Packing for your Garden Route Holiday
Planning on visiting us soon? Let us help you pack for your Garden Route Holiday
Forest Edge Nature Lover’s Retreat is located between Knysna and Sedgefield in the Garden Route South Africa.
There is just so much to do, and see one visit will never be enough, as listed in our previous blog.
One is never sure what to pack and often overpack for your holiday when you don’t know what to expect. With the rising fuel costs and the extra weight and money spent during your travels Forest Edge Nature Lover’s Retreat try and help our visitors take the load off packing.
If you’re staying with us, you can rest assured that packing will be a breeze. People who travel a lot always pack way too much, as they never know what to expect for the first time when visiting new places. Nothing worse than travelling to your destination especially isolated areas for hours and wanting to settle in and putting your feet up and realizing that you are missing something preventing you from settling in.
Forest edge cottages are fully equipped cottages with everything you would expect from an establishment, including some special touches, and things you normally do not expect to see.
Here are a few items that can help put your mind at ease while packing that are available at Forest Edge:
- Torches and Loadshedding Lamps
- Playing Cards and Colouring books to keep kids busy indoors
- Umbrellas so you can still enjoy the great outdoors no matter what the weather is doing
- Egg Cups and All crockery and storage containers
- Icetrays and Water bottles
- Sosatie Stics
- Picnic Blankets and baskets ( We can pack one for you by prior arrangement)
- Hot water bottles/Electric blankets – cuddle up to a cosy hot water bottle in the winter
- Fans for those hot summer days
- Braai grids, brushes and tongs
- Hammock and cushions – nothing like enjoying a cuppa or reading a book in a hammock in our surroundings.
- DVD’s and books – we have a selection of DVDs for the kiddies and adults to enjoy. We even have some of Daleen Matthee’s stories on DVD and books for those who want to learn more about the forest and the early woodcutters.
- If you love riding mountain bikes, you don’t even need to bring yours with as you can hire them locally
Some other items which you may want to include in your packing:
- Sunscreen / Sunglasses and Swimming Towels
- Bug spray
- Hat/Banana
- Comfortable Walking shoes and hiking sticks there are so many easy walks one can do without hiking
- Fresh Produce, meat and groceries if you are wanting to stay at the Cabin and not drive into town. We have Fridges in all our Cabins
- Some outdoor games for the kids, we have lush green lawns the kids can play on right outside your Cabin
- Toys for the beach for the kids
We hope that this will help you get a better idea of how well-equipped our establishment is and how we try and make our visitor’s experience an easier one. If you have any other questions about what we do or don’t have for our visitors, feel free to contact us at any time. www.forestedge.co.za
We look forward to making your stay a hassle-free and relaxing one.
Hope to see you soon
