Garden Route National Park

Garden Route National Park
Storms River Mouth in the Tsitsikamma section of the park
Location of the park
Location	Western Cape & Eastern Cape, South Africa
Nearest city	George
Coordinates	34°0′S 23°15′E / 34.000°S 23.250°E / -34.000; 23.250
Area	1,210 km2 (470 sq mi)
Established	6 March 2009
Governing body	South African National Parks
sanparks.org/parks/garden_route/
Garden Route National Park (South Africa)

The Garden Route National Park is a national park in the Garden Route region of the Western Cape and Eastern Cape provinces in South Africa. It is a coastal reserve well known for its indigenous forests, dramatic coastline, and the Otter Trail. It was established on 6 March 2009 by amalgamating the existing Tsitsikamma and Wilderness National Parks, the Knysna National Lake Area, and various other areas of state-owned land.^[1]

The park covers about 1,210 km² (470 sq mi) of land; of this, about 685 km² (264 sq mi) was already part of the predecessor national parks. The park includes a continuous complex of approximately 605 km² (234 sq mi) of indigenous forest.^[1]

The Garden Route National Park (Tsitsikamma, Knysna and Wilderness Sections) has a pleasant, temperate climate; it is unique in Africa as the only area in which rainfall occurs throughout the year.^[2]