June 2020. Heritage trail on South African Youth Day. Tuesday 16th.

June 2020.   Heritage trail on South African Youth Day.  Tuesday 16th.

Peter Giddy Guided Tours -- Shore Excursions -- Addo Elephant and other Wildlife Reserves -- Garden Route.  Flowers of Namaqualand -- 

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• Addo Elephant Park Day Visit and Night drive. 
• Kragga Kamma Wildlife Reserve
• Daniel Cheetah Project
• Pumba; Shamwari; Amakhala; Kariega -- Day trips Private Reserves.
• Three day tour of Mountain Zebra Park. Graaff Reinet, Nieu Bethesda and Addo. 
• Tours: City Historical and Cultural Tours, 
• Horse riding for both experienced and inexperienced riders
• Hikes and Walks around Port Elizabeth (2 hour Nature and Coastal walks)
• Garden Route Adventure Tours (Zip Lines; Segway  in the Forest; Adventure Quad Biking; Bridge Walks; Bungy Jump; Knysna Elephant Park; Monkey Land and Birds of Eden; Big Cats Sanctuary; Oudtshoorn Cango Caves and Ostrich farms)
• Shore Excursions from Passengers ships.  
• Day visit -- Historical City Tour;  Beach Front; Penguin Sanctuary; Sacramento; Heritage walking trail; Seafood lunch at Barnacles and end the day with a 2 hour wildlife experience. 
• Transfers. Airport; Hotel and Wildlife Reserve.
• Flowers of Namaqualand.  Seven days of adventure and exploring places and sights you never even knew existed.  History and natural beauty of the South West of South Africa
• Karoo to Garden Route. Six days of fun and activities.  Prince Albert; Swartberg Pass; Die Hell; Oudtshoorn; Prince Alfred pass; Plett and Tsitsikamma. 

As a result of the number of requests I had for the Heritage Trail from Schoenmakerskop on Tuesday 16th June (A public Holiday), I arranged for two starting times: morning and afternoon

 The Morning group started at 9.00am  In this group: Loretta; Sally; Rose; Val and Charmaine.  Hannes and Jacqui with Chante and Georgie; Richie and Kate with Joseph; Ruben and Mosa.  Alethia; Johan; Carin; Bennie; Lynette and Lindell.  Tammy and her friend Kerri Anne.  Mark and Debbie. Brendan; Lee- Anne, Jordan and Jarryd. 

On the trail in the afternoon group are Svenje; Devon; Lucas; Noa and Hudson;  Siobhan (ShVaughn) with her two boys Trisan and Aaron. Janny is from the Netherlands but now lives in PE; Liesl; Corlea; Dwane; Calem; Connor and Bella;  Andrew, Cindy and Matthew. 

Afternoon Group at the view point on the Heritage trail

 The views and trails are simply the best.

 Our snack break with the afternoon group

 Alethia; Carin; Lyunette; Johan and Bennie at Retha's trail.

 Bennie relaxing

 The morning was a wonderful time for walking.

 This trail has so much to offer -- from wonderful views to amazing fynbos.

 On my way to Schoenies I come across this herd of cattle crossing the road

 The fynbos in full colour even in winter.

Children working out the Maze on Retha's trail

 Aaron;  Siobhan and Tristan

 Boys having fun on the Canon.

Peter with the second group of the day.  Both were special walks and wonderful people.  I seem to make new friends at every hike.
Today was a perfect day for trail walking.  At the Schoenies Canon there were a huge number of cars indicating the large number of people walking.  Mainly the Sacramento trail.
The walk that we did included the Heritage and the Fynbos trails.
Both groups commented on their experience and will be doing more trails with me in the near future.

Other trails which are on offer:

• The van Stadens Flower reserve:  The River and the Forest trails
• The Lady Slipper either from the Rocklands side or the more popular Falcon Rock trail.  
• The Maitlands forest walk.  A lovely trail through indigenous forests and some amazing views
• The Cape Recife trail with rounds the Lighthouse. 
• The Port Elizabeth Historic trail
• The Settlers park to Dodds Farm
• The Grysbok trail at the back of the University
• The Sacramento Trail
• Various beach walks such as the Kini Bay, the Maitlands and the Harbour wall walks. 

Contact Peter ---- peter.giddy@gmail,com  or 0027 82 550 3174 to make a booking.  Minimum 5 people on the trail please.