World class beach front real estate on the Garden Route, South Africa

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As a traveler and digital nomad, I get to see all sorts of tourist hotspots as well as remote natural hide-aways in my journeys. And perhaps the most valuable real estate on the entire south coast of Africa (excluding Cape Town and the Cape Peninsula) would be here in Plettenberg Bay. That’s my personal opinion, having checked out most of the beach resorts along these fine shores.

You too can dine or stay in this hotel on Lookout beach, right next to the sand and warm Indian ocean

Not only is Plett, as the locals call it, one of the most picturesque beaches in the land, but is is perhaps also one of the most pleasant weather conditions all year long. Now that is a double winning recipe for world class location and thus top of the range real estate.

A private home fit for a king. Who knows, perhaps some secret society own this one, judging by the sculptures.

These palatial buildings are situated practically on the sands of the beach, with the warm Indian ocean just yards or meters away. It might be compared to any top seaside resort in the world, like Thailand or other such third world tropical environments where tourists love to flock, yet only the richest can afford to spend some time.

Some of the best views and locations for whale watching in the distance, looking down on Lookout beach

Meanwhile the super-rich get to buy their homes here, or at least one of their homes. Many of these houses are empty most of the year and remain available as seasonal summer beach holiday houses. The millionaires who own these houses love to spend their summer months right at the very topmost tourist destination in southern Africa, and perhaps the world.

Signs reminding us that we share the beach with rare endangered black oystercatcher birds.

Not only that but the real estate here is such a good investment that you can park your wealth here off-shore in real estate. Unless there are laws against that here in South Africa. There might just be strict laws prohibiting the ownership of too much real estate by foreigners. I will have to check that, but I have a slight memory of such a law being passed a few years ago.

A fine example of old Cape Dutch architecture, along with indigenous flora. (And electrified border fence, if you look carefully!)

So sorry mates, you will have to go the usual route and find a local to go in as a partner with you as you invest in your real estate here. They don’t call this stretch of coastline millionaire’s mile for nothing. This is secret hidden gem of a place on the planet and today I’m sharing it with you.

This is how far the above house is from the beach itself - it's right at the beach actually.

My discoveries here on the south Cape coast of Africa are legendary, and you are getting to find out about them right here. Thus real estate might not be in our income bracket, but it does go to show just how up market this region is and just how valuable the conditions are here to those at the top of the ladder in the world.

Notice the sign warning of sharks 

This particular stretch of Plett coastline where most of these houses are located is called Lookout beach. Surfers enjoy the occasional wave right here too sometimes. However, there is also a sign board showing the danger of sharks, who also frequent these shores. Surfers are of course a breed unto themselves, and they will enjoy the epic waves here regardless of the sharks, or at least outside their main season.

Some stylish sculpture for the poolside in this particular beachfront home.

From these front row real estate houses, one can even see the whales in the bay during their annual visits, which are due in coming weeks actually, now that winter is approaching. It’s a marine wildlife paradise and a super mild climate all year long at this hidden world class gem of Plettenberg Bay. If you ever get the chance then do make a visit. You may like it so much that you decide to stay. Many already have.

Millionaire's mile on Robberg beach, from another angle, with Robberg peninsula in the distance.

Tourist season and the beach is so long that it hardly gets crowded, just showing how rare and exclusive this beach resort really is.

(photos my own)

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