How to book:
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Location:
Beach Rd, Morgans Bay
GPS:
-32.72379614040624
28.31392439429911
Province:
Eastern Cape
Closest major city:
East London
Distance from city:
< 100km
Campsite Overview
Situated within the beautiful Double Mouth Nature Reserve, the campsite is a coastal haven located just 5km west of the charming Morgan Bay. There are 30 sites, grassed with ample shade and a centre that creates a secure and spacious playground for children to explore and have fun. Each campsite has a braai place and electricity point. The communal ablutions are neat and clean.
This is the ideal spot for adventurers with high-clearance vehicles (off-road caravans are suggested) to embark on a coastal journey like no other. Bead Beach, also known as Treasure Beach, is a historical treasure trove. It’s the site of a 17th-century Portuguese shipwreck, where you can still uncover Carnelian Beads, Money Cowries, and fragments of exquisite Ming Porcelain. A touch of history and a dash of natural beauty await your exploration. The reserve makes for an idyllic family friendly adventure destination offering walking trails and hiking, mountain biking, safe swimming and diving.
Facilities
Biking
Braai
Electricity
Fishing
Grass
Hiking/Walking
River front
Scullery
Seaside
Shade
Swimming
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Camper Reviews
Disappointing mismanaged camping site
Over the recent long weekend, we camped at Double Mouth. Although the scenery is beautiful, sadly the camp site was a huge disappointment.
Even though we arrived on Thursday afternoon, staff were still busy cutting grass and branches of shrubs and trees. There was a constant noise of weed-eaters and tree fellers and bakkies been loaded to cart rubbish away. This continued Friday. It was clear that even though the staff had Monday to Wednesday to do these jobs, the job was left for the last minute at the inconvenience of the campers.
There was a constant whiff of a sewage smell in the air. Clearly the cess pit had not been emptied. Near the sewage underground tank, was a large pool of water – obviously a leak that has not been attended to. Children were playing on this open field!
Many braais did not have braai grids. We walked around and eventually discovered a storage room full of braai grids and took one for our braai area. Surely this is the responsibility of the staff to ensure that the grids are placed in the braai area for the campers and then cleaned and placed back in the storage room when not in use?
Our camp site was so full of pot holes, no grass and very uneven, we were obliged to pitch our tent further back. The camp site manager admitted that it was a problem for some time, but obviously no effort has been made to resolve the problem.
The top ablutions had no shower doors! The plumbing is also not connected to any hot water. There were no counter surfaces to place your toiletry bags. The only functional aspect of this ablution was flushing toilets. This meant that the entire camping site, over a busy long weekend, had to use one ablution block! To compound the problem, the ablutions were only being cleaned once a day. So during the morning ablutions of campers, you had to walk through wet mud corridors and muddy showers; insect infested basins and dirty toilets. Surely, as in most camp sites, a staff member should be on duty over a busy public holiday to clean ablutions twice a day?
It appears that the site is mismanaged and run by lazy staff and serious intervention needs to take place,
Sadly, we will not be going back.