You take Airlink flight 4Z797 departing Johannesburg at 10h40 and arriving at Port Elizabeth at 11h55 (for your own expense) . You are met by your guide and transferred through to your overnight accommodation at Jeffreys Bay. Dinner is for your own expense and taken at a restaurant nearby.
An early morning walk along the beach for the more energetic. Breakfast at the guest house and then you make your way westwards to Tsitsikamma with site planned site visits en route.
Longmore Plantation and Sawmill
- Longmore Value Chain – Willie Brink
- Visit Longmore Sawmill – Johan Dekker
- Visit to Woodlands Dairy Farm – Biomass from Longmore Sawmill – Johan Dekker
Dinner is included and will be a braai taken at the overnight accommodation.
Breakfast at the guest house and then planned site visits in the area. Lunch is taken en route for your own expense.
Site Visits:
Blueliliesbush Joint Operations Center (JOC)
Integrated Fire Management
Fire Rating Methodology
Lottering D5d
Camcore Pine Hybrid trial 98-52-H03B2 (5 year data)
Lottering A44c
Camcore P. patula x oocarpa 98-52-H03B2 (3 year data)
Lottering K4e
Camcore P. tecunumanii trial 15-52-X07B (8 year data)
MTO P. radiata or P. elliottii x caribaea stem form compartments
In the afternoon the Tsitsikamma Canopy tour offers a unique 2 to 3 hour opportunity to explore the indigenous Tsitsikamma Forest with platforms built around the giant yellowwood trees.
A buffet dinner is included and taken at the accommodation restaurant.
Breakfast in the restaurant and then more site visits en route to George via Knysna. In Knysna visit the Featherbed Nature Reserve, situated on the Western Head in Knysna. It is the premier eco-experience on the Garden Route. The 3 to 4 hour tour includes the return ferry trip, a 4x4 vehicle & trailer drive, a reserve walk and a buffet lunch at the outdoor restaurant.
Site Visits:
Kruisfontein D21c Seedling Orchard
Camcore P. maximinoi trial 15-52-X11A1
The Diepwalle Big tree / indigenous Forest utilization – George von den Bussche
Afternoon - PG Bison Ruigtevlei OPS room – Ruigtevlei Fire Detection
Botha & Barnard Furniture Manufactures – Wilderness N2 – On way to George
Dinner is for your own expense and taken at the hotel or a restaurant in town.
You are transferred to George Airport in time to make your onward connecting flights.
Tour services end at George airport and any onward connecting flights would be for your own expense.
