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Our next stop was the tiny coastal village of Nature’s Valley, tucked away within the Tsitsikamma Section of the Garden Route National Park, between Plettenberg Bay and Storms River. Surrounded by the Tsitsikamma Mountains and the Groot River, this peaceful corner of the Western...
We continued our journey toward Cape Town, with the spectacular Bloukrans Bridge directly on our route. This monumental concrete arch bridge is widely celebrated as an engineering marvel and has become one of South Africa’s premier adventure destinations, so naturally, we had to stop and...
After visiting the Big Tree, we drove a few more kilometres to Tsitsikamma National Park (🎟️367 ZAR), Africa’s first marine national park, proclaimed in 1964. In 2009, it became part of the unified Garden Route National Park, alongside the Wilderness and Knysna protected areas. The name...
A 500-metre wooden boardwalk through the indigenous forest near Storms River led us to one of the area’s most famous natural landmarks: The Big Tree, an ancient Outeniqua yellowwood (Podocarpus falcatus), South Africa’s national tree. Located in the Tsitsikamma Forest along...
Our last lovely stop of the day was Seal Point Lighthouse, situated in Cape St. Francis, approximately a 90-minute drive from Gqeberha (formerly Port Elizabeth). Overlooking the rugged Eastern Cape coastline, this historic lighthouse remains an active aid to maritime navigation. Today...
Our next destination was Jeffreys Bay, affectionately known as J-Bay, a world-renowned coastal town in South Africa’s Eastern Cape, approximately 75 km southwest of Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth). Situated near the western gateway to the Garden Route, J-Bay is surrounded by beautiful coastal...