Kurland (often referred to as Kurland Village) is a rural

township A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...

in the Garden Route District Municipality in the

Western Cape The Western Cape is a province of South Africa, situated on the south-western coast of the country. It is the fourth largest of the nine provinces with an area of , and the third most populous, with an estimated 7 million inhabitants in 2020 ...

province of

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. Located in the Crags area on the edge of the Tsitsikamma Nature Reserve, 20 km from Plettenberg Bay, it is affected by high levels of unemployment and domestic violence. Tourist attractions in the area include Birds of Eden
Tenikwa

Monkeyland Primate Sanctuary Monkeyland is a free roaming, multi-species primate sanctuary founded in 1998 by Tony Blignaut, which is located at The Crags near Plettenberg Bay in the Western Cape, South Africa. The sanctuary covers more than of indigenous forest, with a pr ...

, an
Elephant Sanctuary
along with guest houses and B&Bs. These places provide a vast number of job opportunities to the locals. Th
Crags Primary School
built in 1981, is the only school in the village.

References

{{Eden District Municipality Populated places in the Bitou Local Municipality Townships in the Western Cape Former Coloured townships in South Africa