Situated 108 kms west of Port Elizabeth in the quaint village of Cape St Francis lies the Cape St Francis Resort and the luxurious beach villas Beach Break. Cape St Francis Resort is the ideal base from which to explore all that the area has to offer from golf, canal and river cruises, surfing, whale-watching, surfing and much much more. On-site facilities including the award-winning Joe Fish Restaurant and Bar as well as Full Stop Cafe, Hibiscus health and beauty studio, convenience shop are all here to make your stay as enjoyable and stress free as possible.

Betty's Tour which incorporates a visit to a local pre-school 

A vast and clean beach with all year mild temperatures

Local calamari  , reputed to be the finest on the globe

Cruise through the man made canal system of St Francis Bay 

A round of golf at either St Francis Links ( rated number 7 in South Africa) or St Francis Bay Golf Club, home to the Calamri Classic.

Enjoy the slack packing hiking trail known as The Chokka Trail - more than just a hike

Being a coastal Resort one can never gaurantee the weather , generally the best months are January to end of May although the winter is mild

Day trips into the Addo National Park which is a 2 hour drive

South Africa is extraordinarily rich in plant and animal life and scientists have classified the different kinds of vegetation across the land. The southwestern Cape region is especially blessed in plant species, so much so that it is recognized as one of only six Plant or Floral Kingdoms in the world. Known as the Cape Floral Kingdom, it extends roughly from Port Elizabeth to Cape Town and inland, covering about 90,000 km2 and is home to 9,000 plant species, 70% of which grow nowhere else in the world (i.e. endemic to the Cape).

These plants are not scattered randomly across the landscape. Instead, from one hill to the next, different plant species grow together in their own communities. This means that the entire region is divided into these vegetation types, comprising plant species that grow in their particular area and nowhere else.

Our local vegetation type is the St Francis Fynbos/Thicket Mosaic and only grows on the lime-rich coastal sandy sites scattered between Tsitisikamma in the west and Port Elizabeth in the east. The conditions under which this vegetation type can grow is a relatively small area comprising 0.2% of the Cape region. Botanists from all over the world have visited the area discovering new species of plant life that are only found in this area.

Keep those eyes peeled for wild life

Look out for bushbuck, grysbok, common duiker, bushpig, porcupine, vervet monkey, caracal, yellow and grey mongoose and otters. You can sometimes see the rare African black oystercatcher and occasionally an endangered Jackass penguin. Bottlenose and common dolphins are often seen offshore and, from August to December, southern right whales may be spotted.