Knysna and Robberg Hike

After our beach walk, we started our road trip. First stop was at a deep, gorge carved into very fragmented multi-coloured rock. Lunch was on the deck of The Lookout, a beautiful sunny spot overlooking the beach/ sea.
The Lazy Lion guesthouse. Knysna, was a very welcoming and comfortable stay, which I'd highly recommend - lovely hosts (a Dutch couple) and beautiful breakfast. This is a family run guesthouse and employs a number of young women to help with cooking, serving and cleaning. Unemployment is at 50% in the Eastern Cape province. At every roadworks, you can see multiple people (usually black women) waving flags to alert motorists to the works.
Dinner at Pizza e Vino.
24th August. We backtracked a half an hour to reach the Robberg Peninsular, a beautiful outcrop into the Indian Ocean & home to many seals. dolphins, white pointers whales, birds and dassies (rock rabbits). Another mongoose dashed across the road at the entry to the walk. We didn't see the sharks or whales.
It was a tough but beautiful walk, incorporating steep climbs, rock scrambles and narrow ledge sections.
Anita & Tracey chose to do the more moderate 5.7km loop while Ulla, Mark, Peter & Pat did the full hard core 8.7km. It took them 3hrs 40mins.
At dinner at Freshline Seafood Restaurant we all ordered Kob and it was delicious.
Everywhere we travel, the houses and estates are protected by high fences often topped with electric wires. On the outskirts of major cities are extensive shanty towns and along the roads, many black people walk into and out of town, many trying to hitchike, some touting cash for a ride.Read more