Scattered along the Garden Route, fashionable seaside resorts abound, attracting jet-setters from around the globe. On a less affluent scale, tine coastal villages appeal especially to outdoor people who enjoy an unstructured holiday agenda. Mountains crowd close to a shoreline dotted with beaches and bays, and vividly coloured wild flowers delight the eye.
Between Heidelberg just 100 km from Cape Town and Storms River close to Port elizabeth, the Garden Route runs parallel to a coastline featuring lakes, mountains, tall indigenous forests, amber-coloured rivers and golden beaches. Meandering trails are followed by hikers, the forests invite long, leisurely drives, and the lakes and rivers lend themselves to swimming boating and fishing.
The most popular places on the route are Knysna, George and Oudtshoorn.
