HERE’S WHAT TO EXPECT
If you’ve ever wondered what it would feel like to be inside the world of Dalene Matthee’s stories, populated with phantom elephants, giant yellowwoods and lush ferns, here’s your chance. SANParks has awarded Bhejane 4x4 Adventures the exclusive rights to do day trips into the inner sanctum of the Knysna Forest.
On this trip you’ll experience the indigenous yellowwoods, stinkwoods, ferns, bushbuck, blue duikers and Knysna turacos. You might even see an elephant.
This isn’t merely a drive-and-sightseeing trip. You will also learn more about the forest’s fauna and flora, Italian settlers who hoped to make their fortune in the silk trade, woodcutters and lost travellers.
We meet at Harkerville, about halfway between Plettenberg Bay and Knysna, just off the N2. Here, the Bhejane crew members…