Sharon's Day Trips Guidebook

Sharon
Sharon's Day Trips Guidebook

Game reserves nearby

About 30 to 40 min drive away. A great day excursion. Restaurant.
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Botlierskop Private Game Reserve
Gonnakraal Road
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About 30 to 40 min drive away. A great day excursion. Restaurant.
About 60 - 80 min drive away. The buffet breakfast or brunch is excellent too.
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Garden Route Game Lodge
N2
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About 60 - 80 min drive away. The buffet breakfast or brunch is excellent too.
About 90 min drive away in the Karoo. Drive through Oudtshoorn to get there. Restaurant and game drives.
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Buffelsdrift Game Lodge
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About 90 min drive away in the Karoo. Drive through Oudtshoorn to get there. Restaurant and game drives.
Lots of wildlife to see without even going on a game drive.
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Plettenberg Bay Game Reserve
Uplands Road
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Lots of wildlife to see without even going on a game drive.

Wine tasting

Very small wine farm with wine tasting and restaurant. Enjoy a walk to a San drawing.
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Herold Wine Estate
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Very small wine farm with wine tasting and restaurant. Enjoy a walk to a San drawing.
Restaurant and wine tasting.
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Jakkalsvlei
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Restaurant and wine tasting.

Best markets

Good farm food and fresh home-cooked delights. Go early. 7am to 12am. About 45min drive away at Sedgefield, but well worth a visit.
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Wild Oats Community Farmers Market
N2
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Good farm food and fresh home-cooked delights. Go early. 7am to 12am. About 45min drive away at Sedgefield, but well worth a visit.
Lots of home made goodies to see, taste and buy. Near to the Garden Route Mall.
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Outeniqua Family Market
N2
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Lots of home made goodies to see, taste and buy. Near to the Garden Route Mall.

Restaurants with a sea view

Our nearest beach restaurant at Victoria Bay. Great for a drink or a meal. Try the fish & chips.
Vikki's At The Beach
1 Beach Rd
Our nearest beach restaurant at Victoria Bay. Great for a drink or a meal. Try the fish & chips.
Good menu, great food, lovely location on Wilderness beach.
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Salinas Beach Restaurant
458 Zundorf Ln
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Good menu, great food, lovely location on Wilderness beach.
Quite near to Glentana beach at the car park. Not always open so find out first.
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Visgraat Restaurant
3 Kus St
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Quite near to Glentana beach at the car park. Not always open so find out first.
Very close to the beach at The Point, Mossel Bay. If you like seafood, go upstairs and try the Kingfisher restaurant.
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Delfinos Seaside Restaurant
Point Road
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Very close to the beach at The Point, Mossel Bay. If you like seafood, go upstairs and try the Kingfisher restaurant.
The name says it all. Beautiful views. Take a selfie with the ocean as background.
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Views Restaurant
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The name says it all. Beautiful views. Take a selfie with the ocean as background.
Mossel Bay. Good chef produces interesting dishes. Breakfast buffet is also recommended.
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Cafe Gannet
1 Market St
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Mossel Bay. Good chef produces interesting dishes. Breakfast buffet is also recommended.
Good food, beautiful sea views. Well worth a visit.
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Seeplaas
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Good food, beautiful sea views. Well worth a visit.

Worth a visit

Relax here in the little hamlet of Hoekwil. Good breakfasts, coffee and cheesecake.
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Hoekwil Country Cafe
Duiwe Rd
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Relax here in the little hamlet of Hoekwil. Good breakfasts, coffee and cheesecake.
Light meals or coffee and cake in a tranquil garden in Great Brak River. Don't forget to visit the shoe factory nearby.
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Die Ou Pastorie Teetuin
8 Lang St
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Light meals or coffee and cake in a tranquil garden in Great Brak River. Don't forget to visit the shoe factory nearby.
The best strawberries. Pick your own or buy from the shop. A few restaurants to choose from offering pizza, pies etc. Houtbosch wine tasting.
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Redberry Farm
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The best strawberries. Pick your own or buy from the shop. A few restaurants to choose from offering pizza, pies etc. Houtbosch wine tasting.
Light meals, roosterkoek, coffee and melktert in Oudtshoorn.
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Die Smitswinkel
Langenhoven Road
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Light meals, roosterkoek, coffee and melktert in Oudtshoorn.
Lots to see and do but very busy and crowded during high season. Restaurants and a neat walkway next to the beach.
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Hartenbos Seafront
156 Paardekraal Ave
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Lots to see and do but very busy and crowded during high season. Restaurants and a neat walkway next to the beach.

BEACHES

For beaches nearby, see my local guidebook.
Love this place. Sit, walk, jog, eat here...
Die Punt
Love this place. Sit, walk, jog, eat here...

Hikes

Beautiful views and fynbos. Fairly easy but set aside a few hours or half a day. No shade. Take own snacks and water.
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St Blaize Hiking Trail
Saint Blaize Hiking Trail
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Beautiful views and fynbos. Fairly easy but set aside a few hours or half a day. No shade. Take own snacks and water.
Quite easy. Fairly shady. Not too long.
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Brownhooded Kingfisher Trail (permit required)
Unnamed Road
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Quite easy. Fairly shady. Not too long.
Hike starts from inside Nelson Mandela University campus, Madiba drive.
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Pepsi Pools
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Hike starts from inside Nelson Mandela University campus, Madiba drive.
Saturdays 8am sharp at the Botanical Garden, Caledon street.
George parkrun
51 Caledon St
Saturdays 8am sharp at the Botanical Garden, Caledon street.
This moderate 7 or 8km trail is well marked and starts near the Ebb and Flow national park. Halfway there is a beautiful waterfall where one can stop for refreshments. Highly recommended.
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Half Collared Kingfisher Trail
Waterside Road
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This moderate 7 or 8km trail is well marked and starts near the Ebb and Flow national park. Halfway there is a beautiful waterfall where one can stop for refreshments. Highly recommended.