DID YOU KNOW YOU CAN HAVE A DIRECT ENCOUNTER WITH AN AFRICAN ELEPHANT IN KNYSNA?
Visitors to the Knysna Elephant Park mpark are privileged to have a personal encounter with our gentle giants, and leave having gained a new-found respect for these animals, as well as a better understanding of the African elephant and its plight across the continent. Most importantly, by visiting the Park and experiencing our elephant herd, guests make a direct contribution to elephant husbandry and care. Visitors to the Park enable us to give our elephants the best possible facilities, nutrition and care. They also allow us to offer other elephants in need the chance of a better life.
MORE INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT KNYSNA
Knysna is located along South Africa’s famed Garden Route in the Western Cape province. The town is famous for its oyster festival, warm people and the most magnificent views from Leisure Isle to the Knysna Heads. A visit to Knysna is a sublime blend of adventure and relaxation. There’s a large Rastafarian community outside Knysna at a place called Judah Square.
At the end of South Africa’s Garden Route, in the Western Cape province, you’ll come upon the forested town of Knysna which grew around an extensive lagoon of the same name. It’s easy to get into the Knysna spirit as you drive in on the N2 highway from Cape Town. The town is well developed, but it feels as if you’re travelling in woodcutter country. Knysna’s most famed attraction is the Knysna Heads, the treacherous entry into the Knysna lagoon where many an ancient sailing vessel met its doom. Today the Featherbed Nature Reserve pays homage to the richness of fauna and flora that Knysna has to offer on the southern head, while the northern head forms part of the sprawling residential development that is Knysna. The nearby Knysna Elephant Park is home to relocated jumbo families, while Monkeyland primate sanctuary a little further down the N2 does the same for tree-loving species. Both destinations are popular choices for children. Dolphins are often spotted offshore, while southern right whales pay seasonal visits to the shores of the Paradise Coast. A dolphin-spotting boat trip might include a stop off at the Robberg Peninsula near Plettenberg Bay to visit a noisy seal colony. Knysna is replete with accommodation to suit all pockets. You can stay on a houseboat on the lagoon, a forest lodge near the beach, a log cabin in the forest, a Cape Cod-style mansion, a bustling hotel on the main road or one of numerous guest houses. Venture a little out of the town and head north to reach the Garden Route National Park which takes in the beautiful scenery of the Wilderness region, a suspension bridge and the gastronomy of the Route. South of Knysna is the Buffalo Bay beach, popular with surfers and sun-lovers and further south lies Sedgefield, billed as the perfect family destination.
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