Garden Route Hiking Trails & Walks

See also Encounter Magazine's comprehensive guide on Hiking in South Africa.

To really experience this region, you will have to bring along your hiking gear, for there are many day-walks to be done:

Heidelberg
- Bosbok, Grysbok and Snelsetter Hiking Trails
Riversdal
- Sleeping Beauty, Kristalskloof, Rooiwaterspruit and Mont Blanc
Albertinia
- Gouriqua, Fynbos, Witblits and Die Poort Hiking Trails
Still Bay
- the Still Bay Routes
Mossel Bay
- Cape St Blaze, Ruiterbos and Koumashoek Trails
George
- the Doring River Wilderness Trail and Pass-to-Pass Trail

Within the National Parks you'll find:
Tsitsikamma
- various day-walks like the Blue Duiker and Lookout Trails
Wilderness
- the Kingfisher and other trails
Sedgefield - Goukamma and 6 other trails
Knysna
- the Jubilee Creek walk and 6 other trails in Knysna Indigenous Forests
>Tsitsikamma National Park

And for the more adventurous and eco-lovers, there are trails like the:
- Boosmansbos Wilderness Area in Heidelberg, ranging from 2 to 5 days,
- Attaquaskloof Trail in Mossel Bay, a 3-day Trail (or the 2-day Botterberg Trail)
- Tierkop 2-day Trail in George.
- The picturesque Outeniqua Hiking Trail through the Outeniqua National Park, a 7-day trail.
- Or the famous Otter Hiking Trail, 5 wonderful days along the coast of the Tsitsikamma Reserve.

Or just spend a relaxing day in any of the Nature Reserves in and around the Garden Route.