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Betty's Bay is situated in the Overberg coast of the Western Cape in South Africa. It is a small holiday town located 96 km from Cape Town just beneath the Kogelberg Mountains. It is on the R44 which is a scenic ocean drive between Pringle Bay and Kleinmond. Betty's Bay is the longest Village in South Africa at over 13 km. In the past it was a favourite place for runaway slaves, but from 1912 to the 1930's it was a formal whaling station. At Stony Point the remains of the whaling station can still be seen. It was named after Betty Youlden the daughter of the first developer. You will find the following attractions in the area the Harold Porter Botanical Gardens and Jackass Penguin colony.

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“In the mid 1930's, the land between Rooi Els and Palmiet River was advertised for sale in the Rand Daily Mail. The land was bought by three Johannesburg businessmen, namely Jack Clarence, Athur Youldon and Harold Porter. They formed a company known as "The Hangklip Beach Estate". In those far-off days the only access by road was via Sir Lowry's Pass, to Kleinmond and then via the pontoon across the Palmiet River, to the bungalows now known as "Die Blomhuis". The coastal road, Clarence Drive, was built during the war, when radar stations were erected at Stony Point and Hangklip. Harold Porter was an architect and town planner and he created the nature garden now known as the Harold Porter Botanical Garden. Arthur Youldon had a daughter, an only child named Betty. When her parents asked her where she would like to spend her school holidays, she replied "At my bay." That is how Betty's Bay got her name. (The history of Betty's Bay, according to a leaflet taken at the Harold Porter Botanical Garden)” - Karin Theron, 2012/01/19

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