Rooisee

It's a perfect beach house experience and setting to go with it. Even though it was winter we managed some skim boarding and town is just around the corner for supplies.

Again, it was in the middle of winter so it was cold however the host has made sure all the beds have heated blanks which was a life saver. It would have been nice to have a better indoor fireplace but we managed with the stove in the lounge.

Just off the beaten track, but still walking distance (or short drive) to the main hub of Yzerfontein

Fabulous location. Lovely beach cottage structure.

Better standard of kitchen crockery, utensils, appliances - everything was very old. Pillows were rock hard. We have a beachfront house on Llandudno beach with much higher standards. Just needs a bit of an upgrade to match the location.

secluded beach cottage right on 16 mile beach, which you have to drive through a nature reserve (and see the flamingos!) to get to). Lovely little deck you walk up to from the cottage, which overlooks the beach/sea. There are 2 cottages - we stayed in Swartsee (which is bigger than the other, Whitsee). Lovely open plan kitchen in ours, with a nice braai area and veranda, which is out of the wind on the beach. Note that you dont see the beach from the house (but it is a tiny walk up steps)

proximity to the beach

Confusing about which house we booked