South Africa’s first walking festival, the HI-TEC Garden Route Walking Fest, taking place on the Garden Route over the Easter Weekend in 2016, now offers 73 walks between Mossel Bay, George, Knysna, Plett, Natures Valley, and Storms River, with the festival being poised to offer visitors and locals the ...more
Sunday, 6 March 2016 saw the gathering of elite athletes and amateur enthusiasts to haul themselves (and assist others to haul themselves) over the Cape Town Cycle Tour finish line in support of the Sabrina Love Foundation. A total of 270 cyclists registered to ...more
Adventure racing is the ultimate endurance sport. Fact!
At the time of writing the last straggling teams taking part in the World Adventure Racing Championships in Brazil were crossing the finish line 4 days behind the winning team. That winning team was the seemingly unbeatable Team Seagate from New ...more
Oupoot the Knysna elephant has made her appearance again.
Nandi Mgwadlamba, spokesperson for SANParks, said the elephant was first spotted two weeks ago by Siviwe Nondobo, one of SANParks rangers, who was out to collect dung samples for their scientist Lizette Moolman van der Vyver working on the ...more
It is jested in the Garden Route that you are not a LOCAL until you have been resident for 20 years. This means the Barnyard Theatre is as “lekker local' as it gets.
Many locals will remember the first show held at the original Barnyard Theatre in Plett on 22 March 1996. And if you don’t, it ...more
Plett Tourism was recently invited by Wild TV Africa to enter their 'Adventure Town of the Year' competition. It was an opportunity to showcase many of Plett's activities that make our town a 'must visit destination' with travellers seeking off-the-beaten-track adventure and relaxation.
The prize? ...more
Plett Tourism introduces the new Plett Adventure Race Team, a four-member devoted team soon to fly the flag of Plett during the 2016 Expedition Africa.
Four local adventure extremists will be flying the flag for Plettenberg Bay when they take part in the gruelling Expedition Africa ...more
Entries are open for the Pennypinchers Dr Evil Classic, which will take place from 15-17 September 2016. Now in its fifth year, the race will offer a number of new innovations, chief of which is having a different start/finish village for each of the three days.
“We have decided to change the format of the event ...more
Plettenberg Bay and Knysna’s Robberg and Goukamma nature reserves are not only popular tourist attractions, but recently became some of the first tourism products in Southern Africa to receive eco certification by Ecotourism Australia.
CapeNature’s Robberg and Goukamma as well as Kogelberg, near Betty’s ...more
StreetSmart SA, an organisation dedicated to helping street children rebuild their lives through donations from restaurants in the Western Cape and Gauteng, has handed R50 000 to Masizame Children's Shelter, their Plettenberg Bay beneficiary for 2016.
Masizame offers food, a shower, ...more
To describe tea as a beverage served hot would be understating a product that has had a profound impact on world trade and cultural life globally.
Popping in for a cuppa means so much more than adding a tea bag to a pot of boiling water. In the Commonwealth it remains a measure of ...more
"Good Samaritan" Plett holidaymakers made sure that hundreds of children had at least one tasty meal this festive season.
Anti-child abuse group Plett Green Hearts spokesperson Yvette Wilschut said on December 30 she received a very welcome phone call informing her of a couple, who ...more
