Garden Routes Heart - Knysna

South Africa's Garden Route is not only in the spring or summer worth a visit. Even mid-end-autumn still expected with mild temperatures and plenty of sunshine. 

Everything is green but of course most of the flowers are missing. But we didn't cry and started with a hike to the Knysna Heads. Knysna is situated on the Knysna lagoon, which is enclosed by the Knysna Heads. Like two watchtowers project the rocks in front of the small city. We tried to follow the water but suddenly the path ended. So we had to walk on the road. Beware of fast cars. It was very hot and steap (at the end) so it turned out to be a little strenuous hike. I can tell you it was worth every step. 

on the top of Knysna Head 

We stayed at Jembjo's Knysna Lodge. A very cool place to stay. Central, nice and cosy. The owners are very open and sweet. They gave some ideas for places to eat. They drove us to the restaurant, organised us a trip to the rasta community and invited us for dinner one night. We had a big braai. Thank you so much once again. I would love to come back someday.

The Knysna Lagoon

The region of Knysna is known for it's breweries. There is even a brewery in Knysna. We went for dinner to a restaurant called scirocco. They serve good pizzas and you can do a beer tasting. They serve you like 7 different (!) beers locally brewed. They are all tasty but find it out for yourself. Next to this place is a very cool bar. They have life music.

Knysna a rich city. Big houses and a lot of yachts and expensive cars. It's very touristic but calm and clean. There is a dayly market in the center close to the main road. Altough it is very touristic I like the city because it's not to big and in spring and summer it's very colorful. The city is very well located and therefore the starting point for walks, water sports, paragliding and various other excursions.