What is Kleinbaai?
Kleinbaai is a settlement in Overberg District Municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa.
Where Is Kleinbaai in South Africa
Kleinbaai is a settlement in Overberg District Municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa.
Kleinbaai is located on the Danger Point Peninsula, 6 km from Gansbaai. A gravel road connects Kleinbaai to the Danger Point Lighthouse. This area is also well known for its whale-watching sites.
KLEINBAAI, CAPE OVERBERG
The appealing little village of Kleinbaai has suffered the unmerited disadvantage of being the smaller of two towns that lie at Danger Point Peninsula, where shark diving and whale watching are world-renowned draw cards.
As a result Kleinbaai, which is only 6 kilometres from the ‘big two’ town of Gansbaai, is relatively unknown, although its position amongst milkwood trees, fragrant heather and summer wild flowers means it is by far the prettier of the two.
Kleinbaai lies at the Danger Point Peninsula proper and is possibly the main reason for Gansbaai’s popular nature-based tourism. It is from the natural harbour of Kleinbaai that shark-diving boats leave with cages that allow visitors to get ‘up close and personal’ with Great Whites (Carcharodon Carcharias) that frequent these waters in such vast numbers.
The area of water between the mainland and Dyer Island is commonly referred to as ‘shark alley’ attributable to the 50 000 seals that colonies this island and understandably attract sharks, although it is not sharking alone that make a visit to Kleinbaai enticing.