{"id":23204,"date":"2017-11-14T07:37:43","date_gmt":"2017-11-14T07:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.tickettoridegroup.com\/?p=23204"},"modified":"2025-10-17T18:26:29","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T18:26:29","slug":"coffee-bay-where-youd-rather-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tickettoridegroup.com\/blog\/coffee-bay-where-youd-rather-be\/","title":{"rendered":"Coffee Bay | Where you&#8217;d rather be"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a photographers dream (I find myself saying that a lot in South Africa) but it is so difficult to showcase the beauty of Coffee Bay and the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Transkei\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Transkei <\/a>in a way that truly does it justice. It&#8217;s one of those places you just have to see for yourself to get an idea as to why people describe it as simply, unforgettable.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_23205\" style=\"width: 760px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23205\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-23205 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.tickettoridegroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_2851-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Coffee Bay's surf beach with Mapuzi Cliffs back-drop\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tickettoridegroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_2851-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tickettoridegroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_2851-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tickettoridegroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_2851-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tickettoridegroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_2851.jpg 1214w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-23205\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">When it comes to scenery its unrivaled.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It&#8217;s truly special place and experience. Far removed from anything most of us have come to know as normal. It&#8217;s home to the indigenous Xhosa people of South Africa, a place of rolling hills, wild seas, self subsistence and raw beauty. As surreal as time travel, we took a step back and got to experience life in Coffee Bay and the Transkei. With the help of a Drone I was able to document some our stay from the sky to give you some stunning visuals and insight as to what it might be like.<\/p>\n<div class=\"arve-wrapper\" data-mode=\"normal\" data-provider=\"youtube\" id=\"arve-8PxwURblPGk\" style=\"max-width:750px;\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\">\n<div class=\"arve-embed-container\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.250000%\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen class=\"arve-iframe fitvidsignore\" frameborder=\"0\" name sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation allow-popups\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/8PxwURblPGk?iv_load_policy=3&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=1&#038;playsinline=1&#038;autoplay=0\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Trip Update<\/h2>\n<p>This trip has been amazing so far, we&#8217;re currently doing our assessments for our ISA and Surf Lifegaurd qualifications in Durban and in a couple of days everybody should be qualified <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tickettoridegroup.com\/surf-courses-Surf%20Instructor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ISA level 1 Surf Instructors<\/a>, and who knows where surfing will take them from there.. Nicaragua.. Samoa.. Indonesia.. Costa Rica.. France.. Portugal.. 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