Knysna Oyster Festival 2010 countdown begins ...

With less than a month to go until the 2010 Pick n Pay Knysna Oyster Festival kicks off, organ­isers say that the fest­ival is expec­ted to attract thou­sands of sports­men and women, food lov­ers and party goers to Knysna this July.

Jonathan Ackerman, mar­ket­ing dir­ector of Pick n Pay Retail, said that he is delighted with the way the fest­ival has grown since Pick n Pay became involved as nam­ing spon­sors in 2004. “At the time we said we would assist to add value and grow the fest­ival and, in doing so, make a worth­while con­tri­bu­tion to local eco­nomic devel­op­ment, because Pick n Pay is com­mit­ted to sup­port­ing events which bene­fit the local com­munity and local char­it­ies. Continued

Oyster flavours and fun at this year’s Pick n Pay Knysna Oyster Festival

Whether you like to slurp them, chew them, eat them fresh or cooked, oysters will be a big part of this year’s Pick n Pay Oyster Festival (2–11 July)! There are plenty of oysters on the menu and lots of oyster events on the pro­gramme. Party in style at the Pick n Pay Knysna Oyster Festival’s premier culin­ary event, the Pick n Pay Oyster & Wine Mardi Gras presen­ted by Tabasco, on 7 July 2010.

Hosted by the Garden Route region of the South African Chefs Association, the Mardi Gras com­bines the skills of oyster cook­ing chefs with choice South African wines and bub­bly. This cel­eb­ra­tion of fla­vour and fun is not to be missed!

Organiser Gino Adriaensen says that the event will cel­eb­rate life, good food and the 20^th anniversary of the Oyster Cooking Competition. The event will be held in the Heineken® Pavilion at the Pick n Pay Knysna Oyster Festival Grounds in Waterfront Drive from 6pm till late and will serve up more than 16 000 oysters and 1200 litres of wine. Continued

ABC’s The Bachelor couple honeymoons at Pezula

The lux­ury, award-winning Pezula Resort Hotel & Spa in Knysna was the hon­ey­moon des­tin­a­tion of choice for pop­u­lar American new­ly­weds Jason Mesnick and Molly Malaney who met on the ABC show The Bachelor in 2009 dur­ing its 13^th sea­son, one of the most suc­cess­ful series of the show.

The couple recently spent sev­eral days of their romantic South African hon­ey­moon at Pezula as Mr & Mrs Mesnick fol­low­ing their celebrity wed­ding in California. Continued

I ♥ Knysna because ...

I ♥ Knysna

Hi, I’m Liz Louw from Prospect Cottage in Knysna on the Garden Route.

KNYSNA IS BEST KNOWN for the Knysna Heads, deli­cious oysters and our loc­ally brewed beer.
GET YOUR PICTURE TAKEN AT the Knysna Elephant Park with all the Jumbo’s. You can hand feed them fruit and veg­gies ...
THE BEST Elephant PICTURES can be taken at any of the tours on offer, be it rid­ing on the  ellies , going walk­ies with them or just chilling at the Boma at the Elephant Park.
OTHER HAPPY SNAPS CAN BE TAKEN AT Monkeyland nearby or the won­der­ful Birds of Eden ... Continued

Jubilee Creek in Knysna

This inter­est­ing (and gor­geous) pho­to­graph was taken by Carmen Goodrich at Jubilee Creek in Knysna in the Garden Route. Jubilee Creek lies within the Knysna Forest and is the per­fect spot for a romantic pic­nic ... Continued

Celebrate the Good Life at the Knysna Oyster Festival

Knysna Oyster Festival

This year marks the 26^th anniversary cel­eb­ra­tion of one of the most pop­u­lar annual events in the Garden Route of the Western Cape. The Pick ‘n Pay Knysna Oyster Festival was con­cep­tu­al­ised by the late local busi­ness man, Dick Ginsberg. Its pur­pose was to entice vis­it­ors to Knysna dur­ing winter and it has without a doubt achieved this.

The fest­ival kicks off with the Miss Pearl Beauty Pageant on Thursday 2 July 2009 and runs until Sunday 12 July 2009. These ten days are jam packed with more than 100 events tak­ing place, over 200 000 oysters being con­sumed and sport and enter­tain­ment for every­one. The main sport­ing events of the fest­ival are the Pick n Pay Cape Times Knysna Forest Marathon and the Pick n Pay Weekend Argus Rotary Knysna Cycle Tour. Continued

Knysna — South Africa's favourite holiday destination

Knysna Lagoon

Note to self: When next going away on a romantic hol­i­day get­away, make sure you go some­where without baboons

. Coming back to the tree-top cabin that I had romantic­ally, thought­fully and spon­tan­eously ren­ted out­side Knysna, my girl­friend and I found our food sup­plies decimated.

Not only eaten, but flung around the room, smeared on the walls and gen­er­ally treated with com­plete and utter dis­dain. It looked like we had been the vic­tims of a wan­ton act of animal ter­ror­ism, how­ever the staff assured us that 'this was nor­mal.' Well, maybe for some, but not for us. However des­pite this little bit of prim­ate van­dal­ism, we man­aged to get on with our hol­i­day and ended up throughly enjoy­ing Knysna and the surrounds.

Knysna is loc­ated in the heart of the scenic garden route, near­ing the bor­der of the Western and Eastern Cape Regions lies the town of Knysna. Founded in 1804, by George Rex, the ori­ginal owner of the farm that later became the town of Knysna, and often voted as South Africa’s favor­ite hol­i­day des­tin­a­tion by loc­als, the town is a curi­ous mix of old world charm, wealth and eleg­ance, and nature lov­ing hippy com­munit­ies. The main street, lined with small boutiques and shops, is actu­ally a part of the N2 high­way, which passes dir­ectly through the cen­ter of the town en route to the Eastern Cape and bey­ond. Continued