The former two-storey historic military building has been tastefully converted into a well-appointed and modern two-bedroomed apartment that comfortably sleeps two couples or a family of four – children are welcome! Affording guests the unique opportunity to overnight within the reserve after closing hours, the Cape Recife Villa embraces its origins as part of one of the country’s oldest lighthouse complexes, established in 1849.

Luxuriously fitted with a modern bathroom, dining area and kitchen, the masterpiece of the property is the second-floor lounge with sweeping views over the breaking waves on the shores of Algoa Bay with its resident dolphins, porpoises, seasonal migrating whales, and sea birds. Here, in the bottlenose dolphin capital of the world, where penguins find sanctuary and SANCCOB bases its Marine Rehabilitation and Education Centre, the natural beauty and diversity is nothing short of breath-taking.