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Formosa Bay

Property class: 3

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A clear swimming pool with rock formations and palm trees.
A poolside patio with a table set for dining, a brick fireplace, and a view of the pool.
A bar area with wooden shelves stocked with bottles, hanging plants, and a sign indicating cold drinks, fruit juice, and water.
A modern kitchen with white cabinets, a black countertop, stainless steel appliances, and pendant lighting.
A miniature golf course with a water hazard, sand bunkers, and a thatched-roof pavilion.

Reviews

8.6 out of 10
Excellent

Popular amenities

  • Pool
  • Parking included
  • Free Wi-Fi
  • Restaurant
  • Gym
  • Laundry room
The current price is AU$102
includes taxes & fees
7 Sept - 8 Sept

Explore the area

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N2 National Road, Plettenberg Bay, Western Cape, 6600
  • Place, Plett Puzzle Park
    ‪11 min walk‬
  • Place, Adventure Land - Water Slides and Play Park
    ‪2 min drive‬
  • Place, St Peters Anglican Church
    ‪3 min drive‬
  • Airport, Plettenberg Bay (PBZ)
    ‪11 min drive‬

Room options

View all photos for Twin Room with Patio

A bedroom with a bed, two bedside tables, a chair, a painting, and a view through a glass door to an outdoor area.

Twin Room with Patio

  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Single Beds
  • Free Wi-Fi

View all photos for Studio Apartment with Patio

A bedroom with a large bed, a bedside table, a chair, and a window with a view of the outdoors.

Studio Apartment with Patio

8.0 out of 10
Very good
(1 review)
  • Garden view
  • 49 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Single Beds
  • Free Wi-Fi

View all photos for Two Bedroom Apartment with Patio

A bedroom with two beds, a nightstand, a wall-mounted lamp, and a window with curtains.

Two Bedroom Apartment with Patio

  • Garden view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Queen Bed and 2 Single Beds
  • Free Wi-Fi

View all photos for One Bedroom Apartment with Patio

A modern bedroom with a bed, bedside tables, a desk, and a chair.

One Bedroom Apartment with Patio

  • Garden view
  • 101 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed and 1 Double Sofa Bed
  • Free Wi-Fi

View all photos for Twin Room with Patio

A wooden deck with a round table and two chairs, surrounded by lush greenery and a building with a corrugated metal roof.

Twin Room with Patio

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(2 reviews)
  • Garden view
  • 49 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Single Beds
  • Free Wi-Fi

About the area

Plettenberg Bay

A family-friendly stay in Plettenberg Bay awaits you at Formosa Bay. You'll be within a 15-minute walk of Plett Puzzle Park and 2.1 km (1.3 mi) from Adventure Land - Water Slides and Play Park. Highlights at this hotel include a restaurant, an outdoor swimming pool and free self-parking. .Enjoy the gym, outdoor tennis court, sauna and pool loungers. Additionally, you'll find free Wi-Fi in public areas and laundry facilities. .Places within a 30-minute walk of this 3-property class Plettenberg Bay hotel include Radical Raptors and Old Nick Village.

What's nearby

  • Plett Puzzle Park - 11 min walk - 1.0 km
  • Lawnwood Snake Park - 11 min walk - 1.0 km
  • Adventure Land - Water Slides and Play Park - 2 min drive - 1.8 km
  • Van Plettenberg Beacon - 3 min drive - 2.5 km
  • St Peters Anglican Church - 3 min drive - 2.5 km

Getting around

  • Plettenberg Bay (PBZ) - 11 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Sotto - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪Nice Neighbour - ‬2 min drive
  • ‪Le Fournil De Plett Bakery - ‬3 min drive
  • ‪Adi’s Kitchen - ‬3 min drive
  • ‪Steers - ‬6 min walk

About this property

Formosa Bay

There's a restaurant on site. WiFi is free in public spaces. As a guest of Formosa Bay, you'll find an outdoor pool, an outdoor tennis court, a sauna, and a fitness centre. Barbecue grills, an arcade/games room, and a garden are also featured at the family-friendly Formosa Bay. Free self parking is available.

Smoking is allowed in designated areas at this 3-star Plettenberg Bay hotel.

  • 6 guestrooms or units
  • Poolside lounge chairs
  • Self-service laundry
  • Front desk (limited hours)
  • Front desk safe
  • Games room or arcade
  • Pool or billiards table
  • Garden
  • BBQ grill(s)
  • Outdoor picnic space
  • Beauty salon
  • Smoking in designated areas
  • Dining venue
Formosa Bay offers 6 accommodations with a safe. This Plettenberg Bay hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Bathrooms include baths or showers. Housekeeping is provided on a daily basis.

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  • Pool
  • Parking included
  • Free Wi-Fi
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includes taxes & fees
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Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • Free uncovered self parking on site
  • Limited on-site self parking

Food and drink

  • A restaurant

Things to do

  • Arcade/game room
  • Billiards/pool table
  • Gym
  • Mini golf
  • Outdoor pool
  • Outdoor tennis court
  • Playground
  • Sauna

Family friendly

  • Arcade/game room
  • Laundry facilities
  • Mini golf
  • Outdoor pool
  • Playground

Conveniences

  • Hair salon
  • Laundry facilities
  • Limited-hour front desk
  • Safe at front desk

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (daily)

Outdoors

  • Barbecue grill
  • Garden
  • Picnic area
  • Pool loungers

Accessibility

  • No lift

More

  • Designated smoking areas

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Bathtub or shower
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • TV

Food and drink

  • Electric kettle

More

  • Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3 PM; check-in end time: 9:00 PM
Contactless check-in and check-out are available
Minimum check-in age - 18

Check-out

Check-out before 10 AM
Contactless check-out

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily from 7:30 AM - 9 PM
Guests must contact the property in advance for check-in instructions; front desk staffed during limited hours
To make arrangements for check-in please contact the property at least 72 hours before arrival using the information on the booking confirmation
For any questions, please contact the property using the information on the booking confirmation
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Renovations and closures

The property will be renovating from 23 July 2027 to 15 October 2027 (completion date subject to change). The following areas are affected:
  • Selected guestrooms
Renovation work will only be conducted during working hours. Every effort will be made to minimise noise and disturbance.

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

  • Pets and service animals are not allowed at Formosa Bay

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.
  • Rollaway/extra beds are not available.

Payment types

Important information

Fees

Guests will be asked to pay the following charges at the property:

  • Breakage deposit: ZAR 1000 per stay
  • Spring Break deposit: ZAR 3000 per stay (for stays between 23 November and 14 December)

We've listed all charges provided to us by the property.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted
This property is professionally cleaned
Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property; the policies listed are provided by the property
Charges for extra guests may apply and vary according to property policy.
A credit card for incidental charges and government-issued photo identification may be required upon check-in.
Special requests are subject to availability at the time of check-in. Special requests can't be guaranteed and may incur additional charges.
    This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business or profession. This property accepts Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Diners Club. Cash is not accepted. The property is professionally cleaned.

We should mention

  • Pets and service animals are not allowed on site.

Property is also known as

Formosa Bay Condo Plettenberg Bay
Formosa Bay Condo
Formosa Bay Plettenberg Bay
Formosa Bay
Formosa Bay Hotel
Formosa Bay Plettenberg Bay
Formosa Bay Hotel Plettenberg Bay

Frequently asked questions

What is the cancellation policy at Formosa Bay?

Formosa Bay offers free cancellation on select room rates. Check out the cancellation policy for more info.

How much does it cost to stay at Formosa Bay?

As of 6 Sept 2026, prices found for a 1-night stay for 2 adults at Formosa Bay on 7 Sept 2026 start from AU$102, including taxes and fees. This price is based on the lowest nightly price found in the last 24 hours for stays in the next 30 days. Prices are subject to change. Choose your dates for more accurate prices.

Is parking available at Formosa Bay?

Yep, Formosa Bay has a free self car park.

Are there any beaches close to Formosa Bay?

The closest beach to Formosa Bay is Plettenberg Bay Beach (2.2 km).

Does Formosa Bay have a pool?

Formosa Bay has an outdoor pool. Grab your bathers and lounge poolside while enjoying on a lounger.

Is Formosa Bay family-friendly?

You bet! With amenities such as a playground, an arcade and on-site mini golf, it's no surprise that Formosa Bay is a hit with families.

Is there a free airport shuttle available at Formosa Bay?

No, Formosa Bay does not offer an airport shuttle service.

Is there a bar or restaurant at Formosa Bay?

Yep, you can grab a meal at Formosa Bay's onsite restaurant.

What time are check-in & check-out at Formosa Bay?

Check-in begins at 3 PM. Check-out time is 10 AM.

Are pets allowed at Formosa Bay?

No, pets and service animals are not allowed.

Formosa Bay Reviews

Reviews

8.6

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 56 out of 105 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 31 out of 105 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 13 out of 105 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 2 out of 105 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 3 out of 105 reviews

9.4/10

Cleanliness

8.4/10

Staff & service

8.4/10

Amenities

8.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Carey

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very clean with nice pool and adjoining restaurant.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2026
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Craig

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
A comfortable stay as always.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2026
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Tamar

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Formosa bay was a great experience. The staff are very friendly and helpful. The place in clean and have some great amenities for all ages.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Elmarie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Business trip with other travelers as well and we all stayed her, thanks for a great experience
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Lisa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Rooms were a good size and very clean and comfortable. Good breakfast. Lovely grounds and pool and play facilities for children. Located off main road, just outside main town, so would recommend a car to get to restaurants, shopping and beaches.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
An excellent hotel with helpful and friendly staff. They could not do enough for us to make our stay pleasant and comfortable.
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Kaitlyn

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Would stay again

Really nice place to stay. Breakfast was great & restaurant was nice. We used the laundry facilities too. Convenient location to go to Birds of Eden / Jukani / Monkeyland. Would stay here again!
Stayed 2 nights in May 2023
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

tamara

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very nice and clean place. Our room was very big! The views are really nice. Food was excellent and the staff…best we have found so far on our trip!
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Diana

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Really nice surroundings, spacious room, quiet pool. Friendly stuff
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

ANNELINE

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Formosa Bay a must to try.

This is a fantastic resort. Massive grounds. Clean and tidy. The staff are very helpful and friendly. The resort offers a lot. Very safe and conveniently close to Plettenberg Bay. This was a business trip but will be back for a pleasure trip
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

amed

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Wonderful
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2024
Verified review

6/10 Okay

Guilherme

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
Perhaps the only place in South Africa where we were not treated well. The staff always looked unfriendly, as if they were doing us a favor, with no cordiality at all. Breakfast was charged separately, and the staff made no effort to explain how it worked. On the positive side, our room (which was actually almost an apartment) was enormous — the biggest we have ever stayed in. It included a huge living room, a fully equipped kitchen, and even an outdoor barbecue area. It’s a shame we were just passing through, stayed only one night, and it was raining. We were unable to make the most of the place’s potential.
Stayed 1 night in May 2026
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Trevor

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Excellent

Fantastic value for money. Room was huge and well furnished. TV channels excellent. Grounds lovely with rabbits roaming free. Gym with sauna. Good (but small) pool with water slide. Breakfast good.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022
Verified review

8/10 Good

Denise

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We enjoyed it . It a pity one has to pay to play Fuzzball and the video games in the games room did not work.
Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2024
Verified review

8/10 Good

Andreas

Liked: Property conditions & facilities
X
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024
Verified review

6/10 Okay

Johann

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Breakfast start too late and only from 7:30?
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022
Verified review

8/10 Good

Thomas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
A hotel very much aimed at families, however the walls are so thin you can hear those families, and tv’s and snoring coming from next door and across the hall. Luckily it quietened down before midnight. For couples the B&B offer may not provide the quiet we were looking for depending on your neighbours. Otherwise the twin room we had was huge with a similarly huge bathroom , with full bath and separate shower. Plenty of storage, a fridge and tea and coffee facilities. Foreign plug sockets and modern decor. Two issues, bedside light to window side does not work, and standard lamp in seating area likewise doesn’t work.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025
Verified review

2/10 Terrible

Debbie

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities

Bad Breakfast and Dirty Pool 😢

The sparkling pool is what attracted me to make the booking; it is extremely hot during this time of year and the pool had big chunks of green slime on the bottom of the pool sadly we were not able to use it; super dissappointing as the hotel is tip top as far a cleanliness goes in the rooms. Breakfast pork sausage was raw but as I had to rush off to work was not possible to have my breakfast redone. So not a good experience at all.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Verified review

6/10 Okay

Mariana

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Quarto bonito, grande e limpo. Porém as áreas comuns estavam sujas. Parece ter havido uma festa e os balões e a sujeira ficaram no deck pelos 2 dias que ficamos lá. Tudo que você quer usar paga a parte: sala de jogos, academia, sauna, golf. A piscina aquecida diziam estar aberta mas ficou os 2 dias com cobertura e não dava pra usar. Estava frio pra usar a outra entao não aproveitamos nada do hotel. O cafe da manha é a la carte e começa tarde as 8 hs. Sentamos e ficamos 10 minutos esperando a atendente que estava passando pano no chao e nos ignorou. Saimos sem tomar cafe pois só tinhamos 40 minutos , ja perdemos 10 e meia hora pra sevico a la carte não dá.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2026
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

FELIPE

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excelente escolha.. bonito, Excelente infraestrutura, ótimo pra criança. Falou uma piscina aquecida.mas ótimo
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025
Verified review

2/10 Terrible

Sarah

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Wir fanden unseren Aufenthalt schrecklich. Die Tür zum Apartment war absolut unsicher und hat bei jedem Windzug laut gewackelt, sodass unsere Kinder nachts schlecht schlafen konnten. Des Weiteren ist die Unterkunft absolut heruntergekommen, Löcher in der Couch, kaputte Möbel, Schimmel und Flecken im Badezimmer. Es fand keine tägliche Zimmerreinigung statt. Die Fenster waren vergittert und mit Milchglas, weil sie zum Parkplatz, zur Straße oder zum Innenhof mit Grill und permanenter Geruchsbelästigung raus führten. Leider garkeine Unterstützung seitens Expedia.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2024
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Christos

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

lovely place

lovely place with lots to keep you busy. Very good for families. We were lucky it was quiet when we went so great for a couple but definitely more of a family resort with free roaming bunnies all over the place and lots of activities to keep the kids busy.
Stayed 5 nights in Apr 2022
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Jazz

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

A jewel in Plett

Lovely place in a lovely town. A come back to it kind of stay.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2021
Verified review

8/10 Good

Erica

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Lovely property. Big spacious 2 bedroom cottage. Only negative was the noise heard from the neighboring houses.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2021
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

ALAN

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great stay overall and will return anyday again on my next business trip
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021