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mke1963 Says: Although not as high or wide as the Bloukrans Bridge, the Paul Sauer Bridge was a major feat of engineering on a global scale, and was built some 30 years earlier when the old N2 road was being upgraded. The construction effort required narrow catwalks suspended 100 metres...
Bloukrans Pass and Bloukrans Bridge - Part II
mke1963 Says: To complicate the whole construction, much of the road needed to be cut in the band of shale as this was the least unstable of the local rock formations. Once construction started, it progressed quickly, reaching Bloukrans by 1881 and Storms River by 1884 with that pass...
Bloukrans Pass and Bloukrans Bridge - Part I
mke1963 Says: The Bloukrans River forms one of the many deep, impassable gorges of the Tsitsikamma National Park, and it wasn’t until 1884 that Thomas Bain, the South African master road-builder managed to complete a road from Knysna to Port Elizabeth. Given the huge canyons, the dense...
mke1963 Says: Alongside the Protea Hotel is a small row of shops, each painted a different shocking colour. It's so shocking - pink, orange, turquoise - that they are possibly the only shop fronts visible from outer space.One of these contains a showroom-cum-museum of old Cadillacs,...
Tsitsikamma National Parl - Part II
mke1963 Says: With commercial timber plantations covering much of the old benchcut platform around the 200 metre contour, the rest of the national park sits on the northern slopes of the Tsitsikamma mountains to the north. Over the years, the decades and the centuries, this forested...
Tsitsikamma National Park - Part I
mke1963 Says: The Tsitsikamma is one of those awkward national parks: everyone has heard of it, yet few know what is there. First announced in 1964, it?s a landmark on the N2 between Cape Town and Port Elizabeth, yet it is less visited than most parks in Africa. It is probably best known...
Bloukrans Chalets (SC): Bloukrans Chalets (SC)
mke1963 Says: The self-catering chalets at Bloukrans Bridge are excellent. They are run by the Tsitsikamma Village Trust, but are also confusingly known as the Tsitsikamma Khoisan Chalets.Check-in is at the Khoisan Village buildings on the left as soon as you turn off the N2, or at the...
Accommodation at Tsitsikamma and Bloukrans: Accommodation at Tsitsikamma and Bloukrans
mke1963 Says: Getting accommodation arranged in the Bloukrans and Tsitsikamma area can be confusing. The are called Tsitsikamma includes and area about 1,600 square kilometres, and many places and establishments in this area use the name "Tsitsikamma". Exacerbating the situation is that...
Protea Tsitsikamma: Protea Tistsikamma
mke1963 Says: The Protea Tsitsikamma is beautifully situated among the tall trees at Storm's River Village in the Tsitsikamma National Park. But remember that this is not - repeat not - at Storm's River Mouth, which is a good ten minutes away by car down at sea level.The hotel is built...
Oud Martha's Restaurant (Protea Hotel): Oud Martha's Restaurant (Protea Hotel)
mke1963 Says: This restaurant is in the Protea Tsitsikamma Hotel, part of the Protea chain of South African hotels. The restaurant was busy – it was the peak of the peak season – and the food was good, with strongly falvoured local dishes prominent on the menu. Even the kids portions were...
Recommended......errr....no!: Bloukrans Bridge
mke1963 Says: There are two caf?s at the Bloukrans Bridge bungee jump site, both of which are really pikey, serving poor quality food and an extremely limited selection of food and beer. I don?t know why, but these kinds of sites always seem to have dire food and no atmosphere. There...
mke1963 Says: In the secluded little hamlet of Storms River Village, the first house on the right is a beautiful little guest-house, Armagh Country Lodge, which has B&B accommodation but they also serve amazingly good breakfasts. They have a stunning garden, teeming with bird life,...
Tsitsikamma Khoisan Village: Indigenous plants
mke1963 Says: Although possibly not of great interest to international visitors, the Tsitsikamma Forest Village Trust also has a nursery where they raise and sell indigenous plants. This is a venture worth supporting.
Tsitsikamma Forest Village Trust: Local handicrafts
mke1963 Says: The TFVT provides local employment for a number of poeple, not just through the accommodation available at Bloukrans but also by the establishment of a number of craft workshops.The "tsitsikamma Khoisan Village" as it is also known, is worth a stop to see the products being...
mke1963 Says: For us, one of the highlights of our stay in the Storms River area was a short, post-breakfast walk through the bush at the back of The Armagh guest-house, escorted by the owners' friendly Doberman who showed us along the paths between the village and the main raod. It was a...
mke1963 Says: Bloukrans Bridge is home to the world's highest permanent bungy jump operation, from the 216 metre high Bloukrans bridge. While drivers sail across the bridge in 30 seconds, underneath them, the adventurers face a big drop into the abyss on a piece of rubber band.For those...
Storms River Adventures - canopy tours and forest
mke1963 Says: The Storms River Adventures company has quickly grown to be the biggest activity operator in the area, offering tree top canopy tours, bungee jumping and a variety of other forest-related activities.This is not just your ordinary company, exploiting the masses and fremoving...
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In the secluded little hamlet of Storms River Village, the first house on the right is a beautiful little guest-house, Armagh Country Lodge, which has B&B...
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Often confused for the beachside Storms River Mouth village, the old village of Storms River Village is a beautiful little forest village, although now it exists simply to serve the passing tourists.
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