The Telegraph (UK) has listed the Garden Route among one of the 10 best drives in the world.
According to The Telegraph:
A route on South Africa’s Cape coastline
Cradled between winding coastline and mountain, this 120-mile route takes the best South Africa has and wraps it up in a hugely varied road trip offering lagoons, deserted beaches, forests and lakes on excellent roads located between Cape Town and Port Elizabeth.
Best for: Wildlife lovers.
The route: The old-fashioned harbour town of Mossel Bay marks the start of this drive, before it heads north-east on the N2 to the town of George, with its formal, colonial buildings, at the foot of the Outeniqua mountain range. The mood changes as you enter lush, 13-mile Wilderness National Park with its sprawling lakes, lagoons, wetlands and teeming bird life, before reaching the seaside resorts of Sedgefield and Buffalo Bay, followed by Knysna with its bars and restaurants, perched on a forest-encircled lagoon. Plettenberg Bay offers sandy beaches before you reach the mouth of Storms River and enjoy the trip for a second time – travelling back the way you came.
