Garden Route Tours

Garden Route is a trendy and scenic stretch of the south-east coast of South Africa. It stretches from Mossel Bay in the Western Cape is in Storms River, which is crossed along the N2 coastal highway the Paul Sauer Bridge in the extreme western reach of the neighboring countries of the Eastern Cape.

The name comes from the green vegetation and ecological diversity encountered here and in the numerous lakes and lagoons along the coast. It includes cities such as Mossel Bay, Knysna, Oudtshoorn, Plettenberg Bay and the natural Valley, George, Garden Route and the largest city in the main administrative center.

It has an oceanic climate, with mild summers and mild winters cool. It has the mildest climate in South Africa and the warmer climate of the world second after Hawaii, according to the Guinness Book of Records. Temperatures rarely fall below 10 ° C in winter and rarely above 28 ° C in summer throughout the year, with a slight increase in spring, brought by the winds off the sea in the Indian Ocean and the increased release of its precipitation along the Tsitsikamma and Outeniqua mountains, inland from the coast.

The road seems between the mountains and the Indian Ocean. Outeniqua and Tsitsikamma indigenous forests is a unique blend of Cape fynbos and hiking trails, offering mild and forests and ecotourism activities. About 300 species of birds are found in a vast variety of habitats ranging from fynbos to forest to wetlands.