Combine Route 62 "the longest wine route in the world" with the beautiful Garden Route which lies along a 300-kilometre-strip of the southern Cape coast of South Africa and enjoy an experience of a lifetime. From the stark Little Karoo to the lush terrace bordered by the Indian Ocean and a barrier of continuous mountain ranges it is not surprising that this beautiful trip is mandatory for local and foreign visitors alike. With its abundant water and lush vegetation, beautiful lakes and rivers, the Garden Route provides unlimited leisure and recreation opportunities and a well-established tourism infrastructure. A superb highway, seemingly designed to frame the most breathtaking sights, carries the traveler to lookout points high above the ocean, over towering sandstone headlands thrusting into the sea, and past estuaries, lakes and lagoons strung along the coast of the Garden Route. Many of South Africa's most precious natural assets are protected in sanctuaries along the way, vast areas are set aside for indigenous forests, wild flowers, sea creatures and water birds that thrive in a network of sensitive estuarine systems. These are not shrines to nature, visitors are encouraged to hike and fish, swim and sail, or simply restore their energy in a lakeside log cabin, or chalet with a view of the sea.