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The Garden Route has the Outeniqua Mountains in the west and the Tsitsikamma Mountains in the east as its borders.
Its Mediteranean climate makes for warm summers and mild winters and with ten proclaimed nature reserves, its natural wonders are ensured to be around for a long time to come.
Tsitsikamma is a Khoisan word meaning "place of much water" and the Nature Reserve is also the playground of the Knysna Loerie, an endangered bird specie.
The Garden Route also boasts with the world’s first free roaming multi-specie primate sanctuary.
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Marine life is an integral part of the ecosystem that encompasses the uniqueness of the Garden Route.
Learn something new at the Centre for Dolphin Studies, an internationally recognized, non-profit research institute in Plettenberg Bay, the Whale and Dolphin Capital of the Garden Route.
Their main objective being research, increasing public awareness and engendering in people a love for the sea and all that lives in it. |
Take a memorable journey on the last remaining continually operating passenger steam train in Africa, the Outeniqua Choo-tjoe, on a picturesque roundtrip between Knysna and George.
While in George the golf enthusiast can play a round at Fancourt, a golfcourse designed by Gary Player.
Bartholomeu Dias discovered Mossel Bay in 1488 and the museum named after this great adventurer offers cultures and history galore.
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The surroundings and fiercely protected natural balance of this wonderland has become synonymous with healing and has given birth to a wealth of spas and health treatments.
So whether you are into kayaking, mountain biking, horse riding, canoeing, bungy jumping, motor glider flights, or simply want to enjoy a laid-back holiday, the Garden Route can cater for your every need. |
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