Day 4: Walking in Wilderness

After breakfast at the Wallow Guest House we took a short drive to Wilderness National Park. Wilderness is the only area of Africa where rain falls throughout the year and it is therefore known for its subtropical climate and abundance of vegetation.

The best way to explore the park is on foot, so we picked one of the five hiking trails (Half Collared Kingfisher) and womens viagra pill set off along the Touws River. The trail actually had a couple of different routes and the first decision we had to make was whether to cross the river by stepping stones or pontoon. We chose the latter and soon came across a raft made of plastic drums and wooden boards, complete with a rope to pull ourselves across!

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After nearly 4km we reached a waterfall which marked the end of the trail and spent a bit of time recovering before starting the walk back down the valley. This time we took the stepping stones option which turned out to be more a case of walking through a shallow part of the river, over a narrow log, through some bushes, and finally down a rairly rugged path. As we passed the junction leading back to the pontoon we noticed a “trail closed for maintenance” sign that had fallen over next to the stepping stones route, which probably explains why it wasn’t exactly straightforward! All the same, it was a very beautiful walk.

As we continued driving east along the N2 we stopped at a small town called Sedgefield for a very nice lunch at a beach bar, featuring an outdoor pizza oven that produced very nice pizzas! While we were there we went for a walk along yet another lovely and virtually deserted beach.

Finally we continued to Plettenberg Bay where we will be for the next two nights. We’re staying at Piesang Valley Lodge which is in the hills overlooking the bay. After a quick swim in the pool we headed into the town for dinner at The Table restaurant. The town seems very nice but is currently full of students celebrating the end of their matrics (the equivalent of our A-levels). After dinner we decided to leave them to it and went back to the lodge for a few glasses of wine before bed.