African Array Lodge

sunrise from the deck

Thanks to Coast to Coast we found another adorable Backpackers to stay in for the night after Knysna Elephant Park: African Array Lodge. Just before Plettenberg Bay, which we wanted to visit the next day, you turn right into a dirt road and follow that for a few kilometres, till you reach a gate. Good think I called ahead, we wouldn’t have found it otherwise and the lady there texted me the code for the door!
It was in the middle of nowhere, a water reservoir under the wooden deck. We were very hungry after the walk and the elephants, and good thing so! The people running the lodge/backpackers are cooks! The menue was perfect, we had beef burgers with avocado, which was delicious and pretty much fell into bed right afterwards.

fantastic breakfast

We did want to get up for sunrise, which was supposed to be amazing from the deck – we did and it was!
And breakfast was even more delicious than dinner. It was beautiful, sitting in the middle of nowhere, watching the sun rise, hearing only birds and whatever else made those sound in the nature around us. And we could already see the half-island we wanted to hike in that day. It was just perfect.

Robberg from afar