Garden Route
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The Garden Route (
Nature's Valley; with George
, the Garden Route's largest city and main administrative centre.
It has an oceanic climate, with mild to warm summers, and mild to cool winters. Temperatures rarely fall below 10 °C in winter and rarely climb beyond 28 °C in summer. Rain occurs year-round, with a slight peak in the spring months, brought by the humid sea-winds from the Indian Ocean rising and releasing their precipitation along the Langeberg, Outeniqua and Tsitsikamma Mountains just inland of the coast. The Garden Route is closely linked with the Origin of Human Culture, due to archaeological finds in the Plettenberg Bay, Mossel Bay and Stilbaai areas.
The Route is sandwiched between the aforementioned mountains and the
wetlands
.
In 2017 the Garden Route was added to UNESCO's World Network of Biosphere Reserves.[2]
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A river mouth in the Tsitsikamma National Park, situated on the Garden Route
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Fairy Knowe station
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A tranquil scene at a lake on the Garden Route
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A vineyard on the Garden Route in winter
See also
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Garden Route.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Garden Route.
- George, Western Cape
- Knysna
- Plettenberg Bay
- Mossel Bay
- Oudtshoorn
- Bloukrans Bridge Bungy
- Tsitsikamma
- Riversdale
- Guided hikes on the Garden Route
References
- ^ "10 epic road trips in the world to take once in your lifetime". www.emptyshack.com. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
- ^ "South Africa's Garden Route added to UNESCO's World Network of Biosphere Reserves". Unesco. June 21, 2017. Retrieved August 6, 2018.