western cape Accommodation

Morukuru Ocean House is a luxurious 4-bedroom house with a beautiful panoramic ocean view, situated in the pristine De Hoop Nature Reserve. Ocean House offers exclusive use of the entire house which comes with a private butler, chef and guide.  

 

Guests have the opportunity to partake in private activities with personal experts, bringing guests the very best that there is to offer at De Hoop Nature Reserve. There are no set schedules at Morukuru Ocean House, as the guests themselves are the masters of their stay.  

 

De Hoop Nature Reserve offers 51km of pristine white beaches and is an ideal venue to view whales.  Southern Right whales migrate to the shallow coastal basins off the Overberg Coast for the calving and nursing season, reaching our shores usually during June and staying until about November. 

 

Morukuru Ocean House situated in the De Hoop Nature Reserve is approximately 3 hours by road from Cape Town.

 

 

Morukuru Ocean House accommodates 8 adults and 4 children. The 4 double suites all have their own luxury en suite bathrooms and glass doors overlooking the ocean. The interior design is inspired by the surrounding fynbos dunes and is of the highest quality. 

 

Facilities:

 

 

 

Morukuru Ocean House’ personal chef will prepare the finest meals to your preference and dietary requirements, at any time of the day. Guest have a choice of the finest wines, personally selected by the owners of Morukuru Ocean House.

 

 

Children of all ages are welcome at Morukuru Ocean House and will receive the same individual care provided to adult guests, with each child’s particular food requirements, bedding preference, interest, age and life experiences taken into account.  

 

Ocean House offers not only responsible care with an experienced nanny, but plenty of exciting activities. 

 

 

Guests at Morukuru Ocean House can experience various complimentary activities, amongst other:

 

 

 

Morukuru Ocean House is situated in the De Hoop Nature Reserve. 

 

The Marine Protected Area of the De Hoop Nature Reserve, which extends three nautical miles out to sea, is one of the largest marine protected areas in Africa, providing a sanctuary for a vast and fascinating array of marine life.  

 

The entire length of the De Hoop coast is a Marine Protected Area, and you are likely to see the finest examples of inter-tidal ecosystems in the Western Cape when snorkelling in the Atlantic Ocean’s large, clear rock pools.

 

The Marine Protected Area encompasses the breeding grounds of the southern right whale. It is estimated that more than 130 individual whales return to the waters of De Hoop Nature Reserve every year to calve and mate. The sight of these massive mammals breaching is definitely one of the highlights of a visit to Morukuru Ocean House.  

 

Marine mammals such as dolphins and seals occur in the waters off the coast, and southern right whales calve and mate in the sheltered bays each year between May and December. At least 250 species of fish occur.

 

De Hoop Nature Reserve forms part of the world’s smallest and most threatened plant kingdom - the Cape Floral Kingdom. Fynbos is the dominant vegetation within this kingdom – largely confined to nutrient-poor soils in the winter rainfall areas of the Western Cape. The Bredasdorp / Agulhas and Cape Infanta area, which De Hoop is a part of, has an estimated 1500 plant species of the approximately 9000 species found in the Cape Floristic Region. Of these 1500 species, 34 species occur only on De Hoop Nature Reserve. 14 species were recently discovered and are still undescribed.

 

The reserve has 86 mammal species, most notably the rare Bontebok and Cape mountain zebra, as well as Eland, Grey rhebok, Baboon, Yellow mongoose, Caracal and the occasional Leopard.

 

De Hoop is famous for its variety of resident and migratory bird species and more than 260 species have been recorded on the reserve. The De Hoop vlei attracts large numbers of water birds and the only remaining Western Cape breeding colony of the rare Cape vulture occurs at Potberg.

 

 

 

 

Morukuru Ocean House is situated in the De Hoop Nature Reserve and is approximately three hour’s drive from Cape Town on the famous Garden Route and Whale Route. Set in the Overberg region, it can be approached from either Bredasdorp or Swellendam.