Buffelsbaai
Place in Western Cape, South Africa
34°05′S 22°58′E / 34.083°S 22.967°E / -34.083; 22.967[1]
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Buffelsbaai (also Buffels Bay and Buffalo Bay) is a small seaside village 20 kilometres [2] from Knysna in the Garden Route District Municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa. The village is named after Buffelsbaai which stretches east of the village. It is a popular vacation destination with a small waterfront with stores.
The cargo ship Kiani Satu, travelling from Hong Kong to Ghana with a shipment of rice, ran aground and sank off the coast of the town in August 2013. Leaked oil from the vessel threatened the nearby Goukamma Nature Reserve; 217 birds were cleaned by SANCCOB after the spill.[3][4]
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Municipalities and communities of Garden Route District Municipality, Western Cape
District seat: George
- Bracken Hill
- Brenton-on-Sea
- Buffelsbaai
- Farleigh
- Gouna
- Karatara
- Knysna
- Rheenendal
- Sedgefield
- Boggomsbaai
- Brandwag
- Danabaai
- Friemersheim
- Glentana
- Great Brak River
- Hartenbos
- Herbertsdale
- Jonkersberg
- Little Brak River
- Mossel Bay
- Ruiterbos
- Vleesbaai