Go Back to Map – Attractions & Points of Interest In 1971 the NSRI Station 21 was established in St Francis Bay. Their boat house was built at Granny’s Pool, but in 1997 they moved on to their new boathouse at Port St Francis. The St Francis Kromme Trust converted the old boathouse into a Heritage Eco Centre, housing displays depicting the history, flora, fauna and fishing industry of the Greater St Francis area. It...
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Go Back to Map – Attractions & Points of Interest The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) is a voluntary non-profit organisation in South Africa tasked with saving lives on South African waters. It consists of 30 coastal stations and 3 inland stations serviced by over 940 volunteers equipped with 92 rescue craft and 27 vehicles. Station 21 is located at the Port St Francis Harbor and was one of the busiest Sea Rescue...
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Go Back to Map – Attractions & Points of Interest Nomvula’s Knitters is a community-based and upliftment project that has gone from strength to strength. They create beautiful, soft, comfortable products, stitched together with love and excitement, and are sold all over the world! The knitters range in age from their mid-twenties to seventy years old and are mostly women, all supporting families, or extended families. The...
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Go Back to Map – Attractions & Points of Interest Port St Francis is a privately owned working harbour and home to over 30 commercial chokka, hake and pilchard fishing boats, a recreational harbour with smaller deep sea fishing boats and yachts, as well as a residential area. The business area hosts various restaurants and shops. The marine life in and around the harbour includes whales, dolphins, seals, otters and marine...
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Go Back to Map – Attractions & Points of Interest The first irrigation scheme on the Klein Rivier in the Gamtoos Valley was started by James Wait in 1827 and completed in 1830. It extended for 3.5 miles and he was awarded 50 cattle and the use of 50 workers. People came from far and wide to view the spectacle and Dr John Philip, the superintendent of the London Missionary Society (LMS) declared it the greatest work of its...
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