{"id":5010,"date":"2009-10-31T09:00:54","date_gmt":"2009-10-31T07:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whalecottage.com\/blog\/?p=5010"},"modified":"2009-10-31T09:00:54","modified_gmt":"2009-10-31T07:00:54","slug":"lifes-a-blue-flag-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/cape-town\/lifes-a-blue-flag-beach\/","title":{"rendered":"Life&#8217;s a (blue flag) beach!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.whalecottage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/camps-bay-beach-37.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-5013\" title=\"camps-bay-beach-37\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.whalecottage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/camps-bay-beach-37-150x150.jpg?resize=150%2C150\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/camps-bay-beach-37.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/usr\/www\/users\/whalec\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/camps-bay-beach-37.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/usr\/www\/users\/whalec\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/camps-bay-beach-37.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>The Department of Tourism has awarded 29 South African beaches blue flag status, up from 19 beaches last year, reports <strong>Southern African Tourism Update<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Six of the beaches are in Cape Town (Camps Bay, Big Bay in Blouberg, Muizenberg, Clifton 5th beach, Mnandi beach, and Strandfontein) and sixteen beaches are in other areas of the Western Cape, meaning that more than half of the blue flag beaches are in the Western Cape.<\/p>\n<p>Blue flag beaches in the rest of the Western Cape are MacDougall&#8217;s Bay in Port Nolloth, Bikini beach in Gordon&#8217;s Bay, Hawston and Grotto beaches in Hermanus, Yzerfontein beach, Kleinmond beach, Lappiesbaai beach in Stilbaai,\u00a0Santos beach in Mossel Bay, Robberg beach in Plettenberg Bay and Dolphin beach in Jeffrey&#8217;s Bay.<\/p>\n<p>Municipalities have seen the benefits to tourism in their areas of being awarded blue-flag beach status,\u00a0 ensuring that the beaches in their areas are clean, safe and well-managed.\u00a0\u00a0 South Africa is one of 38 countries participating in the Blue Flag programme.<\/p>\n<p>The full list of South African Blue Flag beaches is as follows:<\/p>\n<div>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00a0MacDougall&#8217;s Bay, Port Nolloth (new)\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00a0Yzerfontein Main beach, Yzerfontein (new)\u00a0<br 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