Monday, March 8, 2010
Travelling in Africa south
Our family has enjoyed travel in South Africa is easy for us, we live here. We are based in East London, Eastern Cape, we have a short jump from Port Alfred and Port Elizabeth. In (start or end) of the Garden Route, depends on which side is. In this article we will travel from Cape Town to Port Elizabeth and try to give visitors a new idea in this beautiful region of South Africa.
Many local residents rate the region of the Western Cape and Eastern Cape and one of the best in South Africa. There are some topics may be in December werkelijke park road begins and ends, as many say that the disease starts in the garden route to Cape Town and ends at the end of the implementation of Port Elizabeth, and this may be true, and the path real gardens and observed largely separate from the area of Mossel Bay and ends in Port Elizabeth.
We will walk you through the road from Cape Town, if you are driving. The route follows the path in the N1 Grand National, will not see many of the sea, Even Start to launch the town of Mossel Bay, passing the Sasol refinery, about 4-5 hours easy to travel from Cape Town. Can be described Mossel Bay a small fishing village, but a story based on the edge of the bay is beautiful. Mossel Bay is being re-invent and re discoverred tourist destination. Add the recently completed complex includes a casino and golf properties, apartments and many other housing options around the beach Diaz and strengthened over the past Mossel Bay Golf Club You can substitute or N2 to Mossel Bay, or can be constructed city. This can be extended to pass through the cities Klein Resort Brac Brac and the great river and many resorts, click on the holiday season of birth.
Not far from the highway that goes over the George airport with Air Express SA and George Town, the Garden's main shopping street, which was built recently, and stresses the role of George and the Garden Route Mall. George is a wonderful example of architecture in South Africa, which shows the influence of which extends from the Dutch in 1600, known as Cape Dutch architecture. George home of real assets is famous Fancourt golf course and residential complex, Where he played in the Presidents Cup and many more if he wants to play golf, do not miss the traditional George Golf Club, usually in the top ten in the country. If you are going to the Karoo and Oudtshoorn, this is where you can go in the direction of north.
You can also go to George you can turn right, and the Gulf of beautiful young people in a place known as Bay View Victoria Vic Bay is usually called by the locals, take a break and walk way from home, and created by ever lucky enough to be cormorants (seabirds SA) fishing in deep water, crystal clear swimming pool. Shortly after the Bay of you and a few bends, passing through beautiful in the Caymans. Take it easy and watch out for speed limits through the elbows, and look to the breaking point of dolphins, an ideal place to stop running and look for schools of dolphins, but if you do not see, enjoy the view and mouth river crocodiles and the Indian Ocean coast and wildlife.
Wilderness and started a small village and resort on one of the many rivers that connect a series of lakes throughout the area of the city and the National Wildlife Park, a nature reserve where water fowl. Since then it has expanded to include housing development of wildlife between N2 and the coast. Earth can no longer be described as a small seaside resort, and enlargement, but may maintain its natural beauty. To get enough rest, especially if the birds and enjoy walking or mountain biking, wild and wonderful place for the cost as one night or two if the speed or more to spend a family holiday. It is located with easy access to the rest of the Garden Route, which may be available for day trips.
When you come from Earth, yet feel part of the lake while traveling short hops, and maybe half an hour, Sedgefield village. Sedgefield is at the end of the lake is a small village that stretches along the beach is different. Inhabited by a large number of restaurants and commercial service areas along the N2, and kept looking for some local shops of interest throughout the region and live in forests, and some furniture manufacturers bekwaam many who were after long residence time of a tree in the past, is no longer practical.
A drive on the N2 for about twenty miles and has a beautiful shoreline of the lake to come to Buffalo Bay and Buffalo Bay. It is a search engine outside the Outeniqua Choo Choo, is known as one of the last steam train times daily between Knysna and George. A few minutes from the N2 main road is the village of Buffalo Bay Resort, where beautiful beaches, one of the most beautiful street in the park, located in the Gulf shelterred small. And stop swimming ideal for recreation, shopping and beach reataurant long walk if you need to extend the legs.
The next town is one of the reasons why the Garden Route and destination of choice. When leaving the Bay of Buffalo and return the N2, and climb over a steep hill and across the bridge in Long Knysna River, the left and hilis river, and on top of the hill you see Simol Golf Estate in the distance, the space right Entirely the famous Knysna lagoon. Through the beautiful scenic village Knysna takes after the house of the forest sector in the region and is today one of the most popular tourist destinations in South Africa. Knysna, Knysna Waterfront with him, Thesen Island, and the heads of Island Leisure Resort is an exciting, with lots to offer visitors. Definitely a good way to tour the base during Gardeb. Housing Options include a large number of hotels and bed and breakfast guest house.
Short area between Knysna and the next town, Plettenberg Bay, many shops selling local agricultural model different purposes and has a restaurant and accommodation for people who want their time to this section. Some are actually N2 Plettenberg Bay Holiday Mecca, known to many of Nice and Cannes, and also the French Riviera in South Africa, plates, as is commonly said, is visited by many well-known South African entrepreneur, or Homes luxury, fine dining and even shopping market is beautiful. It is the addition of a combination of two golf courses, Plettenberg Bay Goose Valley, on the beach, polo fields, and perhaps the best time in Plettenberg Bay and the coast is only a recipe for its own sake coast of Africa.
Leave Plettenberg Bay, perhaps with a visit to the nearby river and the lake along the N2 Keurbooms Tsitsikamma forests and nature reserves. The behavior of tolls or in a hurry, and take the old road, passing through forests and natural areas, indicating that the card with you, but this is definitely the most spectacular scenery in the village of Wadi natures. In a small village tracks and Bird of Paradise, the impact of the larger cell in the world apart and the first hour or two, and ITS sister attraction, Monkey land as worth a visit, be sure to remove your items That shiny, as earrings and the playful little bird, not beautiful experience not to be missed.
Tsitsikamma Nature Reserve and lives in the mouth of the river, storms, camping, cabins and beautifully situated along the coast is rugged and exciting. Storms River, offers visitors nature walks, and a series of adventures, as the river snakes, storms, and diving in the reserve, abseiling and quad for the young at heart.
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