Garden Route Overview
Dramatic river cut gorges, beautiful beaches, rocky headlands and deep tangled forests are the quint
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In and Around
Garden Route
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George Travel Guide
Samantha Black, George
George is the de Facto capital of the Garden Route, its largest town by far, and the only one with an airport of any real significance. It’s not on the coast, but the lovely Victoria Bay, which is one of the prettiest beach ...read on
Knysna Travel Guide
Samantha Black, Knysna
If there is such a thing, Knysna is the heart of the Garden Route. This medium-sized town on the banks of the usually placid and always beautiful Knysna Lagoon is a real tourist haven. The lagoon, which is guarded from the sea by two enormous, rugged, sandstone cliffs, known as The Heads, is a fabulous play ...read on
Mossel Bay Travel Guide
Samantha Black, Mossel Bay
Mossel Bay is considered by many to be the westernmost extent of the “real” Garden Route. It’s a rather sprawling town, with a natural gas refinery and huge storage tanks on the outskirts so its approach is not particularly attractive. However, it has some of the most wonderful read on
Plettenberg Bay Travel Guide
Samantha Black, Plettenberg Bay
Plettenberg Bay, or Plett, as it is more familiarly known, is the most fashionable spot on the Garden Route and has been called the Riviera of Africa. It’s no exaggeration. With fabulous beaches stretching for miles, whole neighbourhoods of expensive sum ...read on
Wilderness Travel Guide
Samantha Black, Wilderness
Wilderness, in the heart of the Garden Route, is a lovely little town in the most fabulous setting. With forested hills at its back, the town jigsaws itself around a number of pretty wetlands and flows over the high coastal dunes to overlook a magnificent, long, snow white beach where ...read on
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