We’re going to pause our December holiday posts for just a moment, because this new place we recently visited is worth sharing!

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March 2023

To celebrate Berto’s recovery from his recent health scare, we decided to look for a place where we could just relax. Our ‘modus operandi’ is usually to get our camping gear and go off the grid when we want to rest or celebrate … but not this time. Morgan Bay Hotel has been on our radar for months now and we thought it was perfect for us at this very moment!

Where is Morgan Bay?

Morgan Bay is on the Wild Coast, just 80km (49 miles) from East London and a peaceful seaside holiday village. There is just one shop (which we didn’t visit), some beautiful houses, a caravan park and the lovely Morgan Bay Hotel … oh, and an amazing beach!

We booked the Sea View Deluxe Suite and it was absolutely beyond our expectations! Our spacious suite was tastefully decorated with a private patio from which we had a wonderful view of the Indian Ocean.

Our Deluxe Suite at Morgan Bay Hotel

Swimming pool area

In our next post we will show and tell you more about the Morgan Bay Hotel – it is truly luxurious and hard to believe that this hotel was already established in 1946.

When we got there, we were checked in promptly. After taking our luggage to the suite, we grabbed the camera and walked a short distance along the ocean.

The sandy beach is in the distance

Views towards the Double Mouth Nature Reserve – cattle on the hill

We quickly realised that Morgan Bay is a very small village … and we loved it! We walked slowly back to the hotel and decided to save the beach walk for the next morning.

We saw lovely houses on our way back to the hotel

Side view of Morgan Bay Hotel

Breakfast was included in our stay at the hotel, but we had to make a reservation for dinner. After making dinner reservations for Saturday night, we found our way to the hotel’s other restaurant, The Deck, which is just next door. This is a great a la carte family restaurant with plenty of indoor and outdoor seating areas offering beautiful views of the sea.

We ordered a bottle of our favourite red wine, Beyerskloof Pinotage and with that a garlic and mozzarella focaccia as an appetiser. Berto decided on a T-Bone steak and chips for his main course, while my choice fell on the Patagonia calamari tubes with salad.

Wine and focaccia

Our main meals

We would have loved to enjoy some of their wonderful desserts, but instead decided to take the rest of our wine to our suite. We sat on the patio enjoying our glasses of red wine while listening to the waves crashing on the rocks, it was magical.

Glorious sunrise

I have mentioned many times before on this blog that the sunsets on the West Coast are the most beautiful I have ever seen. Well, I can honestly say, I have not seen a more spectacular sunrise than this one on the southeast coast of South Africa.

The next morning, we woke up to an orange glow in our room and rushed outside … for the next half hour we were amazed at what nature had in store for us!

Sunrise

Sunrise

The colours slowly changed from orange to gold – it was mesmerizing!

Sunrise

Sunrise

Golden sunrise

After this spectacle we walked down to the beach. It got a little foggy as we walked further, which made it even more beautiful.

On the beach

View back towards the hotel

Berto walking towards the upcoming sun

A group of people standing in a circle on the beach

When we reached the end of the beach, the mist lifted and we had breathtaking views of the ocean.

Beach at Morgan Bay

A stone pile at the end of our walk

When we turned back, the hotel was still shrouded in mist

While I was showering after we got back from our morning walk, Berto took the camera and walked around the hotel grounds to take more photos – what can you say … it’s really beautiful!

Trees at the far end of the hotel before walking onto the beach

Views of Morgan Bay Hotel

Enchanting garden of the hotel

Patio of the hotel

Sparkling swimming pool

And that’s where we’ll stop this post for now – it’s getting a little long, but one can get carried away so easily with the beauty of this place!

We will see you soon in our next post when we take you around the hotel and show you another lovely place where we enjoyed a delicious lunch.

Read the final post of the lovely Morgan Bay here.