What are the main Tsitsikamma hiking trails at Storms River Mouth?

SANParks lists the Mouth Trail (2km, one hour) to the suspension bridges, the Waterfall Trail (6km, three hours) and the Otter Trail (42km, five days). The first two are day walks; the Otter is booked.

Do you pay to hike at Storms River Mouth?

Day visitors pay SANParks’ Garden Route National Park conservation fee at the Storms River Mouth gate. Rates are published on the park rates page and change by nationality and year.

Tsitsikamma hiking trails: Storms River, Waterfall and the Otter

“Tsitsikamma hiking trails” usually means the Storms River Mouth cluster inside Garden Route National Park. If you searched Tsitsikamma Nature Reserve, that is this same SANParks section. Distances below come from that official trail list, not from a third-party app.

Mouth Trail — suspension bridges

Storms River Mouth Trail: 2km, about one hour. Boardwalk and stairs from the rest camp to the bridges across the river mouth. Easy by mountain standards; the stairs back up are the work. This is the walk people mean by “Storms River Mouth” after a N2 stop.

Waterfall Trail — first stretch of the Otter

Tsitsikamma Waterfall Trail: 6km, about three hours return. Rocky shoreline, some scrambling, tide-sensitive. It is a day hike on the opening kilometres of the Otter, not a way to sneak the full trail without a permit.

Otter Trail — five days, booked

Otter Trail: 42km, five days from Storms River Mouth to Nature's Valley. Read the Otter Trail guide for booking contacts. Do not arrive expecting a walk-up start.

Fees, dogs, other Tsitsikamma names

Conservation fees sit on SANParks' Garden Route rates page. We do not paste a rand amount that will be wrong next season. Dogs are not allowed on these park walks.

SANParks also lists Blue Duiker, Loerie, Plaatbos and other Tsitsikamma walks. They are not on Hikeza yet because we have not confirmed current access the same way. West along the Garden Route, Robberg Nature Reserve is CapeNature, not SANParks — three circular peninsula trails from a Plettenberg Bay gate.

Browse every verified Garden Route listing on the Garden Route hub, or jump to Tsitsikamma and Plettenberg Bay.

What are the main Tsitsikamma hiking trails at Storms River Mouth?: SANParks lists the Mouth Trail (2km, one hour) to the suspension bridges, the Waterfall Trail (6km, three hours) and the Otter Trail (42km, five days). The first two are day walks; the Otter is booked.
Do you pay to hike at Storms River Mouth?: Day visitors pay SANParks’ Garden Route National Park conservation fee at the Storms River Mouth gate. Rates are published on the park rates page and change by nationality and year.