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Marine protected area · Western Cape
Robberg Marine Protected Area
Robberg Marine Protected Area is a marine protected area in Western Cape (Bitou municipality), about 6 km south-east of Plettenberg Bay.
—km² recorded size
—year established
—elevation of the point
6 kmsouth-east of Plettenberg Bay
Facts
- Type
- Marine protected area (marine protected area of South Africa, nature reserve)
- Province
- Western Cape
- Local municipality
- Bitou
- Coordinates
- -34.1046, 23.4022
- Nearest large town
- Plettenberg Bay, 6 km south-east
- Wikipedia articles
- 1 language
Nearby
- Raptor Rescue PlettWildlife sanctuary12 km north-west
- Keurboomsrivier NatuurreservaatNature reserve14 km north
- Knysna Elephant ParkWildlife sanctuary14 km north-west
- Elephant Sanctuary Plettenberg Bay 🐘Wildlife sanctuary18 km north-east
Garden Route National ParkNational park · 1 210 km²18 km north-west- Plettenberg Bay Game ReservePrivate game reserve18 km north
Address and visiting
Listed addressRobberg Nature Reserve Bitou Robberg, 6600capenature.co.za
From business listings compiled from public map and web sources, checked October 2026.
Opening hours
| Monday | not listed |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | not listed |
| Wednesday | not listed |
| Thursday | 07:00–20:00 |
| Friday | not listed |
| Saturday | not listed |
| Sunday | not listed |
Only the days shown were listed, as published in business listings checked October 2026. Gate times change with the season — check before you travel.
GBIF records within 3 km
Wildlife recorded around Robberg Marine Protected Area
542 mammal and 4 486 bird occurrence records within 3 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Mammals
- Brown Fur SealArctocephalus pusillus173
- Rock HyraxProcavia capensis65
- Humpback WhaleMegaptera novaeangliae57
- Cape GrysbokRaphicerus melanotis43
- Vaal RhebokPelea capreolus37
- Indian Ocean humpback dolphinSousa plumbea32
- African BuffaloSyncerus caffer31
- Common ElandTaurotragus oryx12
- Southern Elephant SealMirounga leonina10
- Southern ReedbuckRedunca arundinum10
- Bottlenose DolphinTursiops truncatus7
- Southern Right WhaleEubalaena australis5
- Cape Gray MongooseGalerella pulverulenta5
- Eden's whaleBalaenoptera edeni4
Birds
- Kelp GullLarus dominicanus422
- African OystercatcherHaematopus moquini233
- Red-winged StarlingOnychognathus morio198
- Cape CormorantPhalacrocorax capensis189
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo144
- Cape BulbulPycnonotus capensis142
- Karoo PriniaPrinia maculosa133
- Bar-throated ApalisApalis thoracica130
- Cape Rock ThrushMonticola rupestris127
- Sombre GreenbulAndropadus importunus125
- NeddickyCisticola fulvicapilla118
- Orange-breasted SunbirdAnthobaphes violacea116
- Cape Robin-ChatCossypha caffra103
- Greater Crested TernThalasseus bergii101
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.
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