Storms River Kayaking

Today we headed back to the Titsikamma National Park and the mouth of the Storms River for our kayaking and lilo trip. The weather changed from sunny to cloudy as we arrived at the meeting point for the kayaking. We changed into wet suits before embarking on our trip. Initially we paddled across the sea to the mouth of the river then we turned towards the suspension bridge before paddling underneath it towards the steep sided gorge. On our way up the gorge we passed a couple of caves, one with cormorants singing and one with bats whistling. Before long we were met by a rock barrier which was the dam between the sea and the fresh river water. Even hammerhead sharks swim up to this point which is teeming with 82 species of fish. We parked our kayaks and clambered over the rocks where inflatable lilos were waiting for us. These enabled us to access the very narrow upper reachers of the river by paddling with our arms.
Afterwards a few brave souls jumped into the river from high in the gorge as we returned to the parked kayaks and paddled back to the start point.Read more