Jacobs Bay Backpackers

• West Coast

This rustic backpackers lodge, endearingly refered to as The Plot, is located in Jacobs Bay, a quaint, protected little village halfway between Saldanha and Vredenburg on the West Coast just south of Paternoster.

The Plot is surrounded by trees which form a natural barrie against the ocean wind and attracts the locals (wildlife) as The Plot is situated in the Cape West Cast Biosphere Reserve.With pristine beaches and great fishing in protected coves a mere 400m away, life on the West Coast doesn't get any better!

The Plot is the ideal venue for small weddings, birthday parties, bachelors, corporate team building or simply a little relaxing time-out!

Accommodation at The Plot includes double rooms, dorms, an A-Frame stonehouse and a tent - sleeping up to 30 people.

Facilities and amenities include:

• Fully equipped kitchen
• A Lapa which includes a big screen TV and sound system making it an ideal entertainment/conference area
• Outdoor and Indoor braai areas
• Indoor Bar (Castle Corner)
• Aloe Nursery

The Plot Jacobs Bay, where stress and tension drains out of your body. The natural feel of stone and wood, this backpackers is under a natural tree canopy blocking the harsh African sun.

How it began:.....In the year 1996 a good man bought a tree, with 2.4 hectares of land around this tree. He decided to make more trees, and using pieces of this tree he planted a mini forest. Under the canopy of this forest the good man decided to build a place for him to rest his head when visiting the tree, and did not stop building until he had place for 30 of his friends to rest their vary heads as well.

Since the good man and his friends now needed a place to drink and eat, he built a bar, and a kitchen big enough for these friends to make food. 5 huge fire/braai areas followed to provide heat and to cook meat, and then he built the bar bigger as his friends started eating more than drinking.

"Drinking and eating is a lot of fun" thought the good man, "but without a bathroom it would pose a problem." And he immediately built ablution facilities that could cater for the 30 friends. He then decided to build a place for him and his friends to hang out, when not eating or drinking - and did not stop until he had a 100 square meter, 9 meter fully enclosed lapa.

Since the good man, and some his friends had kids, he built them a play area that made the adults jealous, so the good man built them an splash pool/hot tub, and built the bar area even bigger.

This man and what he has created around this tree would absolutely blow your mind. The motto of "License to be Yourself" sums it up perfectly. August to September is a period when we bear witness to a miracle, a kaleidoscope of colour that paints the landscape like a patchwork blanket. Come and see nature take its course - nuff said."