Photo: FlowComm, Knysna (Some rights reserved)
Publisher’s note – Kudos to Martin Hatchuel and Greg Vogt for contributions to the wiki page that preceded this guide. We continue to update our guide to Knysna and the surrounding region.
Knysna is a historic town built around a beautiful estuary in South Africa.
Headines
millwood-mine-tour
Slow Tourism Route
Knysna kicks off #knys1
Tourism Needs a New Language – @ThisTourismWeek
Events
October Timber festival – @KnysnaTimber
July Oyster Festival – @oysterfestival – Facebook
Weather
Knysna Forecast
Twitter
@knysnatourism – Welcome to the heart of nature. #Knysna is an award winning #GardenRoute town and a Top 100 destination in #SouthAfrica!
@kaaknysna – Let us help you plan your perfect Garden Route break away – with accommodation types to suit every style and pocket, our members are waiting to welcome you!
@GvCyclotis – A father committed to securing a future for youth through conservation ethics
@ThisTourismWeek – This Tourism Week: Newsletter on-line commentary and discussion about tourism in South Africa. Responsible tourism. Social web
@KnysnaLitFest – Founded in 2010, the Knysna Literary Festival celebrates the written word by connecting the community with some South Africa’s most celebrated authors.
@KnysnaMuni
@KnysnaWaterfrnt
@Knysnawhales
@KnysnaCycles
@FatStixMTB
@DA_Eleanore
@KnysnaMuni
@elalinibackpack
Elsewhere on the Web
gardenroute.org
routes.co.za
askthelocals.co.za
travelknysna.com – @kaaknysna
visitknysna.co.za – facebook – @knysnatourism
Knysna Elephant Park – @KnysnaElephant
knysnaplettherald.com – @KnysnaPlett
knysnawaterfront.com – @KnysnaWaterfrnt
Garden Route National Park (GRNP)
knysnalivinglocal.co.za
knysna.gov.za – @KnysnaMuni
knysnamuseums.co.za
News
knysnaplettherald.com – @KnysnaPlett
Recommended Listening
knysnafm.co.za
Facebook
Classic Rail
wanduekasi
Ntaba Africa Safaris
Flickr
Knysna Creative Commons-licensed photos
Knysna Map
Brenton Blue Butterfly
Brenton Blue Butterfly Reserve
Where to eat
34 South – Facebook – TripAdvisor – @34SouthKnysna
Parks
Pledge Nature Reserve was declared in terms of a Provincial Government Gazette Notice in October 1991 a Local Nature Reserve and covers approximately 10ha and is administered by the Pledge Nature Reserve Trust. Nowadays it is hard to believe that less than a century ago this green heart of Knysna had been reduced to a brickfield and thereafter used as a dumping ground, which sullied the once clear streams. Concerned townsfolk were instrumental in having the Reserve proclaimed and negotiated a long term lease with the Knysna Municipality. What followed was a concerted and eventually highly successful, attempt to eradicate alien vegetation and restore the place to its original natural splendour.
Nearby: George
https://george.gov.za – @george_mun
Nearby: Sedgefield
Wikipedia
slowfestival.co.za – @SlowFestival
Photos
Google+ Hangouts
April 6, Responsible Travel and Wildlife Conservation Hangout
Headlines: @ecabanilla @GvCyclotis @ThisTourismWeek
March 16
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-myzLf66r54
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Responsible+Travel+and+Wildlife+Conservation&iso=20150316T0830&p1=127&ah=1
March 9
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmNaMVppurc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmNaMVppurc
February #rtweek15 Hangout
In February we launched a new series of conversations focusing on responsible travel with experts from Knysna, South Africa. This robust discussion with Greg Vogt, CEO of @knysnatourism and Martin Hatchuel, publisher of @ThisTourismWeek delves deep into a warts and all inspection.
Videos
Embedded Tweets
Bingo
Accreditation – Allies – Animal Planet – Animal Rights – Announcement – Arrival – Assess – Assumption – Atlantic – Attention – Awareness – Basics – Biodiversity – Broad – Brand – Canned Hunting – Captions – Certification – Challenge – Chappie – Commitment – Community – Connect – Conscious – Consequences – Conservation – Conservation – Conservation Status – Consumer Protection Act – Conversation – Critical Mass – Cycling – Danger of a Single Story – Deep – Definitions – Discussion – Do you have anything else to add? – Dynamic – Education – Elephant in the Room – Engage – Engagement – Era – Events – Evidence – Excite – Expectation – Experience – Foundation – Garden – Geography – Google Maps – Groundswell – Hanging Out – Hangout – Hire Car – Holistic – Illuminating – Inclusive – Integrity – Irresponsible – I’ve been known to call a spade a shovel – Kentucky – Knysna – Las Vegas – Legislation – Library – Livestreaming – Local – Mad as a Frog in a Sock – Martin Meredith – Mass Tourism – Membership – Moonlight Meander – Mossel Bay – No Clue – National Geographic – Networking – No Fences – Nuance – Open – Open Education – Orientation – Other End of the World – Outdoor Classroom – Oyster – Oyster Festival – Parks – Passports – Perception – Photo Safari – Plantation Forestry – Potential Visitor – Programmed – Projects – Promotion – Punting – Questions – Regenerate – Reimagine – Renaissance – Research – Responsibility – Responsible Travel – Remote Participants – School of Tourism – Science – Secretive – South Africa – Sustainable – Teaching – Teaching what there’s not teaching – Tourism – Transformation – Travel – Unhumble – Unpack – Viewing Parties – Village Cricket – Virtual Tour – Volunteer – Waste is a Resource – West Coast – Worts and All – 60 Minutes
Biodiversity and Wildlife Bingo
Afromontane Forest – Antelope – Big 5 – Big 50,000 – Biodiversity – Body Parts – Born Free – Breeding Center – Brenton Blue Butterfly – Butterflies – Carrying Capacity – Cheetas – Cull – Elephants – Estuary – Floral Kingdom – Forest – Fynbos – Garden Ridge National Park – Giraffe – Hunting – Indian Ocean – Indicator Species – Life Cycle – Lions – Lion Week – Mammals – National Park – Natural World – Nature Reserve – Petting – Phytochorion – Plants – Preserve – Pride – Rehabilitation – Rehabilitation Center – Reserve – Rhinos – Safari – Safari Park – Sanctuary – Seahorse – Shark Week – Sleeping – Southernmost Herd – Species – Wildlife – Zebra – Zoo
Wikipedia
Knysna
Knysna-Amatole_Montane_Forests
Knysna warbler
Planeta.com