From The Garden Route to The Wild Coast (Part 2 of 2)

According to locals, it is almost blasphemous to visit Knysna and not visit The Knysna Heads and we aren't ones to break the rules, therefore it only made sense that we visit The Heads. 

    

The Heads offer a view almost as beautiful as Cape Town's Lion's Head Mountain. One of the viewpoints also looks towards a point where the Indian Ocean meets the Knysna River (which my mom told me is called an estuary). 

The adrenaline rush from standing on top of the mountain made the entire trip worthwhile. My least sincere apologies to the ladies whose blood pressure I apparently increased by jumping on one spot while trying to get a picture in the air. YOLO.

 

My favourite version of the South African Monopoly board game has 26 towns and airports on it and, before this trip, I had been to 17 of them. When the idea of visiting the Knysna Elephant Park came up, I was definitely keen as it would mean I could tick not only The Wilderness and Knysna, but also Plettenberg Bay as that is where the park (ironically) is.

After getting to the park (and only paying the student price to excite the cheapskate in me), I was still a bit scared to feed the gentle giants. Watching them use their trunks to suck the fruits from those who did feed them was still a pleasing experience. Oddly enough, I managed to tick taking a picture with one off my bucket list.

I found it hilarious that the elephant park named their café 'Indlovu' which means Elephant in isiXhosa.

My friends are meat lovers and not as lazy as I am in the kitchen so after late afternoon nap, we turned the gas braai on outside and got the meat going (by 'we' I mean 'they') while I handled a great braai playlist.

 We spent the last day of our trip doing absolutely nothing but lying in bed, eating and swimming. We were extremely sad to have to return to Cape Town for school but planning our next trip made the bitter taste sweeter.

A very special thank you to Johnny from Alpha Cabs Knysna for being our designated

driver and unofficial tour guide during the trip!