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A
6Km circular walk with bird eye views of Rondevlei, Wolve Rivier and
Swartvlei as you are guided through the Dune Fynbos. Here Erica's
and Leucodendron's abound interspersed with Buchu. On this walk
you will discover the species of 'little' fauna of South Africa's wildlife
and learn the intricacies of the Fynbos. The path traverses a wetland
area and is located in a Ramsar Heritage site because of it's importance
as a breeding site for numerous bird species.
A wonderful walk circumnavigating the Robberg Peninsula.
Offering spectacular views of the bay and Titsikamma Mountains, you
are guided through numerous geological profiles and coastal fynbos passing
a Cape Fur Seal colony en route to the point for lunch. Returning on
the western side you cross over to a tambola island with perfect beaches
and safe swimming to view a Cape Gull Colony. Between May and November
this walk offers wonderful land based sightings of Southern Right and
Humpbacked Whales breaching on both sides of the peninsula.
Goukamma
Loop - Traversing the vegetated dunes in Goukamma
Nature Reserve you are guided through Milkwood Forests into Fynbos on
one of the tallest vegetated and fossilized sand dunes in South Africa
for 8.6km before reaching the beach at Oysterbeds for lunch. After a
swim and lunch the walk takes you on the beach for 9km to Platbank,
passing numerous pairs of African Black Oystercatchers and exposed litholised
sand dune before crossing over the dunes on a gravel road back to the
start.
Moonlight
Meander & Starlight Stroll. This incredibly popular
walk is a three hour ecological interpretation of the inter-tidal zone
focusing on the survival, feeding and reproductive strategies of the
organisms living in the rock pools and beach. There are also a number
of recipes on how to enjoy some of the rock pool bounty seen. The tour
is dependent on the tides and is best suited for days on either side
of the full and new moon. Call for tour dates.
Guided
Forest Canoe and Walking Trail. Our forests are renowned
for their rare high quality woods. The rivers that flow through them
are a spectacular means of passing through the forest. While canoeing
and walking along the part of the course of the Touw River in the Wilderness
National Park, your guide will teach you about the trees, birds and
the important contribution that forests make to the sustainibility of
water in the region. After canoeing and walking through the forest you
reach the Touw River Cascades for lunch and a swim before returning
to canoe on the Serpentine River.
In
the Diepvalle Forest, you will be guided along the Elephant Trail routes
through pristine Afromontane Forest. Your senses will be heightened
by the prospect of seeing one of South Africa's only free roaming elephants.
Passing 800 year old Podocarp's and walking beneath towering tree ferns
you will be able to escape all references to our modern world and enter
the habitat of Knysna Turaco's and Narina Trogons.