The Garden Route District Municipality is a district municipality located in the West.
The Garden Route District Municipality is a district municipality located in the West. The Garden Route is a 300-kilometer stretch of the south-eastern coast of South Africa which extends from Witsand in the Western Cape to the border of Tsitsikamma Storms River in the Eastern Cape.
1. Cango Caves
The Cango Caves are located in Precambrian limestones at the foothills of the Swartberg range near the town of Oudtshoorn, in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. The principal cave is one of the country’s finest, best known, and most popular tourist caves and attracts many visitors from overseas. Although the extensive system of tunnels and chambers go on for over 4 km, only about a quarter of this is open to visitors, who may proceed into the cave only in groups supervised by a guide.
2. Birds of Eden
Birds of Eden is the world’s largest free-flight aviary and bird sanctuary, located in Kurland near Plettenberg Bay in the Western Cape, South Africa. The mesh dome of the sanctuary was built over 2.3 hectares of indigenous forest and is up to 55 meters above ground level. 1.2 kilometers of walkways, about 75% of which are elevated, let visitors see the birds at all levels of the aviary. Birds of Eden is one of the four Sanctuaries under The South African Animal Sanctuary Alliance.
3. Outeniqua Mountains
The Outeniqua Mountains, named after the Outeniqua Khoikhoi who lived there, is a mountain range that runs a parallel to the southern coast of South Africa and forms a continuous range with the Langeberg to the west and the Tsitsikamma Mountains to the east. It was known as “Serra de Estrella” to the Portuguese. The mountains are part of the Garden Route of South Africa.
4. Monkeyland
Monkeyland is a roaming multi-species primate sanctuary, located in The Crags near Plettenberg Bay in Western Cape, South Africa. The sanctuary comprises over 12 hectares of indigenous forest, with a protected greenbelt of 4 hectares. Monkeyland is one of the three Sanctuaries under The South African Animal Sanctuary Alliance.
5. Wilderness National Park
Wilderness National Park, also called the Wilderness Section, is located around the seaside town of Wilderness between the larger towns of George and Knysna, in the Western Cape. It is a protected area of South Africa forming part of the Garden Route National Park.