated on a farm just 8kms outside Yzerfontein, Blombosch Jaghuisie boasts a beautiful setting overlooking salt pans. The nights skies are fill...

White Sands
White Sands offers accommodation in a beautiful house in Yzerfontein on the Cape West Coast, only an hours drive out of Cape town. The house is j...


Lewens-Essens B&B
At Lewens-Essens B&B your soul will be enriched by the beauty of nature. Amongst other things the unobstructed 180 degree view will reward you wi...

Beach Villa Die Duyker
Beach Villa Die Duyker offers comfortable accommodation in a lovely home with stunning ocean views. This beautifully appointed four bedroom home ...

31 on Seaview Self Catering
31 on Seaview is a cosy, newly renovated and fully equipped self-catering pet friendly apartment nestled in the heart of Pearl Bay, Yzerfontein o...

18 First Avenue
18 First Avenue is an eight sleeper house with en-suite bathrooms, large entertainment areas, inside and outside braai areas and sea views. The h...

On The Beach Self Catering
On The Beach is situated on the beachfront in Yzerfontein. The lower level offers accommodation in two units with beautiful sea views and have a ...

Breakaway Apartment
Breakaway Apartment sleeps three guests in a bedroom with a Queen-size bed and a three-quarter bed in the lounge. The bedroom has an en-suite bat...

Pelican's View
Pelican's View is located in the quiet coastal village of Yzerfontein. The tastefully furnished apartment is located in the owner's property, off...

Seaview Villa
Seaview Villa is a three bedroom double storey house with sleeping capacity for six people, separate TV room, indoor living area and braai. This ...

83 Dassen Island
Nestled against a hill and boasting 180 degree sea views, 83 Dassen Island is a charming self catering holiday apartment which accommodates four ...

The Olive Tree Villa
The Olive Tree Villa is located in Yzerfontein on the West Coast and offers accommodation where you can wake each morning to the frothy trajector...

Anna se Huis
Anna se Huis is set one street back (150m) from Yzerfontein's long sandy shore. This direct proximity to the beach, the ocean views from nearly e...

Sonvanger Villa
Sonvanger Villa is located in Yzerfontein and is a three bedroom house that is able to accommodate up to six guests. While here you can visit the...

Swept Away Guest House
Swept Away Guest House is true to its name, nestled against a hill with stunning views of the bay below, and on a clear day you can even see Tabl...

Emmaus On Sea
Emmaus on Sea offers you a self catering accommodation on the Cape West Coast. So you're going away to unwind or to play or possibly simply to re...

Blombosch Lodge
Blombosch Lodge is set amongst the Fynbos dunes of the West Coast and is just 8km from the beautiful village of Yzerfontein. There are a number o...
Things to do in the area

West Coast Farm Stall
For a great afternoon out and the best farm stall experience ever, get to the West Coast Farm Stall. Not only will you be blown away by the gift ...

Arts & Crafts Shop at !Khwa ttu
The Arts & Crafts shop at !Khwa ttu proudly display only genuine arts and crafts produced by the San people. The shop is supplied with work creat...

Tribal discoveries at !Khwa ttu
!Khwa ttu ('water pan') is an 850 Ha expression of the San kinship. This indigenous Southern African minority group has only 6700 San people livi...

Dassen Island Lighthouse
Whilst lighthouses by their very nature are destined for remote stations, Dassen Island, off Yzerfontein, can today claim to be the most isolated...

Pearl Bay Beach
Pearl Bay Beach is on the southern edge of Yzerfontein and is quiet, secluded and unspoilt. Development in the area only means that it’s just goi...

Yzerfontein's Main Beach
The 16 miles of Yzerfontein beach stretches from just north of the start of the main beach and all the way up to the West Coast National Park whi...

Beaches Restaurant
You'll first be attracted by the colourful umbrellas and friendly looking white washed tables with their blue seats on the verandah of this invit...

Die Rooi Granaat Restaurant
Immensely popular, even after five years of trading in the seaside resort of Yzerfontein, Die Rooi Granaat serves its patrons with true South Afr...

Vyge Valley Farmers Market
The Vyge Valley Farm Stall is found on the Cape West Coast Road and hosts, on the last Saturday of each month, a fresh produce market. Items ava...
Noteworthy attractions

Bird Island Nature Reserve
The world’s most accessible Cape gannet colony can be found on an island, linked to Lambert’s Bay by a breakwater wall. Bird Island also gives sh...

Darling Wine Route
Although traditionally part of the Swartland, Darling is now a demarcated wine district and home to her own wine route, including five wine cella...

West Coast National Park
Just inland from the secluded harbour of Saldanha Bay one finds the azure waters of the Langebaan Lagoon, focal point of the West Coast National ...

Rocherpan Nature Reserve
Rocherpan enthusiasts who head off along the West Coast to visit this nature reserve near Velddrif will possibly mention to you that the bird lif...

Langebaan Golf Club
The Golf Course at Langebaan Country Club is a links-type course, designed as a figure 8 winding around residential stands. Located on the unspoi...

Verlorenvlei
Verlorenvlei is a long estuary stretching between the villages of Elands Bay and Redelinghuys, some 25 kilometres south of Lambert’s Bay. It is n...

West Coast Fossil Park
For the visitor, the highlight of the West Coast Fossil Park is the ‘live’ exhibit of an ongoing excavation of early Pliocene fossils (fossils fr...

Postberg Flower Reserve
The Postberg Flower Reserve is not always available for you to visit. Even though it forms part of the West Coast National Park, this part of it ...

Darling Wind Farm
On the hills just outside Darling, roughly 70 kilometres from Cape Town, stand four wind-generated mills. It's known as an Eskom demonstrator sit...
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