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Hubby spoiled me with a quick, but welcome, road trip while he was on his home break \u00a0from his bush work somewhere in Africa.\u00a0 We zippied \u00a0along the N2 in the Garden Route and through the green Tsitsikamma forests to the adrenaline filled little village of Storms River situated halfway between Port Elizabeth and George.<\/p>\n

\"Main<\/a>

Main street<\/p><\/div>\n

Walking in the village you cannot imagine that yellowwood was actually used for railway sleepers in this forest community in the early 1800\u2019s. \u00a0\u00a0At the turn of the 1800\u2019s Frank Mangold purchased several properties in the village and built a house and established several other businesses.\u00a0 Today there are still not a lot of businesses in the sleepy village, but if you are an adrenaline junky this is the place to do a canopy tour and maybe catch a glimpse of the rare Knysna Loerie with its reds wings gliding from tree to tree or do some tubing in the icy black mountain waters.<\/p>\n

\"Adrenalin<\/a>

Adrenalin junkies converge from all over the world<\/p><\/div>\n

If you have a more laid back attitude or age is getting to you hiring a Segway might be more the thing for you to experience the village and surrounding forest on a guided tour.<\/p>\n

\"Sedgeways\"<\/a>

Sedgeways<\/p><\/div>\n

Well, and if you are an Elvis fan \u2026 this is it!\u00a0 Next to the brewery is a small American style diner for a quick bite or two.\u00a0 Surely something to do for everyone in the village.<\/p>\n

\"Diner\"<\/a>

Diner<\/p><\/div>\n

However we enjoyed to just sit on the stoep of the local micro beer brewery and taste some of the fine crafted beers offered by this establishment and just watch village live pass by in slow motion.<\/p>\n

\"kranshoek<\/a>

Micro brewery<\/p><\/div>\n

Nothing and nobody is in a hurry at this side of the world.\u00a0 The friendly brewery owner even took us on a little tour of his pride and joy and explained a bit of the processes of beer brewing to us. \u00a0I even told the brew master something that he did not know! \u00a0\u00a0A lesser-known fact about hops is that it belongs to the\u00a0Cannabaceae Family of which the infamous\u00a0Cannabis<\/em> is also a member.<\/p>\n

\"At<\/a>

At the brewery<\/p><\/div>\n

After a laid back day and delicious dinner we retired to our room at the Tsitsikamma Village Inn. We enjoyed some good food, good service and \u00a0\u2026 yes, a good rugby day as the South African teams did well in the Super 15 Series!\u00a0 After all rugby is South Africa\u2019s favorite pastime!<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>

The Inn @ Storm River Village<\/p><\/div>\n

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Hubby spoiled me with a quick, but welcome, road trip while he was on his home break \u00a0from his bush work somewhere in Africa.\u00a0 We zippied \u00a0along the N2 in the Garden Route and through the green Tsitsikamma forests to the adrenaline filled little village of Storms River situated halfway between Port Elizabeth and George. Walking in the village you cannot imagine that yellowwood was actually used for railway sleepers in this forest community in the early 1800\u2019s. \u00a0\u00a0At the turn of the 1800\u2019s Frank Mangold purchased several properties in the village and built a house and established several other businesses.\u00a0 Today there are still not a lot of businesses in the sleepy village, but if you are an adrenaline junky this is the place to do a canopy tour and maybe catch a glimpse of the rare Knysna Loerie with its reds wings gliding from tree to tree or… Read more ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1061,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[139],"tags":[491,732,763,163,396,385,195,38,733,397,162,490,492],"geo":{"latitude":-33.9719429000000019414073904044926166534423828125,"longitude":23.88638879999999886649675318039953708648681640625,"description":null},"yoast_head":"\nTHE FOREST VILLAGE - 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