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Stay

Sleep here too

A guest house and a caravan park, both on the same premises as the diner, both run by the same family.

Two ways to do it

A roof, or bring your own

Two quite different things on the same premises, so it is worth being clear which is which.

A bedroom at The Lazy Whale

Indoors — The Lazy Whale

A whole guest house to yourselves. Three bedrooms, a kitchen, a bathroom and a bed already made up.

Sleeps 6Self-cateringPet friendly
The guest house
Caravan pitches

Outdoors — the caravan park

A powered pitch for your caravan, tent or motorhome. You bring the bed; we bring the ablutions, the braai and the bar.

Open all yearDogs allowedCampfires allowed
The caravan park
Indoors

The Lazy Whale

Three bedrooms, one bathroom, sleeps six. Its own kitchen, laundry and parking, and the dogs are welcome. Rated 4.48 out of 5 across 21 reviews on Airbnb.

Bedroom at The Lazy Whale

Three bedrooms, six people

Enough room for a family or two couples travelling together. One bathroom between them, which nobody has complained about yet.

Sleeps 63 bedrooms1 bathroomMinimum 1 night
The kitchen at The Lazy Whale

Self-catering, if you want to be

A fully equipped kitchen and a laundry. Or walk fifty metres and let us cook — that is rather the point of having the diner on the premises.

Full kitchenLaundryParkingPet friendly

Rates change with the season, so we quote when you ask. Phone Jackie on 083 967 5774 or use the form on the Find us page.

Worth knowing

The biggest seal colony in the country is up the coast

Somewhere north of 350,000 of them — the largest land-based colony in South Africa. It is genuinely one of the sights of this coast.

You cannot simply drive or walk to it. It sits inside the restricted mining ground, which is precisely why it has been left alone long enough to get that big. It is reached on an approved tour, booked through the tourism office in the village — ask us and we will point you at the right person.

Outdoors

Kleinzee Caravan Park

A small, quiet site on the edge of the village — between 11 and 25 pitches depending on how everyone parks — open all year round.

Caravan pitches

Pitch up

Power, ablutions with warm water, and a braai. Dogs are allowed and so are campfires, which is rarer than it should be.

Open all yearDogs allowedCampfires allowed
Camping at dusk

Or do not cook at all

The restaurant is through the gate. Braai when you feel like it, and walk over when you do not.

Restaurant on siteLicenced barTake-aways
The coastline at Kleinzee

What is nearby

Tennis courts right outside the gate and the golf club five minutes on foot. The museum and the tourism office are in the village, and the beach is a short drive.

TennisGolfMuseumBeach
Molyneux Nature ReserveOver a hundred indigenous plant species
Buffels River estuaryBirding, and the red lagoon
Shipwreck & daisies routeBooked at the tourism office
Flower seasonAugust into September