
Wilderness
Surf and kayak town · South Africa
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Beds: 68 places
68 places to stay within 2 km, 1 of them campsites.
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 68 places to stay · Booking.comSpots near here: 13 places in 2 sports
Surf · this week
A Frames · about 15 min by car · Not for beginners
–, no scoreGerickes (Scar reef) · about 35 min by car · stays in Sedgefield · Not for beginners
–, no scoreGerickes back reef · about 30 min by car · stays in Sedgefield · Not for beginners
–, no scoreGerickes Point (Left) · about 35 min by car · stays in Sedgefield · Not for beginners
–, no scoreHerolds Bay · about 35 min by car · stays in Herolds Bay · Not for beginners
–, no scoreKleinkrans Beach · about 15 min by car · Not for beginners
–, no scoreLourie Reef · about 30 min by car · stays in Herolds Bay · Not for beginners
–, no scoreSandpoep Shorey · about 35 min by car · stays in Sedgefield · Not for beginners
–, no score
All 12 surf spots
Vic Bay (Beachbreak) · about 5 min by car · Not for beginners
–, no scoreVictoria Bay · about 5 min by car · Not for beginners
–, no scoreWilderness Beach · about 5 min by car · Not for beginners
–, no scoreWilderness Rivermouth · about 5 min by car · Not for beginners
–, no score
Kayak · this week
Touw · 2.9 km · stays here
98 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 Wilderness.
Places to eat
6 near Wilderness
Places to eat near Wilderness
- Blue Olive RestaurantMediterranean · 0.3 km from the centre
- Bongo'sPizza · 0.3 km from the centre
- Pomodoro RestaurantItalian · 0.3 km from the centre
- Salinas Beach RestaurantSeafood · 0.5 km from the centre
- Serendipity Guest House & RestaurantAfrican · 1.3 km from the centre
- The Girls on the Square0.1 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
Map
the town and every place near it
Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for beginners: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says. The dashed circle is 20 km from Wilderness.
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About Wilderness
where it is, what is near
Wilderness is a town in Western Cape, South Africa.
From Wilderness you can reach 12 surf spots and 1 kayak spot.
The nearest is Wilderness Beach, a surf spot 0.4 km from the centre.
Overture lists 68 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 1 of them campsites.
The nearest airport is George Airport (GRJ), 18 km away.
In Western Cape · South Africa
- 68 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 1 of them campsites (Overture places)
- Nearest airports: George Airport (GRJ), 18 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).