Garden Route - wikipedia Garden Route This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( March 2014 ) Map showing the Garden Route 's location The Garden Route ( Afrikaans : Tuinroete ) is a 300 - kilometre ( 190 mi ) stretch of the south - western coast of South Africa which extends from Mossel Bay in the Western Cape to the Storms River in the Eastern Cape. The name comes from the verdant and ecologically diverse vegetation encountered here and the numerous lagoons and lakes dotted along the coast. It includes towns such as Knysna, Plettenberg Bay, Mossel Bay, Little Brak River and Nature 's Valley ; with George, the Garden Route 's largest city and main administrative centre. It has an oceanic climate, with mild to warm summers, and mild to cool winters. It has the mildest climate in South Africa and the second mildest climate in the world, after Hawaii, according to the Guinness Book of Records. Temperatures rarely fall below 10 ° C in winter and rarely climb beyond 28 ° C in summer. Rain occurs year - round, with a slight peak in the spring months, brought by the humid sea - winds from the Indian Ocean rising and releasing their precipitation along the Outeniqua and Tsitsikamma Mountains just inland of the coast. The Route is sandwiched between the aforementioned mountains and the Indian Ocean. The Outeniqua and Tsitsikamma indigenous forests are a unique mixture of Cape Fynbos and Temperate Forest and offer hiking trails and eco-tourism activities. Nearly 300 species of bird life are to be found in a variety of habitats ranging from fynbos to forest to wetlands. Ten nature reserves embrace the varied ecosystems of the area as well as unique marine reserves, home to soft coral reefs, dolphins, seals and a host of other marine life. Various bays along the Garden Route are nurseries to the endangered Southern Right Whale which go there to calve in the winter and spring ( July to December ). A river mouth in the Tsitsikamma National Park, situated on the Garden Route Fairy Knowe station A tranquil scene at a lake on the Garden Route A vineyard on the Garden Route in winter See also Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Garden Route. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Garden Route. George, Western Cape Knysna Plettenberg Bay Mossel Bay Bloukrans Bridge Bungy Tsitsikamma References Jump up ^ `` 10 epic road trips in the world to take once in your lifetime ''. www.emptyshack.com. Retrieved 2017 - 04 - 17. Province of the Western Cape Capital and largest city : Cape Town Population : 5,822,734 ( 2011 ) Land area : 129,462 km Topics History ( Cape Town timeline ) Government Politics Economy Climate Ecology Government Premier Provincial Parliament High Court Municipalities Regions Cape Peninsula Cape Flats Boland Swartland West Coast Breede River Valley Overberg Garden Route Little Karoo Great Karoo Cities and major towns Cape Town George Mossel Bay Oudtshoorn Paarl Stellenbosch Wellington Worcester Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Garden_Route&oldid=796834310 '' Categories : Tourism in the Western Cape Hidden categories : Articles needing additional references from March 2014 All articles needing additional references Talk About Wikipedia Wikivoyage Afrikaans Dansk Deutsch Italiano Nederlands Norsk Português Svenska 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 23 August 2017, at 09 : 40. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: how many miles is the garden route in south africa
Answer: 190