Guidebook for Knysna

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Guidebook for Knysna

Food Scene

Great Waterfront Restaurant, if you are looking for Oysters here is the spot. You can even do take away oysters and enjoy them on the Houseboat.
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34 Degrees South
Shop 19 Knysna Waterfront
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Great Waterfront Restaurant, if you are looking for Oysters here is the spot. You can even do take away oysters and enjoy them on the Houseboat.
Best Pork Belly in Town. Wonderful Cocktails, sitting on waters edge. A 3 minute boat ride form Huck Finn, Houseboat
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Cruise Café
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Best Pork Belly in Town. Wonderful Cocktails, sitting on waters edge. A 3 minute boat ride form Huck Finn, Houseboat
Perfect Breakfast or Lunch. Best in Knysna. Perfect views close to the Knysna Heads
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East Head Café
25 George Rex Dr
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Perfect Breakfast or Lunch. Best in Knysna. Perfect views close to the Knysna Heads
Best Authentic Italian Restaurant in Knysna Waterfront I suggest that you book ahead, very popular.
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Caffe Mario
17 Hedge St
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Best Authentic Italian Restaurant in Knysna Waterfront I suggest that you book ahead, very popular.
Eating Seafood in a Beach Decor, beach sand in your toes. Not licensed. You can take your own alcohol.
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Freshline Fisheries
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Eating Seafood in a Beach Decor, beach sand in your toes. Not licensed. You can take your own alcohol.
Tapas style eating. Sushi is available. Live music often on a Wednesday evening and a Friday evening. Out of season half price specials on sushi on a Wednesday evening.
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Tapas & Oysters
31 Safron Lane
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Tapas style eating. Sushi is available. Live music often on a Wednesday evening and a Friday evening. Out of season half price specials on sushi on a Wednesday evening.

Drinks & Nightlife

Dj's or live music. Fireplace keeping Bar area warm and cosy in winter. Cross section of ages. Separate Dancing area and stage
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Vinyl on Main
16 Main Rd
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Dj's or live music. Fireplace keeping Bar area warm and cosy in winter. Cross section of ages. Separate Dancing area and stage
Informal tours and tastings daily; also available for private functions. Traditionally Distilled with an Alemebic copper pot still, made with nine botanical's. www.knysna-gin.com
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Knysna Gin Distillery
5 Uil St
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Informal tours and tastings daily; also available for private functions. Traditionally Distilled with an Alemebic copper pot still, made with nine botanical's. www.knysna-gin.com

Entertainment & Activities

Whale watching Bird watching Dolphin Spotting Tour out to sea, through the Iconic Knysna Heads
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Ocean Odyssey Whale Watching Knysna
TH22 Long St
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Whale watching Bird watching Dolphin Spotting Tour out to sea, through the Iconic Knysna Heads
Great Hikes in the Knysna Forest. Mountain Biking trails as well as self drive 4x4 routes. Indigenous Forest with lovely picnic and view spots.
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Knysna Forests
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Great Hikes in the Knysna Forest. Mountain Biking trails as well as self drive 4x4 routes. Indigenous Forest with lovely picnic and view spots.
Visit the Heads is an essential part of experiencing Knysna. You can go up to the View site and look back on The Knysna Lagoon. You can swimming next to the NSRI building or enjoy a cuppachino at East Head Cafe.
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The Heads
1 View Point
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Visit the Heads is an essential part of experiencing Knysna. You can go up to the View site and look back on The Knysna Lagoon. You can swimming next to the NSRI building or enjoy a cuppachino at East Head Cafe.
Beach with rock pools. View of the Ocean and the other side of The Knysna Heads
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Coney Glen Beach Knysna
2 View Point
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Beach with rock pools. View of the Ocean and the other side of The Knysna Heads
Safe swimming in the Knysna Lagoon. Kite surfing, family friendly beach.
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Leisure Island
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Safe swimming in the Knysna Lagoon. Kite surfing, family friendly beach.
Fishing Charters can be arranged from the Angling Club or off the house boat on "The Wave Dancer" moored next to Huck Finn. Best Fish and Chips in Town, very reasonable. Day time the kitchen is open. Sitting on the deck and enjoying the lagoon. 3 minutes from Houseboat.
Knysna ANGLING and Diving Club
15 Waterfront Drive
Fishing Charters can be arranged from the Angling Club or off the house boat on "The Wave Dancer" moored next to Huck Finn. Best Fish and Chips in Town, very reasonable. Day time the kitchen is open. Sitting on the deck and enjoying the lagoon. 3 minutes from Houseboat.
Pezula Championship Course is a breathtaking, award-winning course designed by David Dale and Ronald Fream of Golf Plan USA. It’s one of the most scenic courses in the world and the Compleat Golfer rates it a five star experience.
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Pezula Championship Golf Course Restaurant
1 Admiralty Avenue
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Pezula Championship Course is a breathtaking, award-winning course designed by David Dale and Ronald Fream of Golf Plan USA. It’s one of the most scenic courses in the world and the Compleat Golfer rates it a five star experience.
Knysna Golf Club has you pitching over tidal pools and around magnificent trees, and while it’s flat and easy to walk, it still provides a good challenge for players of all levels.
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Knysna Golf Club
Howard Street
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Knysna Golf Club has you pitching over tidal pools and around magnificent trees, and while it’s flat and easy to walk, it still provides a good challenge for players of all levels.
Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course experience, for a virtually wind-free course, head for Simola Hotel Country Club
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Simola Golf & Country Estate
Oldcate Road
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Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course experience, for a virtually wind-free course, head for Simola Hotel Country Club

Parks & Nature

You can walk with the Elephants, a very well run Elephant Park. Watching them have their wallow in the dam is so special.
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Knysna Elephant Park
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You can walk with the Elephants, a very well run Elephant Park. Watching them have their wallow in the dam is so special.
Beaches, hiking trails, bird watching, sea life and many more things to do at this Nature reserve. Take a picnic and enjoy.
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Reserbasyon ng Kalikasan ng Robberg
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Beaches, hiking trails, bird watching, sea life and many more things to do at this Nature reserve. Take a picnic and enjoy.
Featherbed Co. gives visitors to the Garden Route ‘an unforgettable experience on the Knysna Lagoon’. Views of the grand sandstone cliffs towering above the entrance to the Knysna Lagoon -the ‘Knysna Heads’. The views are breathtaking and the guides are very helpful and knowledgeable. Featherbed Co. offers several unique family or couples activities in Knysna; included is the private nature reserve & trail, restaurants and a fleet of various boats. They can offer activities such as cruising the lagoon, nature trails and or drinks at the Beach Bar
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Featherbed Private Nature Reserve
Waterfront Drive
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Featherbed Co. gives visitors to the Garden Route ‘an unforgettable experience on the Knysna Lagoon’. Views of the grand sandstone cliffs towering above the entrance to the Knysna Lagoon -the ‘Knysna Heads’. The views are breathtaking and the guides are very helpful and knowledgeable. Featherbed Co. offers several unique family or couples activities in Knysna; included is the private nature reserve & trail, restaurants and a fleet of various boats. They can offer activities such as cruising the lagoon, nature trails and or drinks at the Beach Bar

Sightseeing

Beautiful Church - Historical Site The first Anglican Church to be built in Knysna was the small stone Church standing South of the large Church. Building began in 1849. Celebrating 164 years in 2019.
St George's Anglican Church
10 Main Rd
Beautiful Church - Historical Site The first Anglican Church to be built in Knysna was the small stone Church standing South of the large Church. Building began in 1849. Celebrating 164 years in 2019.
Lovely views on route to Brenton-on-Sea. A few restaurants, but the best is the lovely walk on the Beach you can enjoy.
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Brenton-on-Sea
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Lovely views on route to Brenton-on-Sea. A few restaurants, but the best is the lovely walk on the Beach you can enjoy.
Perfect Swimming Beach. If you love to walk, take a walk on the Wild side, peaceful and natural. Walking to Brenton-on-Sea and back is a lovely activity which in total could take you about 3 hours and leisure. Surfing lessons, restaurant, wind surfing, body boarding and sun tanning.
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Buffels Bay
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Perfect Swimming Beach. If you love to walk, take a walk on the Wild side, peaceful and natural. Walking to Brenton-on-Sea and back is a lovely activity which in total could take you about 3 hours and leisure. Surfing lessons, restaurant, wind surfing, body boarding and sun tanning.
A definite visit if you are exploring Plettenberg Bay
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Robberg Nature Reserve - View Point
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A definite visit if you are exploring Plettenberg Bay
San Ambroso, Knysna’s Italian Church in the Gouna Forest where there is a beautiful building, take a picnic along. Even perfect for a rainy day outing. Established in 1892, it was called the San Ambroso Church but has been renamed as the San Ambroso Chapel Museum. The Italians silk-farming intentions (mentioned in Daleen Matthee’s book, The Mulberry Forest) this failed but it’s wonderful to still have part of their pioneering history with us.
Gouna
San Ambroso, Knysna’s Italian Church in the Gouna Forest where there is a beautiful building, take a picnic along. Even perfect for a rainy day outing. Established in 1892, it was called the San Ambroso Church but has been renamed as the San Ambroso Chapel Museum. The Italians silk-farming intentions (mentioned in Daleen Matthee’s book, The Mulberry Forest) this failed but it’s wonderful to still have part of their pioneering history with us.
Walk or hike or bike ride. Lots of trails and view points. Perfect for picnicking.
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Harkerville
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Walk or hike or bike ride. Lots of trails and view points. Perfect for picnicking.
The Old Gaol - used as a prison from 1859 till the 1980s - now houses our maritime and angling collections, old maps and ships models. It’s also an art centre - and it loves getting visitors. The coelacanth display in the Knysna Museum’s Angling Museum - there is the story of how Prof. JLB Smith identified a fish that was thought to have disappeared with the dinosaurs.
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Old Gaol
7 Main Rd
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The Old Gaol - used as a prison from 1859 till the 1980s - now houses our maritime and angling collections, old maps and ships models. It’s also an art centre - and it loves getting visitors. The coelacanth display in the Knysna Museum’s Angling Museum - there is the story of how Prof. JLB Smith identified a fish that was thought to have disappeared with the dinosaurs.
Perfect for Sun-downers, a fantastic view of the Knysna Lagoon
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View point Eastern Knysna Head
22 Glen View Rd
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Perfect for Sun-downers, a fantastic view of the Knysna Lagoon
One very well kept secret in Knysna. One of the most beautiful beaches of South Africa. Go down the 200 steps and discover the beauty. An easy drive, although you turn off the main road and pass a township. Great place to take photos and selfies. The famous castles are a stone throw from the beach.
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Knoetzie
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One very well kept secret in Knysna. One of the most beautiful beaches of South Africa. Go down the 200 steps and discover the beauty. An easy drive, although you turn off the main road and pass a township. Great place to take photos and selfies. The famous castles are a stone throw from the beach.

Arts & Culture

Millwood House was originally built in the Millwood mining village in the Knysna forests - site of South Africa’s first modern-era gold mining boon. The building was dismantled and moved to Knysna after the mines were exhausted. It’s now one of the five buildings that make up the Knysna Museum.
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Millwood House Museum
Queen Street
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Millwood House was originally built in the Millwood mining village in the Knysna forests - site of South Africa’s first modern-era gold mining boon. The building was dismantled and moved to Knysna after the mines were exhausted. It’s now one of the five buildings that make up the Knysna Museum.
The collection includes old classics, vintage enduro bikes, motocross and superbikes, and a wide variety of customs too - but the emphasis is definitely on the tough little 50s of earlier days.
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The Motorcycle Room
Long Street
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The collection includes old classics, vintage enduro bikes, motocross and superbikes, and a wide variety of customs too - but the emphasis is definitely on the tough little 50s of earlier days.
Judah Square is a Rastafari community situated in a small valley in Khayalethu South, a suburb of Knysna, a town in South Africa. There are trained and registered guides to show people the community. Individual tourists and tour companies visit Judah Square. You can book to eat some of the Rastafarian authentic food. I have gone in a group and we were even privileged enough to hear them "Jamming", a huge highlight.
Judah Square
24 Nzimeni St
Judah Square is a Rastafari community situated in a small valley in Khayalethu South, a suburb of Knysna, a town in South Africa. There are trained and registered guides to show people the community. Individual tourists and tour companies visit Judah Square. You can book to eat some of the Rastafarian authentic food. I have gone in a group and we were even privileged enough to hear them "Jamming", a huge highlight.

Shopping

Original, quaint shopping Mall. A Gazebo in the courtyard area has live music at times. Our "Famous" Artist paints his dog or scenes from the mall and the original Outeniqua Choo Choo (train) Coffee shops and Cafe's. Pick n Pay Grocery Shop, Clicks for toiletries and other essentials.
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Woodmill Lane Shopping Centre
Main Road
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Original, quaint shopping Mall. A Gazebo in the courtyard area has live music at times. Our "Famous" Artist paints his dog or scenes from the mall and the original Outeniqua Choo Choo (train) Coffee shops and Cafe's. Pick n Pay Grocery Shop, Clicks for toiletries and other essentials.
Your Home Your Life Your Style Store
Metelerkamps
Waterfront Drive
Your Home Your Life Your Style Store
There are a variety of shops to visit and several restaurants to choose from, all contributing to a great holiday vibe! The famous Knysna Waterfront, one of the most popular leisure and shopping destinations in the region, a trip to the Garden Route is not complete without a visit. Boasting a superior marina.
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Knysna Waterfront
21 Waterfront Dr
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There are a variety of shops to visit and several restaurants to choose from, all contributing to a great holiday vibe! The famous Knysna Waterfront, one of the most popular leisure and shopping destinations in the region, a trip to the Garden Route is not complete without a visit. Boasting a superior marina.
One of SA' top retailers, we’re known for our wide choice of high quality clothing, food, home-ware and beauty products, offering real value for money.
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Woolworths
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One of SA' top retailers, we’re known for our wide choice of high quality clothing, food, home-ware and beauty products, offering real value for money.