BACKPACKERS HOSTEL

PORT ST JOHNS, WILD COAST, SOUTH AFRICA

JUNGLE MONKEY BACKPACKERS,
A GREAT PLACE TO BE! One of South Africa's most exciting youth hostels in the country's most exotic location - Port St Johns on the Wild Coast.

Surrounded by thousands of hectares of indigenous jungle and miles of pristine beaches, this lush little town nestles amongst the cliffs at the mouth of the fourth-largest river in South Africa, the mighty Umzimvubu.

PSJ, as it's known locally, is the unofficial capital of the Wild Coast and is an important trading centre for the surrounding rural areas. It's often called "The Emerald Gem of the Wild Coast" and consists of two villages, First Beach and Second Beach, 5km apart along a winding jungle- and village-lined road, both of which have their own very definite characters.

First Beach is a vibrant place with African and gospel music always in the air, minibus-taxis constantly coming and going, witchdoctors (amongst others) doing their monthly shopping and goggle-eyed backpackers wandering amongst the street-market stalls.

Second Beach is more laid-back and slowed up, with a beautiful little lagoon fringed with banana trees, and a definite survivor-island feeling to it.

The scenery of this part of the Eastern Cape Province is so typically African and jungley that the town is popular as a movie location, and it seems that there's always a production being filmed here.

Jungle Monkey Backpackers is on First Beach, a few steps from the river mouth. We're waiting for you to arrive so we can show you a good time. So get a life, get to Jungle Monkey!