Exploring Knysna: The Garden Route's Hidden Gem

[@harry486]

Another cool vid!

[@MidlifeTravelTales]

So appreciated, thank you 😊👍

[@BigBear59]

wow !! i enjoyed your video ….takes me back 30 years all that didn’t exist….but belverdere i know well …..Thanks For sharing ……until next time …….Alex🇬🇷

[@MidlifeTravelTales]

Thanks so much 😊👍

[@PromenadeinFrance]

so happy to visit south africa with you guys 🙂

[@MidlifeTravelTales]

You guys need to visit 😊👍

[@hadipujut7775]

bravo❤❤❤🇮🇩🇮🇩🇮🇩👍🏻🙏🏻

[@MidlifeTravelTales]

Thanks so much 😊😊

[@CindyGoodman-c7h]

Knysna is my absolute favorite stop on the garden route

[@MidlifeTravelTales]

Definitely one of the best 👍😊

[@thep0ndman]

nice video bro, can you remember when you went and filmed this? We are visiting mid oct and just wondering what to expect with the weather!

[@MidlifeTravelTales]

Thank you, yes it was beginning of August 2024

[@thep0ndman]

@ cheers bro appreciate it keep up the channel btw you guys have a really nice tone and aura easy to watch

[@MidlifeTravelTales]

@thep0ndman thank you 🙏

[@Lordbleu]

Never been to Knysna, id retire there at 35, i love peace more than anything. I heard Kenton On Sea in EC is another hidden gem.

[@MidlifeTravelTales]

Yes both are great. Kenton is quieter than Knysna 😊👍

[@Lordbleu]

@@MidlifeTravelTales I trust you will visit Kenton soon & shoot some content

[@MidlifeTravelTales]

@Lordbleu kzbin.info/www/bejne/n2PagqSFbbmYY80si=Ih9cfFJgLHZ1E6tZ in this video we show a bit of Kenton. 😊😊

[@rolandoscar1696]

@@Lordbleu Dood, don't live there. As an ex- Knysnan, l implore you to watch Carte Blanche on Knysna before deciding. Kenton on Sea is fabulous, as is Cannon Rocks. All other coastal towns are expensive, (Forget +-R1,2 mil), and too built up and closed in. Just went on a recce from Richards Bay to Lambert's Bay. Same same everywhere. Hermanus is worth a look too. If you have a dog, they gotta be on a leash. Boring. Good luck.

[@MidlifeTravelTales]

@rolandoscar1696 thanks so much will check it out 👍👍

[@like-nuautomotive2870]

Super stunning. Nice route. Care to share the places names you stayed at. Planning on doing this soon.

[@MidlifeTravelTales]

We stayed at Airbnbs along the route. Port Edward, Jeffreys Bay, Knysna and Stilbaai 👍😊

[@like-nuautomotive2870]

@MidlifeTravelTales please send us the name of the one in Hermanus that you stayed for 2 days that costed 1000 per night .

[@MidlifeTravelTales]

@like-nuautomotive2870 do you mean Knysna 👍

[@like-nuautomotive2870]

@@MidlifeTravelTales yes the one in Knysna

[@MidlifeTravelTales]

Knysna Estate Lagoon apartment

[@andrewlinesjah4538]

... 👍🏻🔥🚶🏼‍♂️

[@MidlifeTravelTales]

Thanks so much 😊👍

[@michalf6460]

love your videos! what is the meaning of the name Knysna ?

[@MidlifeTravelTales]

Thanks so much 🙏. The name Knysna may have come from a Khoekhoe word meaning “fern” or “fern leaves, hope that helps

[@michalf6460]

@MidlifeTravelTales Thenk you, very interesting

[@MidlifeTravelTales]

@michalf6460 our pleasure

[@ivanstrydom9949]

If you are in to sport then IGTA tennis academy is worth a visit.

[@MidlifeTravelTales]

Okay thank you 😊👍

[@Truthseeker371]

How are the townships extending on both sides of the Highway? I was shocked how eye soring it was.

[@MidlifeTravelTales]

Yes it is, but people have to live somewhere 😊👍

[@rolandoscar1696]

Swim at Leisure isle at your own risk. Ecoli overkill. (Watch Carte Blanche.)

[@MidlifeTravelTales]

O wow didn't know that 🤔

[@rolandoscar1696]

How did Knysna get it's name? George Rex and his lady were admiring the view at the Heads, and he leaned over to her and said, "Naaice, na?"

[@MidlifeTravelTales]

😂😂😂😂

[@rolandoscar1696]

Useless info. All the shipwrecks at the heads were insurance scams. When steamers replaced the big sails, and noone could sell them, they arranged skeleton crews to wait for stormy weather, then enter the heads at low tide, hit the underwater stone bar, swim ashore, then claim insurance. However, maritime law dictates that when a ship is in distress, it must drop anchor. None of them did, so none got paid out. (From an ex- Satour guide.)

[@MidlifeTravelTales]

Thanks for the information 👍😊

[@rolandoscar1696]

A few years back, a private helicopter crashed in the forest. After years of fruitless searching, they gave up. Finally, some workers came across it, all covered in branches - which is why they never found it. The occupants were skeletons by then, still wearing their jewelry. Turned out the elephants covered it as if to make a funeral pyre for the humans.

[@MidlifeTravelTales]

Shew that is incredible 👍👌

[@nevyntanis2665]

If only you had visited it 20 years ago, then you would have seen a true gem. Now it's just becoming another in a long line of defunct, dirty, corrupt, crime ridden African towns. I can't wait to leave the place as I am tired of watching it sink into the abyss. Glad you enjoyed it though.

[@MidlifeTravelTales]

Yes I'm sure 👍

[@rolandoscar1696]

George Rex bragged about being such an accomplished hunter, that he would sneak up to his hundredth elephant, and pluck a tail hair. Didn't end well. He got slammed into a few trees then got squashed.😂 😂😂 (I love that story.)

[@MidlifeTravelTales]

That's hectic 😂😂😂

[@grtnomel5607]

Another fairy-tale.

[@MidlifeTravelTales]

😂

[@rolandoscar1696]

@grtnomel5607 Us SATOUR guides in the 90's didn't do fairy tales. Go read some books.

[@MidlifeTravelTales]

👍👍