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National park · Western Cape
Garden Route National Park
Garden Route National Park is a national park in Western Cape, about 13 km north-west of Plettenberg Bay. It covers 1 210 km² — number 1 by size of the 23 Western Cape areas with a recorded size. Proclaimed or established in 2009.
1 210km² recorded size
2009year established
—elevation of the point
13 kmnorth-west of Plettenberg Bay
Facts
- Type
- National park (national park of South Africa)
- Province
- Western Cape
- District
- Eden
- Local municipality
- Bitou
- Size
- 1 210 km² · 121 000 ha
- Rank by size
- 10 of 115 nationally · 1 in Western Cape
- Established
- 2009
- Coordinates
- -34.0000, 23.2500
- Nearest large town
- Plettenberg Bay, 13 km north-west
- Wikipedia articles
- 17 languages
Sources: Wikidata Q1381341 · WDPA 881 · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
- Knysna Elephant ParkWildlife sanctuary4 km south
- SANP Garden Of EdenNature reserve6 km south-west
- Raptor Rescue PlettWildlife sanctuary7 km south-east
- Plettenberg Bay Game ReservePrivate game reserve11 km north-east
- Keurboomsrivier NatuurreservaatNature reserve14 km east
Robberg Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area18 km south-east
Address and visiting
Listed addressGarden Route National Parksanparks.org
From business listings compiled from public map and web sources, checked October 2026.
Opening hours
| Monday | 07:00–18:00 |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | 07:00–18:00 |
| Wednesday | 07:00–18:00 |
| Thursday | 07:00–18:00 |
| Friday | 07:00–18:00 |
| Saturday | 07:00–18:00 |
| Sunday | 07:00–18:00 |
Weekly hours, as published in business listings checked October 2026. Gate times change with the season — check before you travel.
GBIF records within 20 km
Wildlife recorded around Garden Route National Park
1 303 mammal and 340 351 bird occurrence records within 20 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Mammals
- Brown Fur SealArctocephalus pusillus214
- Humpback WhaleMegaptera novaeangliae201
- Indian Ocean humpback dolphinSousa plumbea170
- Rock HyraxProcavia capensis86
- Cape GrysbokRaphicerus melanotis54
- Southern Right WhaleEubalaena australis50
- Chacma BaboonPapio ursinus41
- BushbuckTragelaphus scriptus39
- Vaal RhebokPelea capreolus38
- African BuffaloSyncerus caffer35
- Vervet MonkeyChlorocebus pygerythrus27
- Indo-Pacific Bottlenose DolphinTursiops aduncus18
- Common ElandTaurotragus oryx18
- African Clawless OtterAonyx capensis15
Birds
- Kelp GullLarus dominicanus11 696
- Cape WagtailMotacilla capensis6 036
- Cape WeaverPloceus capensis5 671
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca5 570
- Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash5 499
- African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus5 377
- Sombre GreenbulAndropadus importunus5 210
- Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus4 628
- Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis4 618
- Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata4 583
- Long-tailed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus4 455
- Red-winged StarlingOnychognathus morio4 424
- Cape BulbulPycnonotus capensis4 408
- Greater Double-collared SunbirdCinnyris afer4 391
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.