Garden Route

Photo: Diriye Amey, CC BY 2.0.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.

Essential Destinations

George

Photo: NH53, CC BY 2.0.

George is in the Western Cape Province in South Africa. It is the main gateway to the beautiful Garden Route.

Mossel Bay

Photo: landagent, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Mossel Bay is a harbour town of about 170,000 people on the Garden Route of South Africa. It is an important tourism and farming region of the Western Cape Province.

Knysna

Photo: Andresdewet, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Knysna, pearl of the scenic Garden Route, sits between George and Plettenberg Bay. Perennially green thanks to a Mediterranean Maritime climate with rain falling throughout the year, Knysna is mantled by indigenous forests extending into the Tsitsikamma National Park area.

Destinations to Discover

Wilderness

Photo: Andresdewet, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Wilderness is a coastal village situated in the Western Cape province in South Africa. It is set between the Kaaimans River and the Goukama Nature Reserve in the heart of the Garden Route, bordered by the Outeniqua Mountains and swept by the Indian Ocean.

Plettenberg Bay

Photo: michael clarke stuff, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Plettenberg Bay is a small coastal resort in South Africa's Western Cape. It's a good stop off point for the Garden Route if you're looking to be closer to the beach than nearby Knysna.

Tsitsikamma

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.

Tsitsikamma is in the Cacadu District of the Eastern Cape of South Africa.

Tsitsikamma National Park

Photo: Anagoria, CC BY 3.0.

The Tsitsikamma National Park, a section of the Garden Route National Park, is situated in the heart of the famous Garden Route in South Africa. The park offers some fine coastal scenery and sometimes the option of whale-watching.

Storms River

Photo: Johann Snyman, CC BY 2.0.

Storms River is a small village in the Eastern Cape on the Garden Route surrounded by pine plantations along the N2. It is the gateway to the Tsitsikamma National Park.

Nature’s Valley

Photo: michael clarke stuff, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Nature's Valley is a small village on the Garden Route along the southern Cape coast of South Africa, tucked between the Soutrivier, the foothills of the Tsitsikamma Mountains, the Indian Ocean and the Grootrivier lagoon.

Wilderness National Park

Photo: Bernard DUPONT, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Wilderness National Park, also called the Wilderness Section, is located around the seaside town of Wilderness between the larger towns of George and Knysna, in the Western Cape.

Garden Route

Satellite Map

In Other Languages

Explore These Curated Destinations

• Deutsch
• Español
• Français
• Português