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Knysna

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Knysna

Harbour town and popular tourist centre in Western Cape province, South Africa, 222 km/138 mi west of Port Elizabeth on the Garden Route from Cape Town; population (2001 est) 33,700. Knysna has forests which still contain the rare stinkwood tree, a hardwood valued for furniture. The town has important wood-working industries.

Alluvial gold found at nearby Millwood has long been exhausted.



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There are plenty of places that you can go walking in South Africa but for somewhere completely different, why not visit the Knysna forest for scenery that is like nowhere else on earth Knysna is located on South Africa?
Knysna (Place of Wood, after its 46,000 hectares of forest) is an important conservation area and a year-round holiday spot with lush forests, stunning beaches and world-class golf courses.
The family had been holidaying in Zimbabwe after leaving their home in Knysna, South Africa.
 
 
 
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