The best way to explore the Garden Route is along its rivers. Moontide River Lodge has several canoes - the further upstream you paddle, the wilder it gets - but waterbabies should not miss some of the best river adventures in the region: kloofing the Kaaiman's gorge (a half day of swimming, clambering, jumping) or abseiling down a river. For the more sedentary, book a rivercruise that starts from the jetty and journeys deep into the tangled green banks of the Garden Route National Park.