DAY 8
Destination: Swellendam – Mossel Bay – Knysna
- Tsitsikama
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No hiking on this day
After breakfast, drive to Mossel Bay. Visit the Diaz
Museum with its replica of a 500 year old Portuguese
ship first sailing to South Africa under the command
of Bartholomew Diaz.
Drive to Knysna; visit the Knysna Waterfront to
buy groceries for the upcoming hikes. Continue onto
Nature’s Valley where indigenous forest stretches
down to the beach. The Nature's Valley Rest
Camp in the Tsitsikamma Section of the Garden
Route National Park is situated in the De Vasselot
on the banks of the Groot River, about 30km from
the town of Plettenberg Bay and about 40km
from Storms River Rest Camp (Tsitsikamma
Section). This camp is a bird watchers' and
hikers' paradise with a variety of trails to choose
from.
Overnight in basic huts close to the beach.