Walks and treks

Garden Route and Tsitsikamma

Eastern Cape

A scenic coastal drive between Mossel Bay and Storms River, with lagoons, forests and beaches.

Natural features

The Knysna Heads

Knysna, Western Cape

Two huge sandstone cliffs guarding the narrow, dangerous channel between the Indian Ocean and the Knysna lagoon.

Natural features

Featherbed Nature Reserve, Knysna

Knysna, Western Cape

A private nature reserve on the Western Head of Knysna, reached only by ferry across the lagoon.

Places to stay

Backpackers Paradise, Oudtshoorn

Oudtshoorn, Western Cape

A long-running hostel in a converted old house on Baron van Reede Street, on the Cango Caves side of Oudtshoorn.

Places to stay

Mkomazana Mountain Cottages, Sani Pass

KwaZulu-Natal

Self-catering cottages at the foot of the Sani Pass in the southern Drakensberg, inside the uKhahlamba-Drakensberg World Heritage Site and 8 km from …