Where is the Garden Route in South Africa?
Where is the Garden Route in South Africa?
The Garden Route in South Africa is one of the country’s most iconic road trips. It’s 300-kilometers (190 miles) long and winds past beautiful lagoons, beaches, forests, and mountains. I had such a hard time planning my own Garden Route road trip because every blog post I read was completely different.
How big is the Garden Route National Park?
Garden Route National Park The Garden Route National Park ( GRNP) covers an area of just over 120 000 hectares and includes the existing Wilderness and Tsitsikamma National Parks, the Knysna Lakes and an additional 52 000 hectares of newly-proclaimed protected land. It is so large that it extends from the Eastern Cape and Western Cape Provinces.
How did the Garden Route get its name?
Known as The Garden Route, the road trip gets its name from the Garden Route National Park that it covers, and the diverse vegetation and wildlife, and abundance of lagoons, lakes, mountains, forests, and beaches along its winding roads.
Is there a guided tour of the Garden Route?
If you want to explore the Garden Route at your own pace and make stops when you want, renting a car or a motorcycle is the way to make a memorable trip. However, if you do not have the time, resources or skill to navigate the long journey, there are many guided Garden Route tours (like this one) that are very good.
» Grahamstown. » Graaf Reinet. The Garden Route is a popular and scenic stretch of the south-eastern coast of South Africa. It stretches from Mossel Bay in the Western Cape to the Storms River which is crossed along the N2 coastal highway over the Paul Sauer Bridge in the extreme western reach of the neighbouring Eastern Cape.
Where is the Garden Route in Klein Karoo?
Garden Route & Klein Karoo is situated about 280km from Cape Town and is one of South Africa’s richest botanical treasures, where you can lose yourself in nature, surrounded by the splendor of giant Yellowwood or Milkwood trees in one of the indigenous forests.
Where did the Garden Route get its name?
The name comes from the verdant and ecologically diverse vegetation encountered here and the numerous lagoons and lakes dotted along the coast. It includes towns such as Mossel Bay, Knysna, Oudtshoorn, Plettenberg Bay and Nature’s Valley; with George, the Garden Route’s largest city and main administrative centre.
Which is the best road trip in South Africa?
Starting from the west, follow this article for the ultimate South African road trip along the Garden Route. Most people use Mossel Bay as a leg-stretching stop en route from Cape Town to the heart of the Garden Route, but if you can spare an afternoon, there’s really quite a lot to keep you occupied.