Buffalo Bay Beach is also affectionately named Buffelsbaai and you’ll find it in the Goukamma Nature Reserve just a few kilometers drive from Knysna. The beach is part of a 14 km stretch of sand that is sheer bliss to all visitors.

Visitors flying into the city will cross the Buffalo River on their trip into the city from the East London Airport. Home to the Buffalo Harbour and Port of East London, the Buffalo River is the largest of the four rivers and is home to South Africa’s only river port.

In the heart of the scenic Garden Route on the Cape south coast, near the mouth of the Goukamma River, lies a secret hide-away: the Goukamma Nature Reserve. Close to Sedgefield, it lies approximately 40 km east of George and 25 km west of Knysna.

A literacy Museum in the House where two famous, Afrikaans poets and writer brothers, N.P van Wyk Louw and W.E.G. Louw, were born. There are very Interesting displays, to see here! NP van Wyk Louw, born on 11 June 1906 in Sutherland, was an Afrikaans-language poet, playwright, and scholar. He is the older brother of Afrikaans-language poet W.E.G. Louw. He viewed the Afrikaans language as a bridge that connects Europe with Africa. He earned a Master's Degree in German at the University of Cape Town, where he later taught.

On 15 February 1977 Mr Matthews Mabelane,aged 23,fell to his death from the tenth floor of John Vorster Square,Johannesburg.Mr Mabelane was detained in terms of section 6(1) of the Terrorism Act on 21 January near Zeerust while crossing into South Africa from Botswana.

Leipoldtville, a very small historical town, ideally situated to use as a base or stay over from where to explore the surrounding West Coast towns. Leipoldtville is a suburb of Graafwater and the distance from Graafwater to Leipoldtville is 19 kms. Northeast of Elands Bay en route to Graafwater, lies the quaint village of Leipoldtville next to the Langvlei Rivier. The town was established in 1905 when a new Dutch Reformed congregation came into being.

The Heerenlogement cave which was used by travelers as overnight accommodation in the 17th and 18th centuries is 25 km from Graafwater on the Vredendal road. Graafwater lies midway between Clanwilliam and Lamberts Bay and was built as a railway junction in 1910, for the transportation of agricultural products from Clanwilliam and seafood products from Lambert’s Bay. The Heerenlogement (‘gentleman’s lodging’) is a renowned cave found about 25 kilometers from Graafwater on the north road to Vredendal.