Canoeing the rivers and waterways,
abseiling the cliffs, walking the miles of empty
white beaches and watching dolphins, whales and
rare birds, fishing the river or the sea or mountain
biking are all within minutes from your home-from-home.
Glitterati and
Golfing Fanatics
World class golf courses on our doorstep are Fancourt;
George Golf Club and Oubaai. Other highly rated
golf courses such as Pezula and Simola at Knysna
and Pinnacle Point Golf Estate at Mossel Bay.
All within 45 minutes away.
Knysna with its
annual oyster festival; historic Mossel
Bay with its casino and Oudtshoorn
with it world renowned Cango Caves and ostriches
are all within 1 hours drive from Serendipity.
Monkeyland primate sanctuary
and the adjacent Birds of Eden
the largest free flight bird aviary in the world
are top eco-tourism attraction in the Garden Route
approximately sixty minutes of leisurely driving
from Serendipity. Worthwhile visiting are the
polo fields of Kurland near
Plettenberg Bay.
The mountains of the Southern
Cape Region
Part of the scenic beauty of the Garden Route,
is the mountains and mountain passes to the Klein
Karoo. Mostly tarred, but some with rustic
gravel roads, like the Swartberg Pass, considered
to be one of the most spectacular and breathtaking
passes in Africa - a tribute to Thomas Bain, who
built it. The road to Gamkaskloof, "The Hell",
is accessed from the peak of the Swartberg Pass.
Gamkaskloof was for more than a century the home
of a self-sufficient farming community, but now
visitors can experience its unique cultural heritage
protected within the Swartberg Then there's Meiringspoort,
also in the Swartberge and one of the more spectacular
routes between the Central and Klein Karoo, snaking
along the river beneath towering red rock cliffs.
The Outeniqua Mountain Pass between George and
Oudtshoorn is considered to be one of the world's
most beautiful railway passes. If you cannot do
it by rail, the road linking the towns will expose
you to some of the scenic beauty of the area.
Whale watching
At the southern tip of Africa, where two of the
world's greatest oceans converge, a total experience
of land, sea and the rainbow culture of the Western
Cape offer you some of the most exciting land
based whale watching venues in the world!
Each year Southern Right whales migrate into the
coastal waters to calve and nurse their young.
The animals, often mere metres from the shore,
provide unsurpassed whale watching opportunities
between June and November
On the Garden Route whale viewing can be done
from Still Bay to Plettenberg Bay and especially
at Wilderness where the viewing is exceptionally
good from the vantage point at Dolphin's Point
on the Kaaiman's Pass where whales often come
in close to suckle their calves and at Plettenberg
Bay where licensed operators take visitors by
boat for close encounters with these gigantic
animals.
White Shark cage diving
For the strong at heart cage diving with the White
Death Sharks off Mossel Bay is available.
Steam Train
The Outeniqua Choo Tjoe is the steam hauled train
operating between George and Mossel Bay. The combination
of the name Outeniqua (a Khoisan word meaning
“they who bear honey” ) and Choo Tjoe
(sound made by the steam engines) resulted into
the name given to one of the very few remaining
passenger trains left in the world. The Choo Tjoe
offers its passengers a unique picturesque and
scenic 67 kilometre journey. The locomotives most
commonly used on the line are Class 24 (built
between 1937 and 1948).
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