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Anchorage Bed and Breakfast

Wilderness - South Africa

Email Anchorage Bed and Breakfast Reservations: booksa@madbookings.com

Anchorage Bed and Breakfast Accommodation

Anchorage Hosts, Beau and Clare Garner offer guests Portfolio accredited accommodation for great comfort. Four spacious double rooms with full en-suite bathrooms, televisions, ceiling or upright fans, heating and electronic safes and private balconies.

Facilities:
A comfortable lounge and courtesy bar with large glass sliding doors that lead to a covered verandah and Jacuzzi overlooking the sundeck and glittering riverside swimming pool. Outdoor tables, umbrellas, beach chairs and outdoor barbecue (braai) complete the scene.

A games room, complete with league-size pool table and dart board, with glass sliding doors that lead to the sun deck, swimming pool and outdoor barbecue (braai).

A landscaped, sub-tropical garden replete with a variety of cycads, palms, ferns and a bridge-spanned, fountain-filled fish pond boasting magnificent Koi.
Magnificent views of the Touw River, tidal lagoon and the riverside reeds and vegetation that is home to hundreds of species of bird life. Guests are also able to fish directly from the pool deck.

. Secure off-street parking.
· Coffee & Tea facilities.
· Breakfast (included in adult rates or as arranged for children).
· An in house laundry.
· Traditional South African barbecues (by arrangement for a minimum of four people).

Dinning
The waterfront is also bedecked with restaurants where the famous Knysna oyster can be sampled. The oyster factory itself, with its own restaurant, is a mere two minutes away from the waterfront. Here oysters may be purchased en-mass if desired.

ACTIVITIES
We have a complimentary canoe for guest use to view the Touw River and the famous Kingfisher trail and waterfall. This canoe ride / part hike is one of four interesting hikes available which is a birders and hikers paradise.

Less than 5 minutes drive from Wilderness Village, the lagoon, shops, restaurants and beaches and Dolphins Point, from where dolphins and whales can frequently be spotted and above which paragliders soar back and forth across the highway and kloofs, landing on the beaches below.

An ideally situated base from which to explore the various attractions of the Garden Route. Wilderness itself offers a host of activities from hiking trails, canoeing, cycling, swimming, fishing, dolphin and whale watching, horse riding, scenic drives and paragliding.

There are also two private art galleries in Wilderness.

Driving through the magnificent Outeniqua Pass, across the majestic Outeniqua Mountain Range just north of George, followed by a short stint along the edge of the klein karoo, one comes to Oudtshoorn some 60 km distant - home of the famous Cango Caves and numerous Ostrich Farms that have well-established tourist facilities and which offer daily tours of their local operations.

Balloon Flight
A pre-dawn balloon flight in Oudtshoorn offers captivating views of a truly African sunrise in this intriguing semi-desert region of the Western Cape. Few places on earth offer such diverse landscapes in so close proximity.

To the east lie the inland lakes and lagoons of Sedgefield and Knysna (50 km away). The lakes are popular boating, sailing and water skiing venues and fishing and canoeing are year-round activities (power boating and water skiing is not permitted in all waters).
Surf fishing, paraboarding, paragliding and hang-gliding are popular activities, the airborne variety being popular between Wilderness and Sedgefield.

Excursions
Knysna is famous for its oysters and waterfront where a variety of boat and yacht excursions are available for visitors to choose from.
Knysna is also an embarkation point for the famous Outeniqua Choo-Tjou, a steam train that makes daily trips between George and Knysna, along the scenic coastal route between those two cities.

Beyond Knysna lie Plettenberg Bay and Storm River, a popular bungee-jumping venue in the Tsitsikamma Reserve. Here the vegetation is largely tropical in nature, being dense and green with tall trees, long vines and thick fern-rich undergrowth.
River tubing, canoeing and absailing are popular activities here and Storm River is a popular tourist and corporate team-building venue.

To the west lies George and a short distance further, Mossel Bay. The latter offers shark diving opportunities and cage diving is a thriving tourist industry here.
George boasts a crocodile farm and an intriguing Rail and Transport Museum that is also an embarkation point for the Outeniqua Choo-Tjou.

Golf
George is also home to a number of well-known golf courses, and approximately nine golf courses are situated within a 50 km radius of Wilderness. Both George and Mossel Bay offer scenic flights up and down the Garden Route.

Nearby towns
Beyond Mossel Bay lies Albertinia, home of the famous Aloe factories that manufacture and sell health and skin care products. Beyond lies Stillbaai, Gansbaai, Swellendam, the Overberg, Bredasdorp, Arniston (with its quietly magnificent and delightfully photogenic white-walled historic fishing village, now preserved as a national trust), Cape Aghulas (the Southernmost tip of Africa with its famous lighthouse), Hermanus (the 'Principality of Whales' with the town's own 'Whale-crier') and ultimately Cape Town.

Wilderness Village boasts a local tourism office and your hosts will also assist with advice and guidance whenever and wherever possible.

Between June and September Southern Wright whales can be seen off Wilderness' beaches, as the whales make their annual journey to and from breeding grounds to the south.

Rapid access to the N2 (east to Knysna, Plettenberg Bay, Storm River, Port Elizabeth and west to George, Mossel Bay, Hermanus and Cape Town

DIRECTIONS
From Cape Town
From Cape town take the N2 to George, drive down the Kaaimans Pass into Wilderness. Pass a Caltex garage on your left, over the bridge and the third road left off the N2 is Anchorage Lane. We are the third house in the lane.

From Port Elizabeth
From the Port Elizabeth side enter Wilderness and pass the Holiday inn on your left. Approximately 2km on pass Pirates Creek log cabins on your right side. Next road right is Anchorage Lane.

Email Anchorage Bed and Breakfast Reservations: booksa@madbookings.com