Self-Catering Holiday Homes in Great Brak River

Great Brak River is holiday-home country rather than apartment country. The stock is free-standing houses spread along both banks of the estuary, on the Island — the residential area sitting in the middle of the river, reached by a single-lane bridge — and down at the beach end where the river meets the sea. Water frontage or a water view is common rather than exceptional, which is unusual at this price on the Garden Route.

The sheltered lagoon is the reason families choose it over the open beaches either side: it is shallow, calm and safe for small children, with the sea beach still there when you want surf. The village stayed a working place rather than becoming purely a resort — the shoe factory the Searle family started in 1886 is still operating — so it keeps a lived-in feel out of season instead of shuttering. It is also the closest base to Botlierskop, about eleven kilometres inland, if you want a game drive in the same week.