Travel Notice: Roadworks with stop-and-go delays are in place between Plettenberg Bay and Stormsriver Village. Please allow extra travel time.
Experience a World of Diversity in One Forest – Just a short drive from Knysna and 2 hours from Port-Elizabeth. Situated in the Garden of the Garden Route and heart of Tsitsikamma – Stormsriver Village.
Tsitsikamma Canopy Tour is an Award-Winning Canopy Tour company that turns Tourism activities into Tourism experiences! Enjoy being suspended 30m above the forest floor on the Tsitsikamma Canopy Tour, cable sliding from ten platforms, tree to tree while discovering the spectacular and unique wilderness of the Tsitsikamma Indigenous forest. Surrounded by birdlife and giant trees like the Outeniqua Yellowwood, known to us as Uncle Sam who is over 600 years old! One can easily feel like a dwarf standing against it. The tour begins with a detailed safety briefing followed by a ‘kitting up’ session where a full-body harness, pulleys, and climbing equipment is issued and checked. A short drive into the Tsitsikamma forest and it is time to monkey around!From the start on the launch platform, a new world unfolds as one gently glides on a steel cable to the first tree platform. All groups are escorted through the forest canopy by a lead guide and a follow guide to ensure your safety as you slide from tree to tree. The platforms built high up in the giant Outeniqua Yellowwoods, provide an unbelievable view of this enchanting new world – any fear of heights is soon lost as you gather in your new surroundings.
Things to remember
●Guests who are differently abled or have unique needs must please book via telephone or email to share their specific requirements so that we can cater to their needs and ensure you enjoy your experience to the fullest. ●Discount vouchers and over-the-counter or telephonic promotions are not applicable to online bookings after full payment has been captured on an online booking. ●Tours include bottled water, gear, and safety equipment as well as guides ●Clients are advised that the tour includes a 600m hike out afterward. ●Moms to be: We apologize – this tour is not for you while you are pregnant. ●We suggest a weight restriction per person of approximately 120kg to 130kg – this restriction is not weight-related but rather imposed by the size of the harnesses we use and is based on the circumference of the straps around the body. ●Our minimum age is 5 years old, and the children can do the tour in tandem with the guide. ●The activity is an all-weather activity. Even in the rain – just bring something warm to wear and come and enjoy a rainforest experience with us. It is in the Tsitsikamma Indigenous forest and is always a magical experience. A rain jacket will be supplied. ●Comfortable clothes should be worn and any footwear that is secure on your feet and that will not fall if you are suspended in mid-air. (Closed shoes)●Long/Braided or Styled Hair: Please note that a helmet will have to fit onto your head. Hair cannot be tied on top of your head obstructing the helmet to comfortably protect your head.
Great experience! Fun way of Hiking the trees.... - Dirk Oehme
This was a super fun activity and definitely something which everyone should try at least once in their life!! - Jaco Badenhorst
It was a great experience. We felt safe right from the beginning until the end. It was real fun and we enjoyed every minute! Thanks a lot to the whole staff! - Caro Pokriefke
What an amazing experience! Stunning view! The best tour guides ever and an absolute unforgettable experience - Chantel van breda
Took my father here for his 70th. He absolutely loved it - Bjorn van der Veen
Photographic Scavenger Hunt
Requires 10 People Minimum
The Tsitsikamma Team Challenge and Photographic Scavenger Hunt start with a sedate stroll with a local field guide through our tree-lined village. Your team is encouraged to open their eyes and ears and listen to the useful, useless (red herrings abound), interesting, and quirky information being shared with them…
Whilst savoring the sounds of village life, the smell of clean air, the sights of nature, the feel of friendship and camaraderie, and tasting the crystal waters of the Tsitsikamma.
The mayhem begins as Teams are given a Competitive and Fun Task List and a Time Limit to score the highest points. Teams are required to recall useful/interesting facts and faces (were you listening?) capture photographs of Team Members performing crazy and challenging tasks, engage with our village community, dancing in the streets, collect photos of our flora and fauna, and using the creative imagination of the inner child to combine talents and skills to earn maximum points. A competitive challenge – The judges’ decision is final! The intensity of your Challenge event is up to you. We can adjust challenges to suit your needs, ambition, and ability.
Guided Hike – Woodcutters’ Journey on Foot
A fully guided tour down the Plaatbos Nature Reserve Indigenous Forest Reserve with one of our Specialist Guides accompanying you in the lush green forest. It is an informative experience of history, forest ecology, and bird life.
Discover the secrets of the spectacular forest as you encounter Hard Pear trees, Giant Yellow Woods, ancient Tree Ferns, and other interesting Forest Flora. Discover how the forest lives and breathes; listen to the sounds of birds like the Knysna Loerie and Green Woophoes.
Our guides will lead you on foot in the forest walking along giant indigenous trees including the Outeniqua Yellowwood. A favorite stop along the route is the “Human Face Tree” which is not manmade or has been struck by lightning. A unique artwork of nature!
The Tsitsikamma (previously known as Zitzikama) was first surveyed by the famous pass builder Thomas Bain in 1879. Bain found impenetrable forests east of Plettenberg Bay with access made even tougher by deep gorges. During the planning process of building a pass through the Storms River gorge, Bain followed the ancient elephant migratory routes down to the river and as elephants find the easiest way down, decided to build the pass along those routes. Labour for this difficult task was provided by convicts and some of their graves can still be seen on the outskirts of the Village. The pass itself was completed in 1884 and until the N2 and Storms River Bridge was built in 1955 was the only way to get through the gorge.
Today the road is closed to traffic and can only be accessed on foot, bicycle, or on Storms River Adventures’ Woodcutters Journey tour. This guided hike is a great way to explore, learn and experience a world of diversity in one forest.
Things to remember
●Guests who are differently-abled or have unique needs must please book via telephone or email to share their specific requirements ● so that we can cater to their needs and ensure you enjoy your experience to the fullest. ●Tours include bottled water, sandwich box as well as guides ●Clients are advised that the tour includes a 600m hike out afterward. ●Moms to be: We apologize – this tour is not for you while you are pregnant. ●We suggest a weight restriction per person of approximately 120kg to 130kg – this restriction is not weight-related but rather imposed by the size of the harnesses we use and is based on the circumference of the straps around the body. ●Our minimum age is 5 years old, and the children can do the tour in tandem with the guide. ●The activity is an all-weather activity. Even in the rain – just bring something warm to wear and come and enjoy a rainforest experience with us. It is in the Tsitsikamma Indigenous forest and is always a magical experience. A rain jacket will be supplied. ●Comfortable clothes should be worn and any footwear that is secure on your feet and that will not fall if you are suspended in mid-air. (Closed shoes)Customer reviews of this service will be posted soon.
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