A Sunny Garden Route Town, offering great weather and plenty to see and do!
Knysna's history weaves a colorful tapestry of woodcutters, seafarers, gold-diggers and timber merchants. Today the town and surrounding area is a paradise for nature lovers, artists, golfers & thrill seekers.
Having been declared part of the Garden Route National Park, this naturally scenic area is abundant with beauty and activities, offering something to enjoy for the young, and the young at heart!
Take time to discover the surrounding areas and discover why the Garden Route is one of South Africa’s top holiday and travel destinations.
Our Guests’ Top 5 Attractions for Knysna:
Knysna Heads
Knysna Elephant Park
Featherbed Nature Reserve
Knysna Lagoon & Brenton on Sea Beach
Emzini Interactive Township tours
Wine and Dining: Our Guests’ Top 5 Knysna Restaurants:
ANCHORAGE - Gray Street, towards the waterfront (Booking advisable 044 382 2230)
Intimate setting, delicious fresh fish and seafood platters.
OLIVE TREE – Knysna main road (Booking advisable 044 382 5867)
Popular eatery, offering traditional meat dishes and good quality steaks.
EAST HEAD CAFE– Knysna’s Eastern Head. Open daily till 4pm.
Great view! Enjoy gourmet burgers, fish & chips or just a cappuccino and cheese cake :-)
CHATTERS BISTRO - Gray Street, towards the waterfront (Booking advisable 044 382 0203)
Popular local spot, great selection of wine and wood-fired, thin based pizzas
CAFFE MARIO'S – Knysna Waterfront (Booking advisable 044 382 7250)
Lively Italian restaurant, offering tasty pasta, salads, pizza and cakes.
Our Guest’s Top 5 Activities in the surrounding area:
Tenikwa Wildlife Awareness Centre
Monkeyland & Birds of Eden
Plettenberg Bay Game Reserve.
Tsitsikamma Tree Top Canopy Tours and Big Tree.
Our Guest’s Top 5 Road Trips:
Tsitsikamma National Park
Nature’s Valley and Bungi Jumping view point
Millwood Forest Drive and Tea Garden
Wilderness Lakes via Hoekville
Oudtshoorn and Cango Caves
Knysna on a Budget:
Picnic and walks in the Millwood forest
Heads view point and Coney Glen drive
Brenton on Sea drive
Sun-sets and bird watching from Leisure Island
Snorkeling near the Heads
Lagoon-side walks via Costa Sarda
People watching from one of the many coffee shops…
Back in Time….A brief History of Knysna
The area became established in the early 1800's when the demand for timber began to grow. The wood cutters braved unknown territory seeking out the valuable woods such as Stinkwood and Yellowwood.
In the late 1800's, a tiny gold nugget was discovered in the forest, and the mining village of Millwood sprang up. This was short-lived, however, as the gold yields remained small and hard to find, now the only remains of Millwood is the abandoned mines and a small tea house, still operating as Mother Holly's.
The Heads are famous, not only for the grand sandstone cliffs, which tower above the entrance to the lagoon, but also for the many recorded shipwrecks which have met a watery grave here over the past 150 years. Yacht insurance is hard to come by when you seek to enter through this port….
The vast estuary, known as the Knysna Lagoon, offers numerous water sports including sailing, canoeing and kite-boarding. The surrounding indigenous forests have a number of marked trails for hiking and mountain biking.
Various adventure sports are on offer including quad biking, kite surfing and paragliding and much more…
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| Knysna - Garden Route – Western Cape - South Africa |
| Physical Address | 9 Herons Way, Knysna 6570 |
| Postal Address: | PO Box 3536, Knysna 6570 | | GPS coordinates | 34° 02’ 34.79’’S & 23° 04’ 14.68’’E |
| Tel: | 044 382 9964 |
| Fax: | 086 544 0209 |
| Email: | info@heronsway.co.za |
| Knysna's Popular Yearly Festivals |
| Literary Festival | End April |
| Pink Loerie Pride | Early May |
| Speed Festival | Mid May |
| Oyster Festival | Early July |
| Ross Taylor Surf Contest | Mid August |
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