The Otter Trail

As a final accomplishment before our departure from Plett and the Tsitsikamma Park, we had kept the best for last: the world famous Otter Trail. It winds for 42km (yes, just like a marathon) along the coastline of South Africa, past beautiful gorges and cliffs, lagoons and hidden away beaches.


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This 5-day trail is well established and has become quite touristy, with confortable huts for 12 people every 7km a part, but these are so popular that it is usually booked months, sometimes even years in advance. It has also become quite expensive, about 260R = 26e a day. So we had to be creative, sneaked in and brought our tents. The next pictures show some of our adventures, thought the highlight was our crossing of the Bloukrans River at 18h, us wading through with the tide coming in and our bags high (and hopes quite low). But no pictures for that climax...


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Also observe Sander's strange eating habits, the famous morning -mug-shots, and the night spent at the beach...