The Garden Route

Besides for the Kruger National Park and Cape Town, the Garden Route is probably one of the most known and popular tourist destinations in South Africa. The Garden Route stretches for about 200 kilometres all the way along the Southern Cape Coast, from Mossel Bay in the West to Stormsriver in the East, although there is still dispute as to its exact borders. It includes towns such as Mossel Bay, George, Wilderness, Oudtshoorn (although this town is considered to be in the Klein Karoo), Sedgefield, Knysna, Plettenberg Bay, Natures Valley and Stormsriver Village.

 It is nestled between the Tistsikamma and Outeniqua mountains and bordered by the Indian Ocean. Many lakes, lush indigenous forests with yellowwood trees (some thousands of years old),  beautiful fynbos, flowers, prestine beaches and abundance of wildlife give it its deserving name.

It is an ultimate destination for nature lovers, with plenty of long and short hikes and trails. It is also the host to the famous five day otter trail. Here you will find many eco-friendly destinations and wildlife sanctuaries ranging from elephants, monkeys, snakes and birds to african wild cats.

For the adventure orientated  there are mountainbike rides through the forests of Harkerville, the world's highest bungee jump, ziplines through the treetops of the forest and across waterfalls or rent a canoe to explore one of the many rivers like the Keurboomsriver.