I found a Nameless Stream among the hills,

And traced its course through many a changeful scene;

Now gliding free through grassy uplands green,

And stately forests, fed by limpid rills;

Now dashing through dark grottos, where distils

The poison dew ; then issuing all serene

'Mong flowery meads, where snow-white lilies screen

The wild-swan's whiter breast. At length it fills

Its deepening channels; flowing calmly on

To join the Ocean on his billowy beach.

—But that bright bourne its current ne'er shall reach:

It meets the thirsty Desert and is gone

To waste oblivion! Let its story teach

The fate of one — who sinks, like it, unknown.

Glen Lynden, 1825

Touws River

Farming

and camping at the river mouth

Wilderness

is a small town somewhere between Port Elizabeth and Cape Town at the Indian ocean.

Beach at The Wilderness

A Guinea Fowl

Light House at Cape St. Francis

World-class beaches for wave-riding