The Drive to Knysna (Nov 6th)
Today was a beautiful day, sunny with blue skies and not much wind - quite a contrast from yesterday. We had breakfast in the guesthouse then took a walk along the beach and took about a hundred photos of the huge waves, not quite managing to catch the dramaticness of them (is that a word?) on camera.
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After our walk we started the drive to Knysna. The drive along this part of the Garden Route was very scenic, with lots of mountains, forests and coastline. We took a detour to the Tsitsikamma national park and down to Storm's River Mouth for a walk. There are quite a few walking trails in the park, both short and long and great views of the sea and the river mouth. There is also a restaurant and a shop here so it's a good place for a lunch break and it costs R40 per person to get into the park.
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We walked along one of the shorter trails and again took many photos of the waves, then it was back to the car to continue our journey.
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Our next stop was in Monkeyland and Birds of Eden. Monkeyland was full of monkeys that had previously been in captivity and/or living in poor conditions and were being rehabilitated into a better environment. It's a little forest with walkways that allow the visitors to have a look at the monkeys. You can see a few photos of them below:
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We had a short tour around Monkeyland and also visited Birds of Eden which is a great place to see lots of unusual birds flying around. This was pretty enjoyable apart from the bird that landed on Stuart's shoulder and started nibbling his ear - ouch!
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Labels: Garden Route, Knysna
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