{"id":13619,"date":"2010-10-30T09:40:37","date_gmt":"2010-10-30T07:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whalecottage.com\/blog\/?p=13619"},"modified":"2010-10-30T09:41:42","modified_gmt":"2010-10-30T07:41:42","slug":"lifes-a-blue-flag-beach-western-cape-beaches-best","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/cape-town\/lifes-a-blue-flag-beach-western-cape-beaches-best\/","title":{"rendered":"Life’s a Blue Flag Beach! Western Cape beaches best"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>For the tenth year running South African beaches have been evaluated, and 15 beaches in the Western Cape, and five in Cape Town alone, have been awarded Blue Flag status, reports Southern African Tourism Update.<\/strong>\u00a0 In total 27 beaches have been awarded Blue Flag status around the country, meaning that the Western Cape has the cleanest beaches in general in the country, an excellent benefit for tourism.\u00a0\u00a0 Another 14 beaches are ‘bubbling under’, working on their Blue Flag status for next year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ten years ago only three South African beaches were awarded\u00a0Blue Flag\u00a0status.\u00a0\u00a0 South Africa is the only country outside of Europe to have its beaches tested for quality.\u00a0\u00a0 This ensures that locals as well as tourists can be guaranteed world-class beaches and facilities, being safe, clean and well-managed.\u00a0\u00a0 Climate change is affecting the quality of beaches and its facilities, and municipalities are commended for spending scarce financial resources to rehabilitate these beaches in order to meet and maintain the Blue\u00a0Flag standards.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n

The 27 Blue Flag beaches<\/strong> are the following:<\/p>\n

MacDougall’s Bay, Port Nolloth\u00a0\u00a0<\/div>\n
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\nYzerfontein Main beach, Yzerfontein\u00a0
\nClifton 4th beach, Cape Town\u00a0
\nCamps Bay, Cape Town\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\nMuizenberg, Cape Town\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\nStrandfontein beach, Cape Town\u00a0\u00a0
\nMnandi beach, Cape Town\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\nBikini beach, Gordon’s Bay\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\nKleinmond beach, near Hermanus \u00a0\u00a0
\nHawston beach, near Hermanus\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\nGrotto beach, Hermanus\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\nLappiesbaai, Stilbaai, Southern Cape
\nWitsand at the mouth of the Breede River\u00a0\u00a0
\nSantos beach, Mossel Bay\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\nHartenbos beach, Mossel Bay
\nRobberg 5 beach, Plettenberg Bay \u00a0<\/div>\n
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\nDolphin beach, Jeffrey’s Bay\u00a0\u00a0
\nHumewood beach, Port Elizabeth\u00a0
\nWells Estate, north of Port Elizabeth\u00a0\u00a0
\nKelly’s beach, Port Alfred\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\nKariega Main beach, Kenton-on-Sea\u00a0<\/div>\n
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\nUmzumbe (Pumula) on the south coast KZN (new)
\nLucien beach near Margate (back)
\nTrafalgar beach, south coast KZN\u00a0
\nMarina beach, south coast KZN\u00a0\u00a0
\nRamsgate beach, near Margate\u00a0\u00a0
\nMargate beach\u00a0<\/div>\n

Chris von Ulmenstein, Whale Cottage Portfolio:\u00a0 www.whalecottage.com<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Twitter: @WhaleCottage<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For the tenth year running South African beaches have been evaluated, and 15 beaches in the Western Cape, and five in Cape Town alone, have been awarded Blue Flag status, reports Southern African Tourism Update.\u00a0 In total 27 beaches have been awarded Blue Flag status around the country, meaning that the Western Cape has the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false},"categories":[15,3,124,22,21],"tags":[2577,8263,8264,8272,32366,32378,8265,8267,8271,3748,2584,7747,336,2582,2579,32377,2586,2589,2588,2578,2580,8276,8270,8268,2595,2593,2576,2574,32390,339,8266,2594,8269,8274,334,2581,32388,2575,5,2592,8275,2587,32387,32373,8273,3800,2571],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t