Knysna Lagoon

We finally landed in Cape Town on the 3rd of March
after what felt like a never ending week. The sun was shining and we were
greeted by some big smiles by Stefan, Elzaan and Christian...we couldn't of
asked for anything more. Ben went off with the boys for Christian's bachelors
white water rafting and myself and Elzaan had a very …

It was quite tempting to stay longer in Tsitsikamma, but we knew that we had to keep moving to get to Cape Town and see everything we wanted to along the way. Monday saw us rising early in order to hit the Bloukrans Bridge and check out the world's highest bungee jumps.

We should have guessed that it was too early for adventurous types to …

The Bazbus was a short trip through George and Wilderness and it all ran smoothly. Our new hostel, Knysna Backpacker's has an amazing view from the porch overlooking the lagoon, our room is big and comfy, sorted! We strolled down the main road, I sort ...

... the best scenery for last as we approach stunning False Bay. With good company, great food and fantastic scenery and adventure, these five days were an amazing eye-opener to the beauty, diversity and charm that is South Africa. I will definitely be ...

... a single room which was lovely, not sure I'd have wanted to be in the dorms, one of them was practically a corridor! Knysna is on a big bay/lagoon which is sheltered from the ocean by a couple of mountains which rise up either side of the inlet. In ...

... we are staying however, there isnt much to do or see, we have been and looked at the pretty but nothing amazing lagoon which Knysna is famous for, and we have wandered in the town....tommorow we are going to visit nearby Plettenberg Bay... its only ...

... walk from the main bus stop & it was described as much different from the other Garden Route stops.  Knysna sits on a dramatic lagoon where most other locations are beach, beach, beach. I forgot about Boxing Day...Sunday the 26th but is ...

... Kerri and Brother Maxi from the Jah Works B&B, which are also the proud heads of the biggest Rastafarian community in South Africa. While Sister Kerri rushed off to a meeting, Brother Maxi told us lots about the Rastafarian movement in general and ...

... nationally so many things closed here today. We wandered down to the waterfront and ferry jetty and had a look around. Knysna is set in a lagoon and the feeries/boats gead out through narrow heads to the ocean, much like Kalbarri has narrow heads. It is ...

... agency. THe seafood soup was delicious and the oysters damn fine as well - as they should be, they were fished straight out of the lagoon. And if you get the chance, try the De Waal Viognier 2003 - 80 Rand well spent. Some nice scenery on the way out ...

... the two rivers meet at the bottom southern point. It's a bit like the two oceans meeting at the southern tip of South Africa. From there we could see around 18km's of coastline up towards Knysna with the backdrop of extensive mountain ranges behind.... ...

... isnt). very cool thing but of course distances here in SA also exist so it took us the whole day to get to Knysna, a sleepy little town with a lagoon right by the seat that's absolutely stunning. on the bus I got to know lots of 'stralians and 2 crazy ...