Keurbooms River Ferry
Bidders are invited to submit qualified bids for a concession opportunity to manage the operations of a ferry boat and trips up the Keurbooms River, at Keurbooms River Nature Reserve, close to Plettenberg Bay in the Western Cape Province.
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