Accommodation near Hole in the Wall
Hole in the Wall is a rocky archway formation situated in a small village of the same name, 9km outside of Coffee Bay. The tourist attraction is located in a secluded, tropical bay in the heart of the Wild Coast.
According to geologists, the cliff walls at this site were once joined to the land. Continuous wave action against the softer sandstone rocks wore them away. The same happened to the more vulnerable shale and sandstone under the hard dolerite, creating the archway. The landmark is made up of ecca shale and sandstone, capped with hard volcanic dolerite.
Hole in the Wall stands before the mouth of the Mpako River and is subject to many local myths and legends. A Xhosa legend says that the site was created by a mythical sea person who fell in love with a human and rammed a hole in the side of a lagoon wall with the help of a huge fish to reach his love.
Locals also believe the Hole in the Wall is a gateway to the world of their ancestors.
The area where Hole in the Wall is found is remote, surrounded by unspoiled coastline. This lends itself to excellent opportunities for bird watching, nature walks, hiking trails and fishing.
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Coffee Bay Reviews
Coffee Bay
Except for the potholes on the road,Coffee Bay was fun. The local chief and the people were also very helpful when one of our cars had a puncture after it hit a pothole.
- Nolusindiso Golifili
Coffee Bay
Lovely Place
- Zakariya Paul
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Beslis die moeite werd al is die pad lang en swaar om tot daar te kom.
Locals is baie vriendlik en behulpsaam
- Henry Rogers
Coffee Bay
A small little town, offering a few eateries/coffee shacks. A trip to 'The Hole in the Wall' is a definite must!
- Cathryn Davies
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Will be back soon...
- Gavin Schafer
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Coffee Bay is an awesome place to visit. Very chilled and low key. Loved the "untouched" vibe and the mingling with locals.
Nice hike to "Hole in the wall" too. Definitely will go again :)
- nikki coetzee
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Coffee Bay is very rural and remote making it a very special and exclusive place to visit. The environment is unique as nature lovers are spoiled with the variety of bird species and other wild life to be seen here. One of my hobbies is photography and there was plenty of opportunities to take photographs. We visited Coffee bay after a rainy period which made the short gravel road to Hole-in-the-Wall all the more adventurous. The Hole-in-the-Wall scene was as beautiful as I expected and I could tick off this "item" on my bucket list but I cannot exclude the possibility to put a visit to the area back on my bucket list as there are other unique things to do, for instance to look for the red mud crap. From Coffee Bay we visited the M'Bashe lighthouse and en-route we saw four Xhosa boys dressed in colourful blankets, rubbed with red mud and armed with kieries presumably busy with their initiation rituals. The greater Coffee Bay area is indeed as beautiful as the write-ups, true African but not as wild as the name Wild Coast suggests (maybe because we are Africans).
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