S1 - Ep 199 - Nature's Valley - A Small Holiday Village on the Garden Route!
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- čas přidán 3. 11. 2022
- We did not know that when we decided to visit the small village of Nature's Valley, there would be such an amazing pass to drive down to reach this holiday town on the Garden Route. The Grootrivier Pass is completely engulfed in forest as you descend to the village below. We crossed the Groot River at the bottom and headed straight towards the river mouth. There I took a walk on to the beach to see what it looked like and it didn’t disappoint. Long white beaches stretch for kilometres and are lined with mountains and forest. This is truly a great holiday destination. Unfortunately, it was time to drag myself back to the car and head home. As usual, we arrived home late and had to return the rental car the following day. What a fantastic trip this was! #DustBugs #adventuretravel #southafrica #southafricavlog #naturesvalley #holiday #village #gardenroute
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I spent most of this video in tears, we used to have a place in the valley 10 St Andrew,s Ave. My dads moms family were one of the first 4 families (Van Der Riet)who built fishing cottages there even before it was a village. They talked the local farm owner( Naas Bernado) to let them stay at first camping, later cottages. You past their house as you drove to the turnabout at the lagoon. The lagoon front houses are called the syndicate. There is alot of history there. But with time things always change. The river we called coke river( the colour) caused by the tannins in the water. I could talk about out experiences going back to my dads childhood he is 83 this year. I,m 52 . I miss living there thankyou for the drive through this morning I,ve been looking forward to this video. P,s the beach is a little over two kilometers long, on the east side is the point, with a large cave in it( if you look carefully you see its entrance. The lagoon is one of the few that no motorized boats or craft may be used on. Get home safely
I know you're so intensely familiar with the area and I can feel how emotional it still makes you to 'see' it. It was our first time and I can only imagine that it was even more beautiful back in the day with only a few cottages around. The natural beauty there is almost overwhelming and it's just forest and ocean as far as the eye can see. Interesting name that, the Coke River, I love it! Thank you for being on this journey with us and for imparting some of your extensive knowledge of the area, it is much appreciated. We love having you along for the ride. 😊🚗
What an amazing place..Natures Valley, living there would be like living in paradise. Love it !
Paradise is a good word for this place. It is so beautiful and green and quite a contrast to the N2 just a few kilometres away. We're glad we got to see it and happy that you enjoyed it too! 🌳🌊
I m from Zambia and this content is so rich in revealing to the world what South Africa is like in the outback small towns. I have learnt a lot. Well done!!
Hello to you in Zambia! We appreciate you watching our videos, we just love the small towns so much and will continue exploring those and sharing our experiences. You live in a beautiful country too! 🇿🇦🇿🇲
Was there the last time in 1987. It's paradise. I knew a guy who had grown up there; it must have been bliss. Why the No Swimming sign? It is a sad moment when your journeys end, it means we have to stay home. We only travel when you do. See, we can behave. You never noticed us on the rear seat.
It is such a pristine area and pretty as a picture. I have no idea why one isn't allowed to swim there, I would imagine rip currents may be a possible cause. 🤷♂️ You were remarkably well-behaved on this trip, I must agree! 😁🚗 But you better get ready, we're leaving for the next one tomorrow!
I am from Cape Town and I had so much fun travelling South Africa with both of you. I love the way you go from small town to small town, such fantastic history all over our country, you just got to stop and smell the roses.
We're so glad to hear you enjoy travelling with us. We waited a long time to be tourists in our own country and we want to pack in and see as much as we can in every week we get to travel. Rest assured though, there are many chilled moments off-camera and the four weeks in-between when we're supposed to work, we take it super easy. Thank you for being along for the ride! 😁🚗
A town I would recommend exploring is Gariep, such an amazing town to explore, never mind exploring around the dam (that alone will keep you busy for a few hours). The town of Gariep is a great town to visit for a day trip.
Watch this space! 😁🚗
It was fantastic see you in the next episode
Alittle info if you don't already now ...The colour of the water is from the leaves , the same as tea ...it's called Tannin
Thank you for the info, I suspected the leaves had something to do with the colour, but had no idea it was called tannin. I also thought it originated in the mountains, so appreciate the clarification. 🍂🍁
Brings back happy memories of travels when I was little. Grootrivier always reminds me of the time we stopped just there for a picnic, and I was running all over the place the way kids do. Just before I got in the car, my mom noticed I had trodden in a huge turd which was clinging to my shoe. So it was shoe off and getting a thorough wash in the Groot Rivier!
😁 What a great memory that is! I can actually see your mom washing your shoe in the Groot River, she must not have been amused! It's funny that you would mention that you stopped there for a picnic. Just before we crossed the river, we saw a group of people having a birthday picnic, complete with balloons and decorations and everything. That was quite fun to see and I'm always happy to see people enjoying themselves in nature, as long as they don't leave any trace behind. 🌳🎈
@@DustBugsTravel I almost took some traces with me that time! 😂
Thank you very much for these wonderful videos of our beautiful country! I am waiting with baited breath for the next "season" of Dustbugs Travel !👊👏🏻
This was such a stunning end to this trip for us, the scenery was absolutely gorgeous! You only have to wait until tomorrow, the next adventure starts then! 😁🚗
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Wow!!!! What a beautiful place!!!! Thank you once again
It's a fantastic area with such natural beauty. We appreciate you watching! 🌳🚗
Very beautiful, dear friend. Thanks for sharing with us.
And thank you for enjoying it with us! 🤩👌
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we were fortunate to sneak into the Bloukrans Pass (c2020) with my brother who lives in the area. Absolutely stunning, very lonely, quiet, the baboons held sway all over the place. Just magnificently wild!
You were so lucky, that sounds awesome! I would've loved to have driven that pass. Another viewer said we should've ignored the closure signs, but I didn't want to be stuck and turn around. Something I may consider next time though. 😁🚗
Really a beautiful part of our country. Thank you for doing this video
Agreed! The scenery took our breaths away at times! The natural beauty in this area is awesome. Glad you thought so too. 🌳🌊
Beautiful welcome to Nature’s Valley! Stunning👌👌👌👌
You both have such a jolly time and obviously enjoy each other's company - very heartwarming! I'm from Chicago and tomorrow's forecast is for 5 - 10 inches of snow, hmmm...... I'm in need of some South African sun.
Wowzer! 🥶 You're in desperate need of some SA sun if you ask me! 😁☀️ We really do have a lot of fun together and the main reason for that is that we love and enjoy the little things in life and on our travels. They bring us the greatest joy. We so appreciate you travelling along with the two of us! 🚗 Stay safe and warm!
Thanks for shearing
Sure, it was an absolute pleasure sharing the natural beauty of this place! 🌳🌊 We appreciate you watching!
Thank you for the memory trip, will no have to dig out our video from our trip way back in 2006 as we did the same road trip you have done in the past few days
Baie dankie weer eens
Only a pleasure for us to share our travels, thank you for watching! 😊🚗
Beutiful place
Indeed! 🌳🤩
Hi Curtis,
Thanks again for this and other brilliant episodes. I particularly enjoyed this one because it awakens good memories.
Back in the day when we lived in SA, we used to go to Nature’s Valley for the April holidays. My children moved loads of sand on all of those beaches shown on your video.
As per a previous comment, there is lots of history.
We stayed near the shop where you bought the coke when Sonia was so thirsty (poor lady).
I used to train for the Two Oceans and Comrades on those passes with baboons support cheering me on. The bird sound was incredible and made the training easier.
Pity you did not have more time, on the western side is a beautiful footpath along the rocks leading to the Salt River mouth with its own spectacular beach. On the way there, one goes past a place that we called Klippies Strand.
I can tell you lots more but this is enough for now.
Keep up the good work, you are doing a fantastic job by bringing so much of SA into our homes. During those days we did not have the equipment to capture it in the way you two are doing it.
All I can say is a massive Thank You and ignore the negatives, tell those ones to close the door from the outside.
Someone else mentioned the Otter Trail is ending in Natures, that is true. You can actually see the path coming down along the eastern rocks.
Frans.
Hello again! Thank you, I'm glad to hear you're still enjoying our videos. I appreciate you sharing your memories of this area, which is truly spectacularly beautiful! You training with the baboons and birds as spectactors is a standout for me, love it! Sonia has a major knee issue, so that greatly limits what we get to see since she is unable to navigate uneven surfaces or stairs successfuly and I'm not keen to leave her alone in the vehicle and wander off too far. All good though, since ours are experiences we treasure only because we share them with each other. I don't mind the negative comments at all and will continue to respond to each one with courtesy and respect since those are two values both of us highly cherish. We realise we're not everyone's cup of tea and that it totally fine with us! As long as there are folks like you who enjoy what we do, that's really all that counts! 👌🏻 Thanks for watching, it's fun having you on board! 🤩🚗
Thank you for the travels and all the beautiful sights en route! God bless🥰
During, the 80 used to go on holidays to Nature Valley, love it windsurfing catching fish. Great memories.
Wow, so you must know the area quite well then. Thank you for sharing that memory. It was our first time and it's truly too beautiful to describe in words. Love that beach too, I believe it's more than 2km long. Appreciate you watching! 😁🚗
Nature's Valley is the end of the Otter Trail and start of the Tsistikamma Trail. You could basically do a 15 day hike when visiting Knysna and surrounds, start the Otter Trail, then back track with Tsitsikamma, and then journey off to the Outeniqua. The end of the Otter has an amazing walk along some cliffs, you get to see some really amazing King Proteas, and the bird life...wow...
That sounds amazing! The natural beauty in this area is insane, so I can only imagine how spectacular it must be to be immersed in it during a long hike. Sadly our explorations will continue to be by vehicle for the most part. 🚗🌳 Unless some orthopaedic surgeon can fix my darling wife's knee, which hasn't happened yet, despite several attempts.
That was amazing loved the trees as well as Natures Valley awesome thank you.
I know! So much green everywhere we looked, it was amazing! 🌳💚
Damn....and I thought you would Bungi Jump at Bloukraans bridge !😆😆I did.....
Nice one, that must've been something else! It's still on my bucket list! 😁
Hi you two! Thank you again for wonderful video. So much beauty on one trip - amazing! Can't wait for next time.
Keep well.
Yup, there is so much beauty around, we often feel rather overwhelmed by it! But that's a fantastic problem to have. Thank you for being so supportive of our videos, we so appreciate that. 😊🚗
Not every year but the last couple of years it had gone up so much
I must agree, I thought the toll was rather high compared to previous years. 😏🚗
My wêreld! Maar dit was nou rerig lekker om die trip te watch hoor!
I'm beginning to like being a silent back seat passenger with you guys 🤗🥰
Love it! ❤️
Thank you! 👋
And we're so happy that you've joined us! No need to be silent on our backseat though. We certainly can't be silent with all the beauty that surrounds us wherever we go! 😁🚗
Thanks for this breathtaking video as I am basically house bound it's like travelling to South Africa for me what a eye opener please continue with the videos they are fantastic totseins till the next time
You're not housebound at all, you're right there on our backseat all the way! Strap in, we're off on our next adventure tomorrow! 😁🚗
Love the see and the nature valley
We do too! 🌳🌍
An extremely beautiful part of our country for sure... We really are fortunate to have access to such diverse landscapes. As always, thanks for sharing 👍🏻🤝🏼
You're so right, the scenery is truly spectacular and has to be enjoyed, admired and shared. We appreciate you watching, as always! 😁🌳
If you go down the path to the beach near the cafe you will find the most beautiful beach !
Curtis bad news is that the Bloukrans Pass is a tarr road😜sorry
You know me so well already! That is indeed very bad news. But if I can drive it, tar will just have to do! 😁🚗
I just gotta get out...thanks for this...just like me. Way to go bud..also love the good camera work. Jeez seems you just use a cellphone ..surely not
Thank you, I appreciate you watching our videos. 👌🏻 I don't believe in any kind of fancy equipment for our purpose. I use my normal everyday cellphone, a Samsung S22 Ultra mounted on a regular selfie-stick and find it does the job pretty well. We appreciate you watching and hope you get to hit the road soon too! 😁🚗
What was that song. I like it. Send me the link. Great videos
Check it out below the video in the description box. You'll find the song titles there. 👍
Soos ek se was nou die dag daar deer met n toer en het by die R60,00 tol net reguit aan gehou Knysna toe met my gaste, weer oppad volgendeweek met nog n klomp, gaste. Sal duidelik n draai maak in Nature's V.
You won't be sorry, you and your guests will love it! 🌳🚗
Hi Everyone @ Dustbugs Travel Nature's Valley On The Way To The Garden Route Use To Be Too Beautiful With All The Proteas Growing Wildly It Was Too Beautiful To See The Big White Protea Is King Protea And The Small White White Is Prince Protea The Big Pink Protea is Queen Protea The Small Pink Protea Is Princess Protea Now There Other Names For These Proteas And Many Various Species Of Protea And There Was Birds If Paradise Growing Wildly And Orange Blossom Which Is Big Leaves And Small Orange Flowers And Honey Suckle Which Is Big Leaves And Small White Flowers And Many Other Various Kinds Flowers And Beautiful Colours Unfortunately Just Covert 19 Hit South Africa The Whole If Cape North South East West Cape Was Hit With Such A Bad Drought That They Were Thinking Of Using Sea Water For Drinking And Washing and Purifying The Sea Water As There Was No Water No Rain In The Whole If The Cape And At That Time That Is When Nature's Valley Lost All Its Beautiful Beauty And All It's Beautiful Flowers Thank You So Much For Sharing Your Beautiful Video And Hope You Enjoyed It At Nature's Valley @ Dustbugs Travel 👍👍✈️🎥🎥📸📸📷📷👍👍❤️❤️
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