Walk across the suspension bridge at Storms River Mouth

Tsitsikamma is wild, green and often challenging – but this short hike shows you the beauty of the national park with no effort at all. The Storms River Mouth Trail starts right at the visitor centre and leads you along a well-built wooden boardwalk through lush vegetation and along steep rocky coastline to the famous suspension bridge over the river mouth. The 77 metre long bridge itself is the heart of the tour: it sways gently above the roaring water as the Storms River flows into the Indian Ocean beneath you. From here you can see where dense forest meets rugged rock, where waves break and light dances on the water. If you like, you can continue a little further to a small viewing platform.

This hike is ideal as an introduction to the park – easy, entertaining and still full of natural experiences. It is also very doable with children. To access the trail you need to pay the entrance fee for Tsitsikamma National Park.