George, Garden Route South Africa – Picture this: 20 people of all fitness levels, some of whom had not been on a bicycle since school, took on what could be considered their most ambitious challenge yet – three months of training culminating in touring through 14 passes, over 400 kilometres of some of the toughest […]
The Tsitsikamma National Park, part of the Garden Route National Park in South Africa, is a place where you can experience the outdoors, stunning marine life and an adventure filled vacation. Accommodation: Country lodges and hotels Activities: Diving, snorkelling, kayaking, hiking, swimming, climbing, abseiling, mountain biking, sailing, bungee jumping Highlights: Famous Otters and Dolphin trails, […]
Nowhere is the authentic character of a Little Karoo community and the unique architecture of the region better preserved than here. Calitzdorp is the fruit-bowl of the Little Karoo and source of the country’s finest port wines. Calitzdorp, is surrounded by three mountain ranges – the Swartberg to the north, the leopard-haunted Rooiberge to the south […]
The Great Karoo, a natural wonder of endless plains and intriguing rock layers, is one of the world’s most unique and arid zones. In South Africa, it stands alone and is an envied rarity, which captivates tourists, researchers and scientists. Archaeologists, anthropologists, botanists, ecologists, geologists, and paleontologists come from across the world to study many […]
In the Southern Cape and Karoo you find vast stretches of land, mountains, valleys, lakes, a beautiful coastline and so much more. According to the Telkom Phonebook directory the region includes the Garden Route, the Central Karoo, and the eastern part of the Overberg. A very distinct area made up by contrasting regions with each […]
The History of Gouritsmond The Gouritsriver enters the Indian Ocean at Gouritsmond on the southern coast of Africa at 34° 21′ 11.448” S and 21° 52′ 50.196” E, 34 km south-west of Mossel Bay. The origin of the name could most probably be from an indigenous group of Khoikhoi people who lived in the area. […]
I visited Vanwyksdorp for the first time a while ago. If I do not write this article now, I will go and live there and never bother again. What an amazing time spent, it stimulated all physical senses, faith, direction, hope and love. A great big thank you to all the awesome people from Vanwyksdorp. Tucked […]
While living in the beautiful Garden Route we sometimes want to get away to an area that is different and remote yet not too far away and it should not cost that much but still feed our souls in a satisfactory way. The Klein Karoo is such a place on our doorstep to escape to […]
The Koup Karoo refers to a fascinating geological depression, one of the most noticeable geographica areas in the south of South Africa, it is a vast arid area between the small and big Swartberg mountains in the south and the Nuweveldberg mountains in the north which rises to about 2000m above sea level. It is […]
History Cave paintings and artifacts indicate that the caves were in use throughout prehistory over a long period during the Middle and Later Stone Ages . The caves were rediscovered in modern times in 1780 by a local farmer named Jacobus Van Zyl.[3] The chamber he first was lowered down into was found to be […]
The Settlement of Hoogekraal was established in 1813 as a station of the London Missionary Society (LMS). In 1818 it’s name was changed to Pacaltsdorp, in honour of the Rev. Charles Pacalt, the first missionary to serve there. The Khoi Khoi were the first occupants of Hoogekraal, now known as Pacaltsdorp. During 1812, Rev. Read […]
Did you know? In the Garden Route you can experience the Bloukrans bridge – the highest commercially operated bungy jump in the world. The 216 metre jump from Bloukrans bridge lies about 40 kilometres east of Plettenberg Bay on the N2 highway off a span arch bridge. Activity Description All clients are requested to arrive […]