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The Garden Route & Eastern Cape

The Garden Route is a compact stretch of coastline with glassy lagoons, steep dunes, lonely beaches and crashing surf. The Eastern Cape goes up to the border with KwaZulu-Natal and Lesotho and contains a number of excellent game reserves. This region is ideally suited to a self-drive trip.

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  • Addo Elephant National Park
  • Amakhala Game Reserve
  • Calitzdorp
  • Knysna
  • Kwandwe Private Game Reserve
  • Oudtshoornm & Surrounds
  • Plettenberg Bay
  • Pumba Private Game Reserve
  • Shamwari Private Game Reserve
  • Swellendam
  • The Cango Caves & Swartberg Pass
  • The Eastern Cape Game Areas
  • The Klein Karoo
  • Tsitsikamma Forest
  • Wilderness
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    • Knysna
    • At the heart of the Garden Route is Knysna, the town most geared towards tourism. It has some nice walking and trekking trails and is famous for its delicious oysters and fresh seafood.
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    • Plettenberg Bay
    • Plettenberg Bay, towards the eastern end of the Garden Route, is a playground for South Africa’s wealthy holidaymakers. There are many activities available as well as lots of great restaurants.
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    • Plettenberg Bay
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    • The Eastern Cape Game Areas
    • Easily attached to a Garden Route itinerary, the Eastern Cape has perhaps done more than any other area to put conservation on the map in South Africa. Here, you'll be able to see the Big Five and it's malaria free.
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    • The Eastern Cape Game Areas
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    • Addo Elephant National Park
    • Addo Elephant Park is is home to the 'Big Seven' - the usual Big Five as well as great white sharks and southern right whales.
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    • Addo Elephant National Park
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    • Kwandwe Private Game Reserve
    • Kwandwe is quite large, and is open only to guests of the lodge and the homestead, giving it a visitor density far lower than most other game parks and reserves in the Eastern Cape.
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    • Pumba Private Game Reserve
    • The 6,500 hectare Pumba Private Game Reserve is malaria-free and offers the chance to experience the Big Five, including white lion (a first for the area), in their natural environment.
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    • Pumba Private Game Reserve
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    • Shamwari Private Game Reserve
    • Perhaps the best known of the Eastern Cape private game reserves, Shamwari is home to the Big Five, as well as cheetah and some recently released wild dog.
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    • Amakhala Game Reserve
    • Game viewing is excellent in the Amakhala Reserve, and the rangers are very knowledgeable. An added bonus is that the Eastern Cape is malaria-free.
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    • Amakhala Game Reserve
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    • the klein karoo
    • The Klein Karoo
    • The Karoo is the vast semi-desert that comprises the bulk of the interior of South Africa and is an inhospitable place. Much of the scenery is interspersed by farmland and mountains.
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    • The Klein Karoo
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    • Calitzdorp
    • Calitzdorp is small but the hot sunny weather makes it ideal for the growing grapes. In fact, you will find two of South Africa’s premier port producers here.
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    • Oudtshoornm & Surrounds
    • Oudtshoorn is quite a cosmopolitan place and is most famous for its ostrich farms. In the Victorian era, these existed as a ready soruce of ostrich feathers, but today they are mainly farmed for their meat.
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    • the cango caves and swartberg pass
    • The Cango Caves & Swartberg Pass
    • The Cango Caves and Swartberg Pass are two of South Africa's most scenic attractions. The Cango Caves can be explored with a guide, while the Swartberg Pass can be accessed via a self-drive trip.
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    • Swellendam
    • Swellendam lies in the Overberg region halfway between Cape Town and the Garden Route; it's an ideal and charming stop-over.
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    • Swellendam
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    • tsitsikamma forest
    • Tsitsikamma Forest
    • The Tsitsikamma Forest, near Plettenberg Bay, is an area of great natural beauty and has a range of activities to suit all tastes. It also has elephant, monkey and bird sanctuaries you can visit.
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    • Wilderness
    • The town of Wilderness is quite built-up but offers a wide array of accommodation, shops and places to eat. Birdlife is particularly prolific here as well and includes the distinctive African black oyster catcher.
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Popular Places in The Garden Route & Eastern Cape

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{3C3A2209-6F83-4806-BAFA-4FB6F7F8D1F1}Knysna

The Garden Route & Eastern Cape

At the heart of the Garden Route

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{7D224F07-D6C1-4F9A-9A8A-54CC3D724BA2}Addo Elephant National Park

The Garden Route & Eastern Cape

See the the 'Big Seven' (the Big Five plus great white sharks and southern right whales).

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