More About Stilbaai

Stilbaai is a small picturesque seaside town on the Southern Cape Garden Route. With the neighboring villages Jongensfontein and Melkhoutfontein it is well known for its scenic beauty, fine weather and unpolluted environment.

The Stilbaai vicinity has a rich Stone Age heritage. The unspoilt environment of 77 000 year ago nurtured a people destined to become the ancestors of all modern mankind. The secrets of these people are now being revealed to us. As the excavations in the Blombos Cave , near Stilbaai continue they provide answers to the origins of people who looked, behaved a thought like us.

Prof. Chris Nehshilwood, director of the Blombos Cave Project, says, “The recovery of artifacts tells of people who had begun to understand the potential of using their whole environment to enrich their way of life and enhance their survival.”

Directions to Stilbaai

Take the Stilbaai Turn off on the N2, (this is between Riversdale and Albertinia) and we are 21km on the right just after the Spuithoek turnoff. 6km outside of Stilbaai.