The Easter Holiday’s are upon us and what better way to mark the end of the year’s first quarter than with a road trip to the West Coast Way! We have found some amazing Easter Specials and Events to make your holiday go just a bit further.
The Easter celebrations also coincide with the school holidays and the West Coast Way is the perfect family friendly destination.
West Coast Way Easter Specials and Deals
Easter Activities at Blue Bay Lodge
Blue Bay Lodge in Saldanha Bay is offering a variety of Easter Specials for the long weekend 13 – 14 April. Everyone is welcome!
Thursday, 13 April – 200g Sirloin Special – R75 per person
Friday, 14 April – Eggylicious Gourmet Burger – R75 per person
Friday, 14 April – Half price cocktails from 17:00 – 19:00 and live music from 18:30 – 20:30
Saturday, 15 April – 19:00 Movie Night, Sound of Music – R20 per person
Sunday, 16 April – 10:00 Easter Egg Hunt
Sunday, 16 April – 12:00 – 14:00 Set menu special lunch – R160 per person
Easter Fun at Russells on the Port
Date: 15 April
Time: 09:00 – 11:00
Location: Russells on the Port
Contact: +27 22 783 0158 | [email protected] | russellsontheport.co.za
Description: Hop in for a fun morning at Russells on the Port for their annual Easter Egg Hunt! Free for all children under 12 years old
Protea Hotel by Marriott® Saldanha Bay
Enjoy a stay at the Protea Hotel by Marriott® Saldanha Bay over Easter with their Easter Special! Get 15% off your book if you book a minimum of 3 nights.
Reserve your stay over on their website.
Easter Egg Run at Club Mykonos
Date: 15 April
Time: 08:00
Location: Mykonos Green, Club Mykonos, Langebaan
Contact: 022 707 7000 | [email protected]
Description: Bring the family for the Club Mykonos Easter Egg Run. R15 per child under R12 years old and R25 per adult. Entries available at Club Mykonos reception and from 07:00 at the start. 
Piekenierskloof Easter Hunt
Date: 15 April
Time: 10:00 – 11:00
Contact: 022 921 3574
Location: Piekenierskloof Mountain Resort
Description: Piekenierskloof will be hosting an Easter Egg hunt. All kids booked at the resort are automatically partaking. If you would like to participate and are not booked at the resort, you may book with Natasha.
Piekenierskloof Arts & Crafts and Games
Date: 15 – 16 April
Contact: 022 921 3574
Location: Piekenierskloof Mountain Resort
Description: Piekenierskloof will be hosting Arts & Crafts and Games at their resort over the Easter Weekend. Booking essential.
Easter Family Fun Day at !Khwa ttu
Date: 15 April
Time: 10:00 – 15:00
Location: !Khwa ttu
Contact: 022 492 2998 | [email protected]
Description: Enjoy all day non-stop adventure & fun for the whole family. R50 per person entry fee.
The Annual Darling Brew Egg-citing Easter Egg Hunt
Date: 15 April
Time: 11:00 – 15:00
Location: Darling Brew Tasteroom & Brewery, 48 Caledon Street, Darling
Contact: 021 286 1099 | [email protected]
Description: A family day with an Easter Egg Hunt for children.
Easter Sunday Lunch at Darling Brew
Date: 16 April
Time: 11:30 – 15:00
Location: Darling Brew Tasteroom & Brewery, 48 Caledon Street, Darling
Contact: 021 286 1099 | [email protected]
Description:
Starter:
Caesar salad ( boiled egg, bacon, anchovies, parmesan cheese, croutons, greens and cos lettuce with Caesar dressing @ R68
Main:
Roasted Lamb loin chops served with glazed mini carrots, roasted potatoes and roasted tomato-mint jam @ R105
Dessert:
Hot cross bun butter Pudding with ice cream or homemade custard @ R55
April Events
Wine Wednesday at Russells on the Port
Date: Every Wednesday
Location: Russells on the Port, Port Owen
Contact: +27 22 783 0158 | [email protected]
Description: Enjoy a 20% discount on all wines with the purchase of
a main course when you dine at Russells on the Port. Available every Wednesday.
Happy Hour at Russells on the Port
Date: Every Friday
Time: 17:00 – 19:00
Location: Russells on the Port
Contact: +27 22 783 0158 | [email protected] | russellsontheport.co.za
Description: Enjoy 2-for-1 cocktails at Russells on the Port this Friday!
Russells on the Port Weekend Specials
Date: Every Saturday
Location: Russells on the Port
Contact: +27 22 783 0158 | [email protected] | russellsontheport.co.za
Description: Enjoy a grass fed beef burger served with mushroom sauce, triple cooked fat chips and a Guinness for R135.
Sunday Buffet at Thali Thali Game Lodge
Date: Every Sunday
Time: 12:00 – 15:00
Location: Thali Thali Game Lodge
Contact: 082 372 8637
Description: Bring the family along for an amazing Sunday lunch at the beautiful Thali Thali Game Lodge.
Prices from: R175 per adult and R90 for kids aged 5 – 12
Menues change every week, so be sure to check their Facebook page for new menus. 
!Khwa ttu Kiddies Holiday Program
Date: 31 March – 9 April
Time: 09:00 – 10:30 and 11:00 – 12:30
Location: !Khwa ttu
Contact: 022 492 2998 | [email protected]
Description:
For kids 6-years and younger we have, twice every morning, a treasure hunt picnic tour. Boys and girls will join Donika, Joula and Charné to play games, make arts and crafts, track animals, learn to sing a bushman song and indulge in a delicious healthy picnic.
For kids older than 6 years an adventurous MTB tour awaits. Bring your bike or use one of ours (first come first served) and join Matios for the adventure of a lifetime. Visit a traditional village, learn to track and to hunt with a bow and arrow and look for animals among granite rocks and at the waterhole. We have a delicious picnic surprise for each kid.
All kiddies’ tours depart twice every morning throughout the holiday. Departure times are 9am and 11am, the duration of each tour is 1.5 hours, the price per tour is R95 and it includes a picnic surprise. Bring your bike and helmet or use one of theirs.
Spore Oppie Sand
Date: 1- 2 April
Time: 09:00
Location: Die Plaasmol, Hopefield
Contact: Facebook Page
Description: A Festival for all things recycled and original.
S.O.S we have to take care of our world. It is a cry for help! Support original and Recycled goods, voices and ideas.
I love Yzer Car Boot Sale
Date: 1 April
Time: 09:00 – 12:00
Location: Die Stal, Yzerfontein
Contact: 022 451 2202 | [email protected]
Description: R50 per parking space per trader. Free entry to the public.
Sundowners at !Khwa ttu
Date: 7 April
Location: !Khwa ttu
Contact: 022 492 2998 | [email protected]
Description:
Join us for spectacular views, stunning sunsets, good food & wine
Wind down at the boma at !Khwa ttu
First Friday of each month through the summer
Sundowner snack platter R65 per person
Cash Bar available Strictly no BYO
Transport to and from Darling available
Wasps for Africa Morning Enviro Talk
Date: 7 April
Time: 11:00 – 14:00
Location: West Coast Fossil Park
Contact: 022 766 1606 | [email protected]
Description: Wasps are super-diverse with almost 20 000 species described from Africa alone, but hundreds of thousands of species await discovery and description entailing exciting field expeditions into remote areas of this vast continent. The talk will showcase the microscopic lives of this biologically diverse group of insects as well as the field work and research undertaken to discover and document Africa’s wasps. Fascinating biological interactions will be highlighted, including the life styles of maritime parasitoid wasps, fig wasp pollinators, and gall wasps.
Talk – R45-00
Includes Coffee and Tea
and something Sweet
Toffee Tuesdays at Cloof Wine Estate
Date: 11, 18 & 25 April
Location: Cloof Wine Estate, Darling
Contact: [email protected]
Description: Join Cloof Wine Estate this April for Toffee Tuesdays. R60 gets you the original toffee and wine tasting. Toffees supplied by Darling Sweet. 
Langebaan Easter Market 2017
Date: 15 April
Time: 10:00 – 15:00
Location: c/o Bree and Suffren Street, Town Hall, 7357 Langebaan,
Contact: 072 638 2972 | [email protected]
Description: Hop on down to Langebaan town hall, Main Beach for an egg-stra special West Coast Easter on Saturday, 15 April 2017. 60+ egg-cellent stalls to browse and shop, So come put all your eggs in one basket and enjoy the day with us from 10am to 3pm. Be a good egg and bring along your whole family or some bunny special to share in the fun. Entry and parking is absolutely free with lots of smiles and friendliness abound. Wheelchair user and baby stroller friendly, restrooms on site Meet you there!
Clanwilliam Expo
Date: 20 – 22 April
Location: Clanwilliam
Contact: Renier Zeelie 084 452 3012 [email protected]
Blomtrein at !Khwa ttu
Date: 21 April
Time: 19:00
Location: !Khwa ttu
Contact: 022 451 2202
Description: Blomtrain: Jan Blohm & Neil Nachtrein. R120 per person
Dan Shout/Gordon Vernick Quintet at Evita se Perron
Date: 22 April
Time: 19:30
Location: Evita se Perron
Contact: [email protected]
Description:
Capetonian saxophonist, Dan Shout, well known as a jazz musician and for his seven-year stint with the Johnny Clegg Band, teams up with Gordon Vernick, a world-class trumpeter from Atlanta, Georgia (U.S.A.) for this once-off performance at Evita se Perron in Darling. Shout and Vernick will perform a mix of jazz Standards and original compositions, accompanied by some of the most exciting session musicians in Cape Town, namely Andrew Ford on piano, Sibususo Matsimela on double bass and Unity Mzi on drum kit.
I Love Big Bay Market
Date: 26 April
Time: 16:30 – 19:30
Location: Big Bay Surf Lifesaving club in Blouberg
Contact: https://www.facebook.com/events/622895817894964/
Description: I LOVE BIG BAY (is usually) held on the last WEDNESDAY evening of the month at the Big Bay Surf Lifesaving club in Blouberg (near Eden on the Bay shopping centre – Otto Du Plessis Drive).
Jenny and the Jameses at Evita se Perron
Date: 28 April
Time: 20:00
Location: Evita se Perron
Contact: Book your Evita se Perron show +27 (0)22 492 2851
Description:
Join Evita se Perron for an evening of contemporary folk music with Jenny and the Jameses. R100 per person
Taste of Darling 2017
Date: 29 – 30 April
Location: Darling
Contact: 022 492 3971 or 082 623 2244 – [email protected]
Description:
This is your invitation to join Darling for the day, or better still spend the weekend, and let them spoil you with music, food, beer, wine, arts and crafts – a feast for the senses – which are all those things which reflect the variety and ingenuity of this small West Coast town.
Groote Post Country Market
Date: 30 April
Time: 10:00 – 15:00
Location: Groote Post, Darling
Contact: 022 492 2825 | [email protected]
Description: Don’t miss the last Groote Post Country Market of the season! Bring the whole family for a great day out. The Country Market will take a break from May – July.
Easter Kids Holiday Special at Tori Oso ‘Geselshuisie’
Date: For the month of April (Closed on the 14 – 17 April)
Time: 10:00 – 18:00
Location: Tori Oso ‘Geselshuisie’ Mamre
Contact: 073 378 8801
Description: Tori Oso ‘Geselshuisie’ is offering the Easter Kids holiday special: Beef Burger with chips and chocolate milkshake at R60 per child.
Find a full list of events for April here.
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