Wilderness is situated in the heart of the Garden Route and lies 445km east of Cape Town, between the Kaaimans River and the Goukamma Nature Reserve. Our central location makes it ideal to use Wilderness as a home base when visiting other towns on the Garden Route.

 

Wilderness is renowned for its vast stretches of beach, its tranquillity, mystical beauty and deep blue seas. Wilderness overlooks not only the sea, but also the Touw River and lagoon, the Serpentine, which snakes between the Touw River, Island Lake, Langvlei Lake and Rondevlei Lake.

A string of lakes stretches from Wilderness Lagoon to Island Lake, Langvlei, Rondevlei, Swartvlei and Groenvlei.
There are hides at Langvlei and Rondevlei. Situated in the heart of South Africa's famous Garden Route, a charming world of lakes, rivers, fens, estuaries and beaches gently unfolds against a backdrop of lush forest and lofty mountains, all elements that characterise the Wilderness National Park.

Nature trails wind through densely wooded forest and along tranquil rivers, affording you the opportunity to encounter the brilliantly coloured Knysna Loerie, or one of the five kingfisher species that occur here. During the spring, a carpet of flowers, further enhancing the verdant beauty of this wetland national park surrounds the lakes.