Suiderstrand is a unique town in that it is now completely surrounded by the Agulhas National Park, home to vast diversity of mammals, reptiles, birds, insects and our world-famous indigenous and endemic fynbos. The coastline around Suiderstrand, the end of the road for vehicles, must be one of the most beautiful in our country. Pristine beaches, interesting rockpools, a marine lagoon, pebbly bays
, a historic beach home and archaeological fish traps, are all visual treat that await the coastline hiker of casual walker. Over the past few years avifauna has flourished in this area. Numbers of rare coastal birds, such as the African Black Oyster Catcher, have been after many years of near extinction, now been allowed to increase in numbers and have been removed from the critically threatened Red Data List. A weekend at Suiderstrand - which is Afrikaans for southernmost beach - is about two and a half hour's drive from Cape Town at the southernmost tip of Africa. You can see the little holiday village catching the sunlight in the distance.
