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Knysna (/ ˈ n aɪ z n ə /; Afrikaans pronunciation:) is a town with 76,150 inhabitants (2019 mid-year estimates) in the Western Cape province of South Africa.It is one of the destinations on the loosely defined Garden Route tourist route.
Featherbed Nature Reserve. / 34.07583°S 23.05556°E / -34.07583; 23.05556. Featherbed Nature Reserve is a privately owned nature reserve on the Western Headland of the Knysna River Estuary on South Africa’s Garden Route. [ 1][ 2] It was founded by South African television teacher, William Smith, on land that was bought in the 1950s ...
R339 (South Africa) The R339 is a Regional Route in South Africa that connects Knysna with Uniondale via Avontuur. It is primarily a gravel road and crosses the Langkloof Mountains at Prince Alfred's pass. [ 1] From its southern origin at the N2 in Knysna, it heads north. It meets the north-western terminus of the R340 and heads into the Prince ...
Knysna Local Municipality. / 34.000°S 23.000°E / -34.000; 23.000. Knysna Municipality ( Afrikaans: Knysna Munisipaliteit; Xhosa: uMasipala wase Knysna) is a local municipality within the Garden Route District Municipality, in the Western Cape province of South Africa. As of 2022, its population is 96,055. Its municipal code is WC048.
The Garden Route National Park is a national park in the Garden Route region of the Western Cape and Eastern Cape provinces in South Africa. It is a coastal reserve well known for its indigenous forests, dramatic coastline, and the Otter Trail. It was established on 6 March 2009 by amalgamating the existing Tsitsikamma and Wilderness National ...
Despite the small size of the ecoregion, the Knysna and Amatole forests are South Africa's largest individual forests. The Knysna forest has been exploited for valuable timber since the 18th century, and the Amatole forests since the 20th century. Since 1939 the forests have mostly been within protected areas and are recovering well, although ...
The Knysna elephants were the relicts of once substantial herds of African bush elephant ( Loxodonta africana) [1] in the Outeniqua / Tsitsikamma region of southernmost South Africa. As of 2022, the herds have been reduced to a lone adult female. The elephant herds roamed the southern tip of Africa into the 1800s and 1900s, when contact with ...
The Knysna River (in Afrikaans: Knysnarivier) is a river flowing in the Western Cape province in South Africa. It has its source in the Outeniqua Mountains , in the district of Eden, then it goes towards the Indian Ocean , in which it opens with a large estuary , where is located the town of Knysna , which takes its name from the river.