Knysna
Surf and sailing town · South Africa
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Beds: 131 places
131 places to stay within 2 km.
Budget 2-star · Booking.com£45 a night
Mid-range 3-star · Booking.com£55 a night
Luxury 4-star · Booking.com£70 a night
Prices are our estimate of the country's average double room of each kind that month: not this town's price, and not a quote.
Room photos are examples, not these hotels (credits).
All 131 places to stay · Booking.comSpots near here: 20 places in 2 sports
Surf · this week
Buffalo Bay (Reef) · about 20 min by car
54 out of 100Buffalo Bay (Rock) · about 20 min by car
54 out of 100Buffalo Bay (Opies) · about 20 min by car
53 out of 100Buffalo Bay (Wildside Shorey) · about 20 min by car
53 out of 100Lagoon Wedge · about 10 min by car
53 out of 100The Heads · about 10 min by car
53 out of 100The Heads (Back Reef) · about 10 min by car
53 out of 100The Heads (Rock spot) · about 10 min by car
53 out of 100
All 19 surf spots
Yonders · about 15 min by car
52 out of 100Buffalo Bay · about 15 min by car
51 out of 100Buffalo Bay (Bert rock) · about 20 min by car
50 out of 100Buffalo Bay (Bowls) · about 15 min by car
50 out of 100Buffalo Bay (Murpheys) · about 15 min by car
50 out of 100Buffalo Bay (Oyster Banks) · about 20 min by car
50 out of 100Buffalo Bay beachbreak · about 15 min by car
50 out of 100Fish Boma · about 20 min by car
50 out of 100Goukamma Rivermouth · about 20 min by car · stays in Brenton on Sea
50 out of 100Wild Side · about 20 min by car
50 out of 100Noetsie (De Hoop Reserve) · about 15 min by car
49 out of 100
Sailing · this week
Knysna Yacht Club · 0.9 km · stays here
30 out of 100
Each score is the next week's out of 100, the mean of its best days, as on its own page. Green clears the bar. Distances are from the middle of Knysna.
Places to eat
6 near Knysna
Places to eat near Knysna
- Hungry Lion KnysnaChicken · 0.1 km from the centre
- Anchorage Restaurant CCSeafood · 0.4 km from the centre
- Bow Tie Chinese restaurant, knysnaDim sum · 0.4 km from the centre
- ChattersPizza · 0.4 km from the centre
- Debonairs Pizza Milkwood SquarePizza · 0.4 km from the centre
- Nando'sHalal · 0.4 km from the centre
Within 2 km of the town centre, listed by how complete the listing is (website, opening hours, cuisine) and whether two sources name it. Not a judgement of the food: we have no reviews. Listings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Overture Maps Foundation. Credits
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the town and every place near it
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About Knysna
where it is, what is near
Knysna is a town in Western Cape, South Africa.
From Knysna you can reach 19 surf spots and 1 sailing spot.
The nearest is Knysna Yacht Club, a sailing spot 0.9 km from the centre.
Overture lists 131 places to stay within 2 km of the centre.
The nearest airport is George Airport (GRJ), 62 km away.
In Western Cape · South Africa
- 131 places to stay within 2 km of the centre (Overture places)
- Nearest airports: George Airport (GRJ), 62 km, Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport (PLZ), 237 km
Forecast updated . Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.
Scores are the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change them (how we score, how we earn).