More about Melkhoutkloof Guest House and the Garden Route

+ a few suggested itineraries

Stay at the coast with its beautiful beaches and mild climate and from here, explore the Garden Route and little Karoo. Glentana is conveniently situated halfway between Mossel Bay and George, close to George airport and within easy driving distance to Oudtshoorn, Wilderness and Knysna.

Suggested itineraries and easy distance trips from Melkhoutkloof:

Day 1

• Take a trip on the famous Outeniqua Choo-Tjoe steam train from George to Knysna.
  
  A scenic day trip in an old steam train that runs from George to Knysna - taking in some of the most breathtaking sites en-route of lakes, seaside and indigenous forest.
  
  Stop at the Knysna Waterfront, do some shopping and take a cruise on the Knysna Featherbed to The Heads (where the lagoon meets the ocean).
  
  Take the shuttle back to George railway station.
  
  This is a must.




Day 2



• Go on a 4x4 Game drive to Botlierskop
  
  Experience close encounters with Rhino's, lion, buffalo, giraffe, rare black impala and much more in an exhilarating 3 hour game drive 15 minutes drive from Melkhoutkloof Guest House.



• Take a quick tour to Mossel Bay.
  
  Places of interest - The Bartolomeu Dias Museum Complex which consists of a local history museum, a maritime museum, the well known Post Office Tree and a shell museum, Cape St. Blaize Lighthouse, one of only two 24-hour manned lighthouses on the South African coast and The Khoi-village.




Day 3



• Do a Circular route through Oudtshoorn via the Swartberg pass to Prince Albert and back through Meiringspoort.
  
  

  While in Oudtshoorn,
  visit the Cango Caves,
  
  Crocodile and Ostrich farms
  
  
  




Other activities



• Guided 4x4 and Horse trials in the Outeniqua mountains.



• Hartenbos. Places of interest - Hartenbos museum with its Great Trek theme.


• Reins Nature Reserve. 3550 Hectares of Proteas, Pincusions and Suikerbekkies. Enjoy a four hour tractor- trailer trip on the Rein's Tortoise Express through the protected Lowland Fynbos.


• Bungy Jumping South Africa - for the more adventurous. Experience the side effects Post Bungy Grin and Post Bungy Adrenaline High at the Gouritz River Bridge.


• Triangular route over the Outeniqua Mountain along the Outeniqua Pass, through Herold and down again to George along the old monumental Montagu Pass.


• The Seven passes road from George to Knysna which runs through the foothills of the Outeniqua mountain range through indigenous forest over historical Edwardian bridges and root- stained mountain streams.


• and much more ....
  
  
• or why not just go down to the beach ... ?
  
  

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Golf Courses around Melkhoutkloof Guest House

If you are a keen golfer, some of our country's best Golf courses are within easy driving distance from Melkhoutkloof Guest House.



These include, Fancourt, George, Mossel Bay, Oubaai, Oudtshoorn, Knysna, Sparrebosch, Plettenberg Bay, Simola and Goose Valley.

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About our Guest House


Melkhoutkloof Guest House was designed and built as a modern Guest House and nestles on the edge of a kloof (ravine) filled with indigenous aloes and milkwood trees, overlooking the whole bay from Mossel Bay to Glentana. "Melkhout" is the afrikaans word for Milkwood and "kloof" can best be described as ravine - from there the name Melkhoutkloof.

Outeniqua Strand or Outeniqua Beach is situated in Glentana which is a small coastal seaside resort between Mossel Bay (35 km) and George (20 km) and an excellent base from which to explore the Garden Route, Klein (little) Karoo and Southern Cape. Here you will still find endless pristine sandy beaches with dolphins all year round and whales during season - from as early as April until November.

The Garden Route of South Africa is regarded as one of the natural wonders of the world and Mother Nature's most beautiful gift to man and lies between Cape Town and Port Elizabeth on the Southern Coast. On the one side you'll find the Majestic Outeniqua Mountains with its rich indigenous forests, rivers and farmlands and on the other, the warm Indian ocean. George is the capital of the Garden Route and situated on a plateau below the Outeniqua Mountains.

Leaving the ocean behind and crossing the mountains, one enters the Klein Karoo - land of great thirst. Although semi-desert, conditions are ideal for fruit, cheese and wine produce. Oudtshoorn is the centre of the Klein Karoo and ostrich farming industry.

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