Activities and Attractions:
Guests at this Knysna hotel on the Garden Route can work out in the gym and dine at Dish Restaurant in between exciting sightseeing, outdoor activities and pleasure cruises. Close to this Knysna hotel on Garden Route, guests can enjoy a variety of lagoon cruises, beach activities, golf, nature reserve rambles and also visits to top wildlife and historic attractions. The Rex Hotel is a great base for exploring the Garden Route.
Featherbed Nature Reserve is ideal for island walks and the opportunity to view the diminutive Blue Duiker. This unique antelope is a meat eater and has under eye scent glands. Guests at this hotel in Knysna can reach the reserve via a scenic ferry ride.
Other wildlife can be seen at the Knysna Elephant Park, Elephant Sanctuary, Tenikwa Wild Cat Experience, Monkeyland and Birds of Eden as well as Eagle Encounters. Visitors can also enjoy game drives and safaris on the Garden Route.
Lovers of classic cars and locomotives can visit the Outeniqua Transport Museum and then take the Outeniqua Choo-Tjoe steam train. The train travels between George and Mossel Bay on a very scenic route through the countryside. In Mossel Bay there is the Dias Museum complex which includes a replica of the original ship that European explorer Bartolomeu Dias sailed on in the 1500’s.
