Guest houses in Central Plett, Plettenberg Bay
Someone lives on the property, knows which restaurants are worth the walk, and puts breakfast out in the morning. Guest houses in Plettenberg Bay run on that arrangement, and the central ones put it a few streets from Main Street and the sand. Most are converted family houses on the slopes above the bay — a handful of rooms, a shared sitting room, a garden to sit in at the end of the day.
Arriving without much of a plan is the case for one of these: a host who lives on site tends to know who to phone about a table, a boat trip or the Robberg walk. Rooms are serviced, breakfast is usually included, and there is no shopping to do. Big groups generally do better in a house.
Every guest house below is a live Booking.com listing in Central Plett & Beachfront.
Guest houses in Central Plett, best-rated first

Keurbooms Lagoon Villa

Twilight Cottage

Plett57 - Self Catering - Room No1

Bosavern Guest House

Sunshowers Plett

Piesang Valley Lodge

Berg & Baai guesthouse

Ocean Watch Guest House

Plett57 - Self Catering - Room No2

Gigi At The Palm Tree

Swallows Nest Plett

Bliss in the Bay Guesthouse

Harker Street Sea Facing Studio

Shore Fun

Hill Top Guesthouse

Alikreukel Accommodation

1 Bedroom Room at Plettenberg 118

Mandalay Guest House Plettenberg Bay

Pletts Hidden Gem with sea views

Stylish 3 Bedroom Townhouse in Secure Estate
Guest houses in Central Plett: the usual questions
Are guest houses self-catering, or is breakfast included?
- Guest houses are serviced rather than self-catering. Rooms are made up for you and breakfast is usually included or available, but there is normally no private kitchen. For a long stay with children and a shopping list, an apartment or a holiday home works better.
How many guest houses are there in Central Plett?
- 20 at the moment, out of 256 places to stay listed in Central Plett altogether. 20 of the 20 carry a Booking.com guest score; the rest are either newly listed or have not been reviewed yet, and they sort to the bottom of this page rather than the top.
What do guest houses in Central Plett cost?
- We do not publish rates, because there is no single rate to publish — what a place costs depends entirely on your dates, and a nightly figure cached months ago would be wrong more often than right. Every listing links straight through to live pricing on Booking.com.
How is this list ordered?
- By a weighted score, not by raw rating. A perfect 10 from two reviews says far less than a 9.6 from three hundred, so each score is pulled towards the site-wide average in proportion to how few reviews stand behind it. Unrated places sort last.
Other kinds of stay in Central Plett
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