Category Archives: Garden Route National Park

Now this is brave!

While walking along the edge of the Tsitsikamma forests at Storms River Mouth Rest Camp today, Joubert and I came across a very brave Southern Boubou tangling with a deadly venomous Boomslang. The bird succeeded in driving the snake away, apparently none the worse for the encounter.

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The Tsitsikamma Coast

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After three beautiful days at Ebb-and-Flow Rest Camp in the Wilderness section of the Garden Route National Park, we’ve now moved our tent again – this time to the Storms River Mouth Camp in the rugged Tsitsikamma section of the Park. As I am typing this, soft rain is falling while we look out over the breaking waves at the end of another fantastic day in one of South Africa’s pristine wild places.

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More time for R&R at Ebb&Flow

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We had another day of relaxing exploration around Ebb-and-Flow in the Garden Route National Park.

Ebb-and-Flow North Camp seen from the Half-collared Kingfisher Trail

Rowing on the Touw River at Ebb-and-Flow

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The Garden Route National Park has it all!

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From mountains to beaches, with lakes, rivers and forests in between – the Garden Route National Park has it all!

Rondevlei in Garden Route National Park, seen from the hide

Swartvlei Beach

Diepwalle Forest, Garden Route National Park

Serpentine River

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Here we are at Ebb-and-Flow

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We’ve moved on along our December holiday route again, and this time we’re camping at Ebb-and-Flow in the Garden Route National Park. We can’t imagine very many more idyllic camping grounds than this one. Just look at the view from our tent!

Camping at Ebb-and-Flow Rest Camp in the Garden Route National Park, December 2017

View from Ebb-and-Flow North Campsite

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Sea

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Summer’s heading our way here in the southern hemisphere, and many South Africans are looking forward to their holidays at the seaside. The rugged, rocky coast at the Storms River Mouth, in the beautiful Tsitsikamma section of the Garden Route National Park, is a particularly popular destination for many.

The Sea

“Sea” is the theme for the Weekly Photo Challenge this week

World Oceans Day

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Every year, people and organisations around the globe celebrate World Oceans Day on the 8th of June. It is a day to contemplate the life sustaining role of the earth’s oceans for us humans and the life forms with which we share the “blue planet”, and we’re encouraged to commit to ways to limit our own individual negative impacts on this vital resource.

This photograph shows a small portion of the Tsitsikamma coast in the Garden Route National Park, South Africa’s oldest marine protected area.

World Oceans Day

The Forest

The Beach

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I’ve wonderful childhood memories of Swartvlei Strand (Beach), in the Wilderness section of the Garden Route National Park, near the town of Sedgefield in South Africa’s Western Cape Province. The unique rock formation some distance from the beach has always been fascinating to me, resembling a male lion lying down, looking out over the Indian Ocean.

The Beach_Swartvlei Strand

The Beach(2)_Swartvlei Strand

We’re participating in the online adventure travel and photography magazine LetsBeWild.com‘s Wild Weekly Photo Challenge for bloggers. This week’s challenge is “The Beach“