28 towpath

28 towpath creating responsible riverfront travel accommodation and a platform for travelers to relax and responsibly serve the surrounding communities of PE, S Afr

We are creating responsible and sustainable travel accommodation and a platform for travelers to relax and serve the Redhouse village and the surrounding communities in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. We encourage responsible travelling and give travelers opportunities to actively support local communities as they travel though the Eastern Cape and South Africa. The Redhouse village and surrounding

communities are currently involved in various Music Therapy, Art, Permaculture, Conservancy, Education, Internships and Social projects. Old students of vipassana are welcome to come and stay and to encourage the staff of 28 Towpath to meditate twice a day, this will be your fee toward your stay.

28 towpath is located in a quiet Village, on the edge of Port Elizabeth,10km from beach,45km from Game Parks hopes to attract like minded musicians, artists, permaculture gardeners, surfers, windsurfers, watersports people, rowers, travellers, wwoofers, warmshower cycle tourists, meditaters, music therapists, Artists, healers, yogis and people who like good food and need swimming lessons. we support autism awareness. Wir bieten eine nachhaltige Unterkunft an und sind dabei, eine Plattform für Reisende ins Leben zu rufen, um die Redhouse Gemeinde und die umliegenden Gemeinden von Port Elizabeth, Südafrika, zu unterstützen. Wir fördern verantwortungsvolles Reisen und möchten Reisenden die Möglichkeit geben, die lokalen Gemeinden zu bereichern, wenn sie zum Eastern Cape, Ostkap, in Südafrika reisen. Die Redhouse Gemeinde und die umliegenden Gemeinden sind momentan in Musiktherapien, Permaculture, Naturschutz, Bildung/Aufkärung (Nachmttagsbetreuung und Schwimmunterricht) und soziale Projekte involviert. Ebenfalls ist es möglich hier ein Praxissemester zu absolvieren. "28 Towpath" möchte Musiker, Künstler, Permaculture - Gärtner, Surfer, Windsurfer, Wassersportler, Ruderer, Reisende, Wwoofer, Langstreckenfahrradfahrer, Musiktherapeuten, Praxissemesterstudenten, Heilpraktiker und Menschen, die an Meditation und Yoga interessiert sind, ansprechen. Ebenfalls gibt es hier leckeres Essen sowie die Möglichkeit an einem Schwimmkurs teilzunehmen.

Feel the peace of sunset!
28/04/2026

Feel the peace of sunset!

Somewhere between “let’s just grow a few greens” and “how did we become the kind of people who casually eat things this ...
31/03/2026

Somewhere between “let’s just grow a few greens” and “how did we become the kind of people who casually eat things this fresh,” life at the riverfront has taken a delightfully leafy turn.

These trays of lettuce and Chinese cabbage microgreens have appeared — tiny, enthusiastic, and entirely too proud of themselves — basking in the sort of peaceful Redhouse air that makes everything feel like it’s on a slow, scenic holiday. Which, conveniently, you could be too.

The family has taken to them with alarming enthusiasm. They’re being scattered over meals like edible confetti, adding crunch, colour, and the quiet satisfaction of eating something that was minding its own business just moments ago.

Of course, this is all part of a grander, slightly mysterious plan involving future cabbages and eventual kimchi — the sort of long game that pairs rather well with sunsets over the river and the gentle art of doing absolutely nothing in particular.

So if you’re in need of a place where time slows down, meals taste better, and even the greens seem to have a sense of humour, you might want to wander over to 28towpath.com and see what the river has been up to.

Fair warning: you may arrive for the view and leave contemplating your relationship with salad.

Testing a Slightly Questionable IdeaBefore embarking on a grand bicycle journey across Asia, sensible people usually beg...
15/03/2026

Testing a Slightly Questionable Idea

Before embarking on a grand bicycle journey across Asia, sensible people usually begin with careful planning, engineering calculations, and responsible test rides.

Naturally, we built a bamboo bicycle trailer and went on holiday with it.

Nine months before leaving on a ride that would eventually wander through China, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia and eventually Indonesia, we decided it might be wise (or at least entertaining) to test the very first bamboo trailer I had built.

It had wheels.
It had bamboo.
It occasionally followed the bicycle.

What it lacked was what engineers call confidence-inspiring stability. At slow speeds it wobbled thoughtfully. At faster speeds it developed a kind of interpretive dance.

At the time we were living in Haenam, South Korea.. Our plan was simple: cycle to Mokpo, sleep somewhere beside a rice paddy, catch a ferry, and explore Jeju Island.

This became our first five-day cycle tour.

Jeju turned out to be perfect testing ground: winding coastal roads, volcanic rock walls, quiet fishing villages, and plenty of scenery to distract from the trailer occasionally behaving like a philosophical shopping trolley.

But there was another reason we came.

Before the trip I had spent hours staring at satellite images on Google Earth, looking for the shape of a reef that might produce a wave.

Eventually we reached that stretch of coast. I paddled out… and there it was.

Clean waves peeling along the reef. No crowds. Nobody around for kilometres.

We surfed it completely alone.

Looking back, that first trailer wasn’t perfect. But it carried us around Jeju for five unforgettable days and quietly proved that sometimes adventure only requires two bicycles, curiosity… and a slightly ridiculous idea.

We’ve only shared a few photos here, but somewhere on a hard drive there are 74 photos of random Jeju bridges, rocks and coastlines.The question is… should we add more of them to our travel archive over at Crowdless, or skip ahead to the next chapter of this slowly unraveling bicycle story?
Leave a comment and let us know — because the road from that wobbly trailer eventually ........

Back in 2012, we spent months testing our handmade bamboo trailers around mountain passes in South Korea. Every bump, ev...
14/03/2026

Back in 2012, we spent months testing our handmade bamboo trailers around mountain passes in South Korea.
Every bump, every turn, and every unexpected wobble taught us something new — about balance, patience, and how small ideas can carry big dreams.
It was just the beginning of a journey, but even then, the trailer hinted at adventures we couldn’t yet imagine.

We're started cycling, building trailers and dreaming again

25/01/2026

Training & Assistance

25/01/2026

Morning rowing

Sweet treats made by Leon, including Chocolate chip muffins, Brownies, Peanut butter cookies, Chocolate Cheesecake, Mixe...
23/01/2026

Sweet treats made by Leon, including Chocolate chip muffins, Brownies, Peanut butter cookies, Chocolate Cheesecake, Mixed fruit cheesecake, Pistachio cheesecake, Strawberry cheesecake and Mini chocolate teacakes

23/01/2026

Early morning

22/01/2026

Fresh granadillas

Address

28 Carden Street
Redhouse
6000

Opening Hours

Monday 08:00 - 22:00
Tuesday 08:00 - 22:00
Wednesday 08:00 - 22:00
Thursday 08:00 - 22:00
Friday 08:00 - 22:00
Saturday 08:00 - 22:00
Sunday 08:00 - 22:00

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+27723441941

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