S1 - Ep 285 - Herolds Bay - Spectacular Scenery, Beach and Tidal Pools!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 เม.ย. 2023
- During our visit to Herolds Bay on the Garden Route of South Africa, we were greeted with spectacular scenery as we drove through the caravan park. The lush green grass, chirping birds, and big trees were a sight to behold. As we made our way to the beach, we noticed food trucks lined up, selling delicious ice cream and a variety of other tasty treats. The air was filled with the delicious smell of food. I decided to take a leisurely stroll along the beach in search of shells that Sonia used to collect as a child. The sound of the waves crashing against the shore was soothing, and I was captivated by the breathtaking view. We eventually stumbled upon two tidal pools with crystal clear water, which was a welcome sight. Across from the tidal pool, we saw a beautiful old Catholic Church, which piqued our curiosity. So I decided to take a closer look and was pleasantly surprised to find someone praying inside. It was a serene and peaceful atmosphere, and it added to the already-fantastic experience. To top it all off, we made our way up the hill to catch a glimpse of the spectacular view of Herolds Bay from the top. The view was simply breathtaking, and it left us in awe of the beauty of the Garden Route. All in all, our visit to Herolds Bay was an incredible experience that we will cherish forever. #DustBugs #adventuretravel #southafrica #southafricavlog #travelongravel #westerncape #heroldsbay
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Can hardly believe there are still such clean places left in the country. The people there are clearly proud of their surroundings.
The cleanliness here was very obvious and the many workers around testimony to the town wanting to keep their environment clean and tidy. It was fantastic to see and an example to so many other places in this beautiful country of ours. 🇿🇦🗑️
Wow!!! Natural arch of trees as you get into the caravan park…..stunning
And the sound of birds….Wow!!!
Absolutely stunning! Love hearing your comments Sonia and hearing your voice. What a fun trip! Beautiful new homes along the water.
And we love that you jump on our virtual backseat all the way from the US, it's always fantastic when you join us! 😍🚙 The Garden Route is really a spectacularly beautiful part of our country, I'm so glad you got to experience it too! Thanks for coming along! 🌳🌊
The development in the 2 plus decades since I was there last is astounding! What a wonderful place to call home for those fortunate enough to be able to do so. This was yet another truly enjoyable outing. Thank you!
The fact that it is still so beautiful despite all the new development, really goes to show how much consideration the folks in that part of our country have given to interrupt nature as little as possible. And in return they get to live in this paradise of a place! It's gorgeous in every possible way! 🌳🌊 I'm so glad to hear you enjoyed today's outing, it was a lot of fun! 🚙😁
Hi you two! Thank you for the outing in Herold's Bay under the blue skies with the blue sea. The Garden Route is becoming more and more interesting and spectacular. To live in Herold's Bay must be ongoing daily joy!
The beach is not very long, but much wider than most of the others we've seen so far. Incredible. The tidal pool so clear that one can see the fish swimming!
I really like the town being so spread out and covered in in greenery over the hills. That Estate is even more unique.
Thank you for taking me along. I'll be spending this evening watching this video again!
I'm looking forward to our next trip with abated breath. Come soon! And
Keep safe!
Herolds Bay is a stunning place from the bottom at the ocean to the top at Monate and the other residences. You're right, it must be year-round joy for the folks who live in such beauty, as well as for the holidaymakers who get to spend some time there! The crystal clear waters of the tidal pool had me mesmerised! 🌊🐟🐠 The beach is very wide, I can only imagine the sight if it's packed full of umbrellas and sunbathers! 🏖️ I'm glad to hear Herolds Bay made such an impression on you that you'd watch it twice! 🤩 We see you again in two days' time! 🚙
I like the tidal pools and the view from the top! Thank you again.
The water was crystal clear in the one tidal pool as I'm sure it would've been in the other one too, just gorgeous! 🌊🐠 I'm glad you enjoyed the views, they were indeed super beautiful! 🚙🤩
Love hearing you have so much fun together Those are lovely campsite spots - some open, some private and with the option of shade👍Just love your adventures, thank you so much for sharing again today❤
Fun all the way and that's just one of the many reasons we continue travelling! 🚙😁 That caravan park is superbly maintained and even more so for a municipal facility, that was great to see! So glad you enjoyed Herolds Bay with us, thank you for coming along! ☀️🏕️
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Loving the seaview from the Chapel……just stunning!!!!
W😮W, what an incredible experience, thank-you for taking us along...absolutely stunning Herold's Bay most definitely is. I have to agree with your previous reply, there's just so much to choose from, obviously if one is fortunate enough to be able to afford to live in these incredible places. Just think of it, one can go for a swim in the tidal pool and walk across the road to praise the Lord or just to sit in such a beautiful church without a shirt. That Monate Estate was definitely the highlight, what an incredible place...paradise...the other incredible homes too. Those small beach cottages that one finds always facing the sea are all that one needs though. 👍 Just looked on Property 24, prices are astonishing, the area has definitely bounced back.
There is zero doubt that this entire coastline is prime real estate and rightly so! The unspoilt beauty is simply endless and it was fantastic to visit these places which we knew, but also didn't know, if that makes sense. 🚙🤩 One is seriously spoilt for choice if you decide to make this part of the Garden Route your home, I know Sonia and I won't be able to decide easily if we should decide to relocate one day! 😉 Monate was a next-level place, to think that it's basically on a mountain made of trees is just incredible! 🌳 I also thought the location of the Catholic Chapel was just fantastic. 💒 We actually chatted to the gentleman who was praying when he came outside. He lives in George with his children and comes to Herolds Bay during the week to swim (and pray). He says it gets crazy busy over weekends and one struggles to find parking, which I can easily believe. It was fantastic having you along for the drive through Herolds Bay! We'll see you soon again!
🏖🚙🚗🚙🏖 toot toot....this is such a lovely place. Loved this video.....huge wow!!!! And you two sound so happy ❤❤❤❤
Lekker man lekker awesome wow stunning....love this place 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
We had such fun on this day and laughed a lot! 🚙🤣 Herolds Bay is a picture-perfect place and it was great to admire the beautiful houses and the beautiful natural surroundings. I'm always so happy when nature has been disturbed as little as possible to make way for us humans and I feel they accomplished that here! 🌊🌳 Thanks for sharing this experience with us!
Fantastic!!! Little fishes in that very clear water👌👌👌
It certainly is a stunning beach. I remember going there once or twice. I think it is the surf spot for George. But could be wrong. There were parts that I recognize, and others I didn't. But you always drive around the hood and make it interesting. The view from the top... WOW!!!
I think you're right. The gentleman we saw in church, was from George. He says a lot of folks come from George to swim, and most probably surf, in Herolds Bay since it's so close. They're lucky to live in such a gorgeous part of the country. The unspoilt beauty is just incredible! 🌳🌊 And the views from the top were not bad either! 🤩 We appreciate you joining us for these trips, it's fun to have you on board! 🚙
@@DustBugsTravel I checked Google maps after posting. Vic bay is the main surf spot. Also a stunning little town. I think it was Herold's Bay where I saw dolphins.
Oh what a beautiful Chapel 💒
Lovely to see a spacely populated beach😊
Great video. These beach towns are eye candy.
Love that! 🚙🍭 And serious eye candy at that!
What a beautiful place, i loved the mega views❤❤❤
Yup, the views were indeed incredible! In fact, the entire place is incredible! 🚙🤩
Thank you for this beautiful video, makes me proud of how beautiful our county really is from the hills of Limpopo to the Drakensberg mountain ranges, we have it all👏👏👏
You said it! There is so much beauty in South Africa just waiting to be discovered and explored! Thank you for watching, I'm glad you enjoyed it! 😍🇿🇦
Lovely area.
Indeed, truly spectacular! 🚙👌🏻
Beautiful memories of my country
I'm glad our video reminded you of some special times! 🚙🇿🇦
Thank you for such a lovely video, Herolds Bay is so beautiful ! Wish I was there right now.
Thank you for coming along with us to Herolds Bay, it is indeed a very beautiful place! 🚙🏖️
Hi, wow never knew it was such a big place 🙈 I love that little church. Next time you go there look behind the church you will be surprised what you will see.
Cheerio till the next one. Just like your selves I could not stop smiling amazing video thanks for taking me along
And thank you for always coming along, we love that! See you bright and early in two day's time! 🚙😁
So clean!!!!👌👌👌
Thank you. Once again memories. As young
High school kids we went there for weekends. There is a cave above the road where we stayed in over weekends. Had lots of fun. The place really developed since i was there last - probably 50 years ago! I e joyed the footage and am looking forward to the next one. Seat booked
Those sound like super fun times and memories! A cave no less, I didn't even know there were caves in this area! I have no doubt that the place was much smaller when you were there last, but it's fortunately still very beautiful. Thank you for splashing in the tidal pool with us! 😁🌊 We'll see you next time! 🚙
❤❤ Beautiful. See if a community just keep the grounds clean and grass cut a place will look neat. Thank you for yr great channel in showing south Africa to the rest of the world..
Curtis and Sonja please try and get in contact with south African tourism
Or even the cape provincial department.
Yr channel deserves some recognition.
I wish you all the best and more success I have started watching yr channel 8 months ago. Have learnt so much about our amazing country.
And come to know of some beautiful small town across SA ❤❤🎉
Thank you for all yr hard work and thank you for traveling across south Africa and sharing yr amazing adventures.
Terrence. Kzn.
Thank you for your most kind comment. Herolds Bay is most certainly a place the rest of our beautiful country can look to as an example, it's truly stunning there and super clean! 🚙🤩 The tourism industry will understandably only focus on the positives and the beautiful, while we prefer to show exactly what we find and see in a place on the random day we visit. That's a truer reflection of a place in our view. 🤷♂️ There is still so much beauty in some of the decay we see, but I'm not quite sure they'll see it that way.
Hi guys what a unusual place a little hidden place beautiful beach tidel pools from the campsite to the big houses up the hill and the estate stunning. Great idea little food trucks spotted a little bakie opposite the RC Chapel with cute shutters. It's great to here you guys laugh ing
I just knew you'd enjoy the little Catholic Chapel! What a gorgeous setting, complete with bakkie and all just for you! 💒🚚 Those tidal pools were spectacular with such clear water. We not only saw fish swimming, but people too. And playing and tanning there, such a wonderful place for people of all ages to have fun in the sun and the water! 🌊☀️ The smell at the food trucks was just as wonderful as the trucks themselves! 😁🍟🍔🌭 Laughing comes so easily to Sonia and it's quite contagious, so I very often follow suit! 🥰🤣
Holiday home for Mr Ernie Els. Road trip also called a "sloertoer"
Interesting about Ernie Els, I remember now he had some association with George too if I'm not mistaken, so it would make complete sense! 🏌🏻🏖️ We love ourselves a sloertoer every few weeks. That's the perfect name for us two slowcoaches! 😁🚙
We used to see many dolphins in Glentana and Outeniqua when we use to holiday there.
I'm sure they must be seen all along this stretch of coastline and when I saw the boards with the whales and dolphins on, I was hoping to see a dolphin or three or thirty! 🐬 We were way too early in the year for whales, but that must be awesome to see them breach in this beautiful bay! 🐳😍
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Boy oh boy!!! I'm in love. If only I had the money to buy a place at this beautiful area I would be there in 2 ticks♥️♥️♥️it's just awesome. But I did get much bigger than it use to be? Right??
It is truly beautiful indeed! 🚙🤩 I've never been there before this visit and Sonia only remembers the shells in the rockpools (😁), but I can only imagine that it must've expanded quite a bit alongside all the other places we visited on our way to Herolds Bay. It was a fun time exploring these towns with such an abundance of beauty! 🌊🌳 Thanks for joining us!
Altyd 'n plesier om jou en Sonia se videos te kyk...... I'll saw my own road trips, great guys. Good Afrikaans for ablution blocks is Badkamers
Now badkamers is a word we're both very familiar with! 😁🛀🏻 Thank you for always joining us as we explore places you know and even a few you don't, it's always a pleasure to have you along! 🚙🤩
Wow, the place has really changed!! We lived in Herolds Bay in 1993 up on the hill in Skuinsbank Street and had a beautiful view over the beach and towards Voëlklip. So many memories with oom Willie and tannie Sophie as next door neighbours, also oom Hennie and tannie Mona across the road, other friends who were also Theron but not family, plus the Sunday Church services with Ds Marinkowich (not sure about the spelling now). Oh such good memories. Loved it there.
It seems to have grown a lot over the past two decades or so and it's a really big place now, but still extremely beautiful! 🌊🌳 It sounds like your neighbours were wonderful people and that you have some fantastic memories of your time there! Thank you for sharing some of those with us! 👌🏻
Have visited ❤it’s beautiful
What a stunning place so tranquil. Love the rolling hills we saw at one stage and so green . It must be great to live or visit there. Thank you for taking me along and once again showing how gorgeous the garden route is. 😊
It was a great place to end our Garden Route section of this trip! The scenery is beautiful, the homes are stunning and the vibe is indeed one of tranquility. 🌳🌊 We appreciate you coming along to every place we've visited so far and enjoying it with us. 🚙🤩
This place has changed so much. So upmarket now. Sonia we used to also get the pansy shells in this area all the way to Mosselbay when it was low tide in the shallow waters in the seventies
Interesting to hear about the shells! Sonia's family must've gone to Herolds Bay more often from George than to the other beaches you mention, that's most probably why she remembers them only being at Herolds Bay. 🐚🥰 I have no doubt that this place too has doubled, if not quadrupled, in size since the seventies. It's still very beautiful though and that's a wonderful thing! 🌊🌳
Hi you 2!!! Those tiny red shells is also in Jeffreysbay on the main beach. You actually still find them. The seasons must have some input because there is times you don't get them! I even got them many years ago in Gordonsbay!
How interesting! Sonia says she hasn't seen them anywhere else, but we haven't really looked for them. We'll certainly have a peek when we're on the Gordon's Bay beach again! 🐚🌊 Thanks for letting us know!
Yes, I still have tons of little red shells from J’Bay - have been in the same glass jar for 40+ yrs now ! Pansy shells from Witsands & Nauticlus from Muizenberg - tons of shells from all over SA - was a bit of a beach bum in those days & what beautiful beaches.
Thank you for another episode of your travels. Just wondering if there is going to be a trip through the Free State at some time? We are seeing all the beauty so I was wondering if there would be some scary as well? LOL!
Thank you for watching our video of Herolds Bay! 🚙🤩 We include in our videos exactly what we find and see on the random day we arrive in a town or place. I'm not sure the opposite of beauty is scary for us, but we've included some serious decay, decline and neglect in many of the 300+ videos on our channel. You have some serious catching up to do! 😁 Fortunately some beauty always remains though and that will always be our focus. As far as the Free State goes, we've made one trip to the province so far and have explored the southern part. You're welcome to go and check those videos out in Episodes 200 to 220. We'll most definitely return, but as we're getting further and further away from home, time and distance become more complex to navigate sucessfully in the week we get to travel each time. I hope you enjoy the ones you haven't seen yet.
“Let’s see where the road takes us”, oftewel jullie heerlijke ‘reis stijl’ in een notendop! En prompt komt er dan een Dutch Lord op je pad, die dit keer zijn leeftijd niet wil verraden, en even verderop een prachtige kunst vlinder. Zoveel parels op jullie pad ook weer in deze episode, in een luxe en heel schone, natuurlijke omgeving. De verschillende architecten bouwen mooie stulpjes. Juist toen ik een slok koffie nam, proestte ik die bijna uit van het lachen toen je bij die zonnepanelen op de daken terloops met onderkoelde humor zei “Who needs Eskom” 😂. Met terugwerkende kracht namens mijn vrienden Jeroen en Boudewijn hartelijk dank voor je episode over Nieuwoudtville, want zij troffen de kerk op slot en durfden zeker niet die bel buiten te luiden 😊
Sonia often says we should travel without even booking accommodation and just see where we end up, but I'm just not there yet. So we go where the road leads us, but always in the general direction of our booked overnight accommodation! As much as I love the Kwid, I'm not keen to sleep in it! 😨🚙 Herolds Bay was another revelation to us and it was wonderful to see such gorgeous houses amidst even more gorgeous natural surroundings. 🏡🌳🌊 Please convey our thanks to your friends for watching our video of Nieuwoudtville. That church was indeed spectacular and it was fun. albeit a little naughty, ringing the bell! 💒🛎️
I have only once been to Herolds Bay, and it was back in 1993, we stayed over in a little motel on the way down to Cape Town. It was only a very tiny place back then. When we got into bed, we found they hadnt changed the sheets since the last people had slept in them. They were filthy! My pillow stank of greasy hair. Yuckkkk! I wanted to go complain but my husband was tired and we had just got the babies into bed so we toughed it out for the night. Next morning we were all scratching! Scabies!!! Liewe Here!!! An appalling experience. The place has changed so much I wouldnt recognise it. Glad your experience was good. Stella maris means star of the sea. Beautiful church.
There is no shortage of beauty on this stretch of the Garden Route! Glad you're all caught up and ready for the next leg of the trip! 🚙🤩
Loved this video. The church has a small b and b ... where you walked up the stairs to the end of the passage and came to a closed door with safety door .. that is the entrance to a lovely self catering place. We are still wondering about the blue car !!
Thank you so much, I'm glad you enjoyed! 🚙😁 So interesting to hear the Catholic Chapel has accommodation facilities, we never knew that. What a splendid place that must be to spend a holiday at, one couldn't ask for a better setting. 💒🏖️ I responded to your question about our car earlier on Facebook too. 🚙 We rent a vehicle every time, so get a different one and different colour each time. You'll see either white, silver, red or blue / green on our videos. But they've all been Renault Kwids, that never changes if we can help it! 🥰
Absolutely stunning, just a bit blurred at times
Thank you, glad you enjoyed! 🚙🤩 I'm sure you'll find forgiveness in your heart if there were any blurriness in our footage. I'm not a professional by any stretch of the imagination and I'm actually pretty chuffed with the quality! 😁👌🏻
@DustBugs Travel I think the videos are amazing, just wondering why the camera goes out-of focus
I'm not sure. Yours is the first comment out of 300 videos that refer to the focus on our footage. 🤷🏼♂️ I film with my regular everyday cellphone on autofocus and film out of the car window, so an insect may fly by or something like that. I'm not too fussed about that though. Our videos aren't meant to be perfect, they're how my wife and I document our travels and share them with folks who don't mind little imperfections and purely enjoy the content! 😁🚙
Lovey Dovies.....What a loving couple, your "braaing on your knees" joke made her day. Good one by the way, I enjoyed it.. Makes the trip especially pleasant. Count yourself blessed Curt, not many wives rip themselves at their husbands jokes. A chapel at the beach is such great idea , in 1933 . How insightful at the time when it was probably sparsely populated. Monate Estate beaut-ti-ful, only too steep getting there. I learnt a beautiful word that was apt for the insect "flutterby". Was that written somewhere on the column?
I agree with Sonia on your question to choose a place.
Till the next time move over Marius.
Laughter comes super easy to Sonia, it really doesn't take much! She's actually the funny one out of the two of us! 🥰 Herolds Bay is a beautiful place with a beautiful chapel by the sea, we loved visiting this town with all its glorious beauty! 💒🌳🌊 I've called a butterfly a flutterby since I can remember and when I met Sonia, she adopted the name too. 🦋 There is always plenty of room on our virtual backseat. The more the merrier! 🚙😁
it looks beautiful it would be a nice place to move too I wonder what hospitals are near there
Herolds Bay is less than 50km from Mossel Bay and less than 15km from George. There will be no shortage of hospitals and clinics in the area, both state and private. 🚑🏥
Great video as usual, thanks. Quick question, did that big white hotel really face the caravan park, and not the sea?
Thank you, I'm glad you also enjoyed Herolds Bay! 👌🏻 You saw the big white (which we now think is an) apartment building exactly as we saw it when we were driving out of the caravan park, so it's definitely facing the caravan park and not the ocean. 😁🚙
This is where I bought the worst tasting hamburger from a hawker stall in 64 years.
Other viewers say they ate the best ice cream there, perhaps you should try that next time! 😁🍦