The Garden Route has offers a large variety of wildlife. A growing number of private reserves along the Garden Route have stocked up with game such as elephants, zebra, wildebeest, giraffe, buffalo, crocodiles - all of which were indigenous to the area once upon a time.
There are elephant sanctuaries in Knysna and the Crags in Plettenberg Bay, where elephants may be fed, ridden or walked with. Wild elephants in the Knysna Forest, once regarded as extinct, have been recently spotted.
Knysna Elephant Park
Here the legacy of the Knysna Elephants lives on. The experience is somewhat of a closer kind than that at Kruger or Addo. Get up-close-and-personal with nature at Knysna Elephant Park. With the help of resident African elephants and well-informed guides - you will learn about the sad and mystical story of the Knysna Elephants – the world’s Southern most elephants. The park offers a rare and exciting opportunity to get close to these gentle giants, who live in a controlled, free range environment in the heart of the famous Garden Route...
