Morgan Bay Hotel | Beach Rd, Morgans Bay, Morgans Bay, 5260, Eastern Cape

Morgan Bay takes its name from A.F. Morgan, Master of the Royal Naval ship Barracouta which was used in the survey of the coast of South East Africa in 1822, under the command of Captain W.F. Owen. The master's name was applied to Cape Morgan, on which there stands today, an automatic lighthouse and the little bay sheltered in its Southern lee. Morgan Bay lies on the banks of the Inchara river, so called from the crabs found there. The river forms a safe paddling lagoon which is the centrepiece for a singularly romantic and quite charming stretch of coastline. lvan Warren-Smith was led to come to Morgan Bay after the Second World War by his O/C, who told him about a boarding house that was for sale while they were both in Italy. He fell in love with the area and bought the boarding house