Garden Route Trail

Day 1.
5Km forest walk, 6km river canoe, Guests meet at the Fairy Knowe Hotel for registration. Activities start with a canoe trip and walk following the Touw River through indigenous forest for lunch alongside the river. Returning to the canoes, guests take a meandering return canoe trip, then transfer to the Ebb and Flow Rest Camp for the evening. Dinner is prepared by your guide.

Day 2.
16Km beach walk. On the second day, after breakfast, guests are collected by a local taxi and driven to Kleinkrans from where the days walk starts. The trail passes rock pools which can be explored at low tide and tracts of washed up sea shells along some of South Africa's most pristine and secluded golden beaches. The highlight of this stage are the towering fossil dunes with fossilized trackways. 800m before reaching your accommodation you cross the Kingfisher Creek, either swimming or wading if the estuary mouth is open. Dinner is prepared by your guide.

Day 3.
16km comprising 14km beach and 2km dune fynbos stages. After breakfast you start off on a 14km beach walk with plenty opportunities to swim in the surf before leaving the beach after Skimmelkrans in Goukamma Nature Reserve and traversing vegetated dunes to Goukamma River. Crossing the river on a pont you reach your accommodation in thatched rondavels where you over night for two nights. Dinner is a Potjie.

Day 4.
3 hour Birding canoe, 8km dune and beach circuit. After breakfast the group canoes up the Goukamma River looking for African Fish Eagles and other bird species for the morning. For the afternoon you walk on a loop including beach and dune sections. To round off the day, dinner is prepared over a fire at sunset..

Day 5.
Relaxed start, 8km walk, reflective drink, shuttle back to Wilderness. Guests enjoy relaxed breakfast followed by a 8km walk to Brenton on Sea where you can enjoy an optional lunch or beverage before being transported back to Wilderness.

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