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The white villa beside Sixteen Mile Beach and the salt pans in Yzerfontein

Beachfront villa in YzerfonteinA slower rhythm.
A little closer to the sea.

Your own villa on Sixteen Mile Beach.
Yzerfontein, West Coast.

Find your coastal escape
The whole villa, yours alone.From R11 000 / night · whole villa · sleeps 12

A private villa on Sixteen Mile BeachLeave a little space
for doing nothing.

A newly built private villa on Sixteen Mile Beach, five minutes outside Yzerfontein. White linen, salt air and a long table to gather around, with the days unfolding between light-filled rooms, sheltered terraces and a boardwalk down to the beach.

Make yourself at home
A bedroom looking out over the salt pans

Six en-suite bedrooms · sleeps 12Wake up
somewhere slower.

Bedrooms
6
Sleeps
12 guests
Bathrooms
6 en-suite

Six bedrooms for up to twelve guests, each with its own en-suite bathroom, plus a guest bathroom with two toilets. Five are on the ground floor, each with a stoep. The sixth, the master, stands apart in its own pool-side building, with a view of the beach and the ocean.

Of the other bedrooms, two look across the salt pans and one looks onto the pool. White linen, woven rattan lights and steel-framed doors let the coast in, so open the doors and take your time.

From R11 000 per night, whole villa
Seasonal rates below

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Sea views through open steel-framed doors.
White linen and woven rattan lights.

The whole villa, exclusive useSettle in.
Stay a little longer.

Beyond the bedrooms, the villa opens up, and all of it is yours. Upstairs, the living spaces look west over the ocean and east across the salt pans, with a fireplace, a lounge, a long table for twelve, and a kitchen and bar. Downstairs, a second lounge gathers around a fireplace, with a round table and kitchen alongside.

Wi-Fi through the house, parking at the door, and the courtyard pool. A coffee machine, two fireplaces and a braai. The beach is your own boardwalk away. A private chef, game drives on neighbouring Buffalo Drift Game Farm and horse riding on the beach can be arranged; they are not in the nightly rate.

  • Wifi
  • Pool
  • Beach Access
  • Fireplace
  • Ocean View
  • Salt Pan Views
  • Full Kitchen
  • 6 Bedrooms
  • 7 Bathrooms
  • Coffee Machine
  • Braai
  • Parking

Whitewash, timber,
and the changing light.

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Whitewash, timber, and the changing light.

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The lounge, with a sofa beneath a wide window onto the ocean
A timber console table with a plant and a glass lantern, in afternoon light
Burnt-orange armchairs in the afternoon light
The villa, a white two-storey house, seen across the salt pans
The upper balcony’s timber pergola against a deep blue sky, above a wooden sliding door
The covered terrace, with a long timber table, rattan chairs and a built-in bench in striped pergola shadows, looking out over the salt pans
The long timber dining table on a seagrass rug, beneath a woven pendant light
The salt pans seen over a whitewashed corner of the villa
A gap between whitewashed walls framing the salt pans
Looking between timber posts and over a whitewashed parapet to the rooftops and water beyond
Whitewashed steps and a bench on the terrace, striped with pergola shadows, above the rooftops and marsh
A bedroom with a rattan pendant light, a painting of seabirds and long curtains
Pillows and a throw on a bed in warm evening light
A bed beneath a rattan pendant light, with window shadows on the wall
The dining table and the kitchen bar beyond, with rattan pendants and timber stools
A bathroom with a rounded mirror, a brass tap and a rain shower
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Upstairs

The upstairs lounge, with a fireplace between two windows onto the ocean.
The upstairs kitchen and bar, with the salt pans beyond.
The long table, laid for a crowd.

Downstairs

The ground-floor lounge, around its own fireplace.

Upstairs

The dining table, with the kitchen bar beyond.
The Atlantic and a small island seen from beneath a timber pergola

Ocean and salt pan viewsFollow the light.
Find your favourite view.

Under the timber pergola, there’s a view both ways. The Atlantic and a small island on one side. On the other, the salt pans, where flamingos gather and the light on the water at dusk is worth staying in for.

The view east, over the salt pans.

A private courtyard poolA dip.
A little sun.
No particular plans.

A private, T-shaped courtyard pool sits between the villa and the dune, with loungers alongside and timber screens around it.

The courtyard pool, between the villa and the dune.

Private access to Sixteen Mile BeachThe beach is
part of the day.

The villa has private access to the sand. Follow the rope, past the buoys and over the dune. The timber boardwalk takes you from the pool courtyard to Sixteen Mile Beach.

Game drives on the neighbouring Buffalo Drift Game Farm, horse riding along the beach and a private chef can all be arranged.

The boardwalk down to Sixteen Mile Beach.

Yzerfontein, West CoastSixteen miles
of sand.

The villa is on Sixteen Mile Beach, five minutes outside Yzerfontein, with the Atlantic on one side and the salt pans on the other. Sixteen Mile Beach is South Africa’s longest uninterrupted sandy beach. It runs from Yzerfontein toward the West Coast National Park, and the boardwalk brings you down onto it.

Flamingos gather on the pans. In season, whales and dolphins pass along this coast. None of that is booked for a particular morning; the sea keeps its own diary.

The house is newly built, and it is let to one party at a time.

From Cape Town
About 85–90 kmUsually an hour to an hour and a half by car, up the R27.
From the airport
Cape Town InternationalA similar drive, a little longer through the northern suburbs. The link opens the route and the drive time.
A day out
Darling, !Khwa ttu, LangebaanDarling is inland. !Khwa ttu, the San heritage centre, is on the R27 toward Cape Town. Langebaan and the West Coast National Park are further up the coast.
Map of the villa Drive from Cape Town International

Villa rates per nightOne price
for the whole villa.

Per night, for up to twelve guests. For stays from 1 November 2026 to 30 November 2027.

  • The villa, a white two-storey house, seen across the salt pans

    Launch

    1–30 Nov 2026

    R14 500

    per night · whole villa

    2 nights minimum (3 over a long weekend)

  • The Atlantic and a small island seen from beneath a timber pergola

    Early summer

    1–13 Dec 2026

    R16 500

    per night · whole villa

    2 nights minimum

  • The T-shaped courtyard pool, with loungers, a whitewashed wing and the timber-doored pool-side buildingPeak season

    Peak

    14 Dec 2026–10 Jan 2027

    R20 000

    per night · whole villa

    4 nights minimum, 7 nights for 20 Dec–3 Jan

  • The view east over the salt pans from the balcony, with a timber pergola at the edge of the frame

    Late summer

    11 Jan–24 Mar 2027

    R16 500

    per night · whole villa

    2 nights minimum

  • Sea views through the bedroom’s open steel-framed doors

    Easter

    25–30 Mar 2027

    R18 500

    per night · whole villa

    4 nights minimum

  • Autumn

    31 Mar–30 Apr 2027

    R15 500

    per night · whole villa

    2 nights minimum

  • Winter

    1 May–31 Jul 2027

    R12 500 Fri–SatR11 000 Sun–Thu

    per night · whole villa

    2 nights minimum
    Stay 3, pay 2 midweek

  • Early flower

    1–31 Aug 2027

    R13 000

    per night · whole villa

    2 nights minimum

  • Flower season

    1 Sep–31 Oct 2027

    R15 500

    per night · whole villa

    2 nights minimum (3 over the Heritage Day weekend)

  • Spring

    1–30 Nov 2027

    R15 500

    per night · whole villa

    2 nights minimum

Check-in
15:00
Check-out
10:00
Damage deposit
R10 000

Before anything is held. How the dates are held, what the nightly rate includes, and how cancellation is written into your quote.

All prices are in South African rand, for the whole villa per night. In winter, Friday and Saturday nights are R12 500 and Sunday to Thursday nights are R11 000; a midweek stay of 3 nights is charged as 2. If your stay includes nights in more than one season, each night is charged at its own rate and the longest minimum stay of those seasons applies. A stay that includes any night from 20 December 2026 to 3 January 2027 needs 7 nights.

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The villa
From R11 000 per night
Whole villa · sleeps 12
Deposit
R10 000 damage deposit
The house
Exclusive use
Six en-suite bedrooms, two kitchens, terraces, a courtyard pool and private beach access
Is this a confirmed booking?

No. Sending an enquiry does not reserve your dates or take payment. We check availability and reply with a quote; your dates and final rate are only confirmed once we have agreed them with you.

How do minimum stays work?

Each season has its own minimum stay, shown on the rate cards. If your stay includes nights in more than one season, each night is charged at its own season’s rate and the longest minimum of those seasons applies. A stay that includes any night from 20 December 2026 to 3 January 2027 needs 7 nights. Easter needs 4 nights. In winter, a midweek stay of 3 nights is charged as 2.

Can I book individual rooms?

No. The villa is let as a whole, for up to twelve guests. Minimum stays apply and vary by season.

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