Eastern Cape Online
Your gateway to the Eastern Cape.
Discover places to go, things to do, businesses to know and opportunities across the province.
What are you looking for?
Everything Eastern Cape, in one place.
Explore the province
From the Wild Coast to the Karoo
Every town below has its own page here: what it's like, what to do, where to eat and where to stay.
Gqeberha
Nelson Mandela Bay
Coast, culture & city life
East London
Buffalo City
Beaches, food & family escapes
Mthatha
OR Tambo
Culture & gateway to the Wild Coast
Coffee Bay
Wild Coast
An iconic Wild Coast escape
Port St Johns
Wild Coast
Adventure meets natural beauty
Jeffreys Bay
Sarah Baartman
Surf, beaches & lifestyle
Makhanda
Sarah Baartman
History, culture & creativity
Graaff-Reinet
Sarah Baartman
Heritage in the heart of the Karoo
Explore more of the Eastern Cape
Towns with a green outline have a page here. The rest open on Google Maps while we research them.
Wild Coast
Buffalo City & Amathole
Our Eastern Cape events calendar is being built
We only publish an event once we can confirm its date, venue and organiser, so rather than fill this space with placeholders we are working through the province town by town. In the meantime, our town pages list what there is to do year-round.
Experience more of the Eastern Cape
Mthatha & Qunu
Nelson Mandela Museum
The Bhunga Building in central Mthatha and the heritage site at Qunu, 30km down the N2, told as one story.
Addo
Addo Elephant National Park
Malaria-free elephant country an hour from Gqeberha, drivable in an ordinary car on gravel loops.
Coffee Bay
Hole in the Wall
esiKhaleni, 'the place of sound' — a cliff island with the sea punched straight through it.
Graaff-Reinet
Valley of Desolation
Dolerite columns 120m above the Karoo floor, with Graaff-Reinet laid out below at sunset.
Kouga / Baviaans
Baviaanskloof
A wilderness area of mountain passes and river crossings between Willowmore and Patensie.
Tsitsikamma
Tsitsikamma
Storms River mouth, the suspension bridge and indigenous forest at the province's western edge.
Local business
Find what you need, where you need it.
Our own directory of Eastern Cape places to eat, stay, shop and visit — written up here, town by town.
Accommodation
Umngazi River Bungalows & Spa
Port St Johns
The Wild Coast's best-known family resort, at the Mngazi River mouth south of Port St Johns.
View detailsAccommodation
Mayfair Hotel
Mthatha
Rooms, dining and conference space in Mthatha, useful as a base for Qunu and the Wild Coast.
View detailsMuseum & oceanarium
Bayworld
Gqeberha
Algoa Bay's marine life, regional fossils and Eastern Cape history in one Beach Road museum.
View detailsMuseum
East London Museum
East London
Home of the first coelacanth ever identified by science, landed off the Chalumna mouth in 1938.
View detailsComing soon
Ask Eastern Cape
Tell us where you're going, what you need or what you're looking for — and let Eastern Cape Online help you discover it.
“Plan me a weekend in Coffee Bay for two people.”
Coming SoonExamples of what you'll be able to ask:
Stories, guides & local knowledge
Explore by regionThe Wild Coast, explained
Why the coastline between the Kei and the Mtamvuna looks the way it does, and how Coffee Bay, Hole in the Wall and Port St Johns fit together.
Eastern Cape towns worth the detour
From Karoo heritage streets to surf towns and river ports — our town pages, with what to do, eat and see in each.
Eight regions, one province
Wild Coast, Amathole, Karoo, Sunshine Coast and the mountain country up against Lesotho — how the Eastern Cape is put together.
Put your business on the Eastern Cape map.
We are building an independent directory of Eastern Cape businesses — written up properly, with your own page on this site rather than a link somewhere else. Owner listings open soon.