Morukuru Beach Lodge

a gorgeous and fun place to stay

Morukuru Beach Lodge is located in the De Hoop Nature Reserve on the Whale Coast area of the Western Cape.

The lodge is contained within a single modern building above the ocean, with stylish lounge and dining areas, leading out to an inner courtyard with a small swimming pool and upper decks with views of the ocean.

Rooms

Guest accommodation at Morukuru Beach Lodge is five lovely suites, all in the main building.

Activities

Morukuru Beach Lodge provides access to the following activities, most of which are usually included in the room rate …

• Beach picnics
• Snorkelling
• Inter-tidal walking safari
• Dune-boarding
• Vehicle safari
• Walking safari
• Mountain-biking
• Tennis

The De Hoop area is much overlooked, but we love it and include it in trips relatively frequently. It works so much better in combination with Cape Town than the much more distant and touristy Garden Route.

The usual stay duration is 2-3 nights.

Getting there

De Hoop is accessed by road, usually as part of a self-drive triangle between Cape Town, Franschhoek in the Cape Winelands and here.

This routing is not only advantaged by being relatively short, but it also includes some particularly scenic drives. The drive between Franschhoek and De Hoop, with lunch in the sleepy village of McGregor is particularly lovely.

If you can approach De Hoop via the village of Malgas, you will have the added pleasure of using the quaint hand-pulled ferry.

the best coastal reserve in the Cape