Tsitsikamma is a Khoe word meaning “place of abundant waters”. This indigenous for-
est – which are heavily populated with giant yellowwood and stinkwood trees – and
stunning coastline with an abundance of marine life.
7 WONDERS OF SOUTH AFRICA
Tsitsikamma Forest - magical, opulent forest is home to such rarities as the Cape clawless otter.
Park is an 80-kilometer long coastal strip situated along the Garden Route between Cape Town and Port Elizabeth.
The heartland of the park stretches some 5 km to sea, protecting a wonderland of inter-tidal life,
reef and deep-sea fish. Dolphins frolic in the breakers, surfing and playing for the
sheer joy of life, and the gentle giant of the ocean, the southern right whale visits
here, coming inshore to breed.