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Garden Route National Park (Wilderness Section)

TIME : 2016/2/17 10:25:04

Formerly the Wilderness National Park, this section has now been incorporated into the vast and scattered Garden Route National Park along with the Knysna Forests and Tsitsikamma. The park covers a unique system of lakes, rivers, wetlands and estuaries that are vital for the survival of many species. There are several nature trails in the national park for all levels of fitness, taking in the lakes, the beach and the indigenous forest.

The Kingfisher Trail is a day walk that traverses the region and includes a boardwalk across the intertidal zone of the Touws River. The lakes offer anglers, canoeists, windsurfers and sailors an ideal venue. Canoes (R250 per day) can be hired from Eden Adventures, which also offers abseiling (R375) and canyoning (R495).

There are two similar camping grounds in the park with basic but comfortable accommodation, including in rondavels (round huts with conical roofs): Ebb & Flow North (campsites from R150, double rondavel without/with bathroom R280/325), which is the smaller, and Ebb & Flow South (campsites from R150, forest cabins R540, four-person log cottage R1015).