Home to buck, zebra, ostrich, baboons, 250 bird species and indigenous flora and fauna, the area offers beautiful lookouts, beaches, hikes and mountain biking trails. Make sure to stop by the Cape of Good Hope – the most southwestern tip of Africa – and the infamous lighthouse at Cape Point. Instead of taking the Flying …
An hour outside of Cape Town, within the Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve, is the Crystal Pools Hike. Challenging at times with loads of boulder hopping and steep uphills, this two hour hike along the Steenbras River Gorge leads to four natural rock pools. Starting at 6 30am from the roadside entry point we took about an …
Just outside Plettenberg Bay is an amazing self-funded haven for animals to take refuge. Jukani Wildlife Sanctuary is home to numerous amounts of wild cats, a honey badger, a few zebras and a snake exhibition. We spent a day at this amazing sanctuary learning about these animals and their stories of how they got to the …
Monkeyland is the world’s first free-roaming multi-specie primate sanctuary. Sound fancy, right? Well it is! Expect to be surrounded by loads of monkey species, in their natural habitat. We took an one hour guided tour through the forest to see these incredible creatures up close – make sure to stick to the front of the tour …
Tucked away in Outeniqua Mountain Range of Sedgefield, this tree house resort offer visitors an experience of a life time – and made all our childhood dreams of living in a tree house come true. These fully functional, eco-friendly tree houses (including dry compost toilets, solar heated water and river water for showering and bathing) …
We loved swinging from tree top to tree top on this three hour unique eco-wilderness zip line adventure. Located in the indigenous Tsitsikamma rainforest with platforms built around 700 year old giant Outeniqua Yellowwood trees, up to 30 metres in the air, this tour is not for the faint hearted. Bonus: a light lunch is included. Join Us In The Forest …
One of the coolest things we did along the Garden Route was going on a segway tour through the Tsitsikamma Forest. The two hour tour includes segway training before hitting the street of the quaint town of Stormrivier (to the amusement of locals) and then heading into the indigenous Tsitsikamma Forest. We had loads of fun and …
We faced our fears with EcoShark Venture and went shark cage diving in Gansbaai (about a two hour drive outside of Cape Town). Home to over 2000 Great White Sharks, Cape Town and its surrounding areas have numerous shark cage diving companies that will allow you to experience these deadly yet majestic animals up close. It …