How it works
Four steps, one coast
- 1Pick up the guide
Grab the printed guide or open the Explorer Passport on your phone. It is free for visitors.
- 2Explore the routes
Visit member businesses along the routes: places to eat, stay, shop, relax and play.
- 3Scan the Explorer QR code
Every member displays its own code. Scan it on site and the stamp is yours (it checks you are really there).
- 4Collect and win
Stamps fill your collections. Complete one to unlock a reward or an entry into the season prize draw.
Along the routes
Stamps waiting to be collected
Collections
Three ways to collect
Collections turn a list of places into a journey. Visitors pick one, fill it with stamps and come back for the next.
Stamp your way along a route. Collect a set number of stops and earn that route's reward.
Built around what people love, across every route: follow a theme from one end of the coast to the other.
Timed to the calendar, so there is always a reason to come back: holidays, events and the big moments on the coast.
For businesses
Why get your business in the Passport
Collectors don't just read about you. They come to your door, scan, and come back for the next stamp.
A counter card and window sticker with your code, so every visitor who scans is a counted, stamped visit.
We put you in your route collection and the themed ones that fit, which send collectors to your door.
Every scan is a counted visit, so you can see how many collectors came through your door and when.
Offer a reward, from a free coffee to 10% off, and give collectors a reason to choose you.
Put your name on a whole collection, "presented by" your business, on every page and in the app.
Members appear in the 27th Edition 2026/27 guide, on the route maps, in this directory and in the Passport.
Timeline
Launching with the 27th Edition 2026/27
The Passport goes live before the magazine is distributed, so members are ready and visitors can start collecting the moment the guide arrives.
- 1NowBookings open
Members are signing up for the 27th Edition 2026/27. Joining now puts you in the guide, the directory and the Passport.
- 2Before printQR codes and collections set up
Each member gets its Explorer QR code, is placed in its collections and agrees its reward, if any.
- 3Before distributionExplorer Passport goes live
The Passport opens, codes go up on counters and early visitors start collecting.
- 4DistributionThe 27th Edition 2026/27 hits the coast
The printed guide reaches visitors with the Passport inside. Collections and rewards run through the season.
Get involved
Put your business on the Passport
Members are in the Passport, the collections and the directory, and in the 27th Edition 2026/27 printed guide. Member packages from R3 399. Sponsor a collection or a reward and get your name in front of every collector.