It has an oceanic climate, with mild to warm summers, and mild to cool winters. Temperatures rarely fall below 10 °C in winter and rarely climb beyond 28 °C in summer. Rain occurs year-round, with a slight peak in the spring months, brought by the humid sea-winds from the Indian Ocean rising and releasing their precipitation along the Outeniqua and Tsitsikamma Mountains just inland of the coast.
The Route is sandwiched between the aforementioned mountains and the Indian Ocean, with mountain passes, including the Outeniqua Pass, linking the area with the arid Little Karoo. The Outeniqua and Tsitsikamma indigenous forests are a unique mixture of Cape Fynbos and Temperate Forest and offer hiking trails and eco-tourism activities. Nearly 300 species of birdlife are to be found in a variety of habitats ranging from fynbos to forest to wetlands.
In 2017 the Garden Route was added to UNESCO's World Network of Biosphere Reserves.[2]
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garden, route, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, march, 2014,. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Garden Route news newspapers books scholar JSTOR March 2014 Learn how and when to remove this template message For the municipality that includes the Garden Route see Garden Route District Municipality The Garden Route Afrikaans Tuinroete is a 300 kilometre 190 mi 1 stretch of the south eastern coast of South Africa which extends from Witsand in the Western Cape to the border of Tsitsikamma Storms River in the Eastern Cape The name comes from the verdant and ecologically diverse vegetation encountered here and the numerous estuaries and lakes dotted along the coast It includes towns such as Knysna Plettenberg Bay Mossel Bay Oudtshoorn Great Brak River Little Brak River Wilderness Sedgefield and Nature s Valley with George the Garden Route s largest city and main administrative centre Map showing the Garden Route s location It has an oceanic climate with mild to warm summers and mild to cool winters Temperatures rarely fall below 10 C in winter and rarely climb beyond 28 C in summer Rain occurs year round with a slight peak in the spring months brought by the humid sea winds from the Indian Ocean rising and releasing their precipitation along the Outeniqua and Tsitsikamma Mountains just inland of the coast The Route is sandwiched between the aforementioned mountains and the Indian Ocean with mountain passes including the Outeniqua Pass linking the area with the arid Little Karoo The Outeniqua and Tsitsikamma indigenous forests are a unique mixture of Cape Fynbos and Temperate Forest and offer hiking trails and eco tourism activities Nearly 300 species of birdlife are to be found in a variety of habitats ranging from fynbos to forest to wetlands In 2017 the Garden Route was added to UNESCO s World Network of Biosphere Reserves 2 A river mouth in the Tsitsikamma National Park situated on the Garden Route Fairy Knowe station A tranquil scene at a lake on the Garden Route A vineyard on the Garden Route in winterSee also Edit Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Garden Route Wikimedia Commons has media related to Garden Route George Western Cape Knysna Plettenberg Bay Mossel Bay Oudtshoorn Bloukrans Bridge Bungy Tsitsikamma Guided hikes on the Garden RouteReferences Edit 10 epic road trips in the world to take once in your lifetime www emptyshack com Retrieved 2017 04 17 South Africa s Garden Route added to UNESCO s World Network of Biosphere Reserves Unesco June 21 2017 Retrieved August 6 2018 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Garden Route amp oldid 1118707649, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
