Where the Garden Route Blooms
Tsitsikamma, located on the Garden Route of South Africa, stretches from the Bloukrans River in the west to the Tsitsikamma River in the east. It is bordered in the north by the Tsitsikamma Mountains and in the south by the Indian Ocean. The natural wonderland of Tsitsikamma National Park offers superb hiking trails and activities for the adventurous at heart.
Trip into the Tsitsikamma trance zone on the East Coast of South Africa and discover a secret world where the deep-forest delights of an indigenous woodland unfold along the so-called ‘Garden of the Garden Route’. Situated where the scenic beauty of the Garden Route morph into the Eastern Cape’s Sunshine Coast, this region surely rates as one of South Africa’s tourism gems.
Serenity seems to have staked a permanent claim in tranquil coastal towns such as Nature’s Valley and Storms River, where the locals live life in a delightfully laid-back way. Take time out and escape into what the Khoisan called the ‘Place of Many Waters’ and reclaim some much-needed soul space.
By Jacques Marais
Accommodation in Tsitsikamma is surrounded by green lush forest and lots of outdoor activities for exclusive tours. There are loads of aweso...
The Eastern Cape Coastal Route covers the length of the Eastern Cape Province stretching across a number of districts. The route starts at T...
In the magical Tsitsikamma Forest, trees cling on to cliffs and grow in tumbles down hillsides. From the forest of trees, some of South bigg...
The Tsitsikamma Forests, lying between Plettenberg Bay and Humansdorp, were the thickest and the most forbidding in the entire Cape Colony. ...
It is easy enough to miss the tranquil Storms River Village while driving along the N2 highway, but you would be missing out if you did. Rat...
The Tsitsikamma Coastline is the meeting place of temperate and sub-tropical marine environments, so an interesting mix of species occurs al...
The Tsitsikamma Hiking Trail, between Nature's Valley and Storms River, runs parallel to the popular Otter Trail but follows the base of the...
The name Tsitsikamma can be loosely translated from Khoi to mean 'where clear waters rise'. At the time when explorers first reached the den...