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Langebos Huts (Woody Cape)

Listen for the haunting calls of the rare tree dassie by night and awake to a chorus of birds flitting through the forest canopy.

The Alexandria dune field is the largest and least degraded coastal dune field in the southern hemisphere, with a surface area of about 15 800ha, stretching over 80km in length, with a width of up to 5km in places. The Woody Cape section is particularly popular with those who prefer to explore on foot – with the 7km Dassie Trail in the forest and two-day Alexandria hike departing from this section.

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Activities

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Facilities

  • Each unit has its own braai stand
  • There are picnic tables near the Reception

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Travel Information

Directions from Addo Rest Camp

  1. Turn right out of the park entrance towards Paterson.
  2. At the Paterson intersection, turn right towards Port Elizabeth. Take the R72 to Port Alfred.
  3. Just before entering the town of Alexandria, take the gravel road to right, marked with the “Woody Cape Section” signboards.
  4. Take the first left turn and then the left turn marked “Woody Cape Section.” Turn into the park offices at the sign on your right marked “Alexandria Hiking Trail”.

Directions from Port Elizabeth (PE)

  1. Take the N2 highway towards Grahamstown.
  2. Pass Colchester/Sundays River and continue until the turnoff to the right signposted R72 to Port Alfred.
  3. Just before entering the town of Alexandria, take the gravel road to right, marked with the “Woody Cape Section” signboards.
  4. Take the first left turn and then the left turn marked “Woody Cape Section.” Turn into the park offices at the sign on your right marked “Alexandria Hiking Trail”.

Fauna & Flora

The Woody Cape section encompasses the Alexandria dune field, the largest dune field in the southern hemisphere stretching over 50km of coastline and over 15 000 hectares. The dune field and unspoiled coastline of mainly sandy beaches are flanked by Southern Coastal Forest with species such as coast coral trees, real yellowwoods, white stinkwoods and knobthorns in abundance.

Wildlife that occurs in the forest includes bushbuck, bushpig, the rare nocturnal tree dassie, vervet monkeys and blue duiker. Signs of leopard and brown hyena have been recorded in the forest and on forest margins but sightings of these elusive predators are few. Many bird species occur in the forest, including the trumpeter hornbill and Knysna turaco. There have been sightings of the ground hornbill in grassland pastures adjacent to the forest.

The marine section in Algoa Bay encompasses the Bird Island and the St Croix Island chain. These islands are vitally important for marine bird breeding colonies. Bird Island is home to the largest Cape Gannet breeding colony (some 160 000 birds) in the world while St. Croix houses the largest breeding colony of African Penguins. Endangered birds, such as the Roseate Tern, also breed on the islands.

See the Fauna & Flora pages of the Park for more information.

5 Things To Seek

  1. Trumpeter hornbill
  2. Ground hornbill
  3. Knysna turaco
  4. Tree dassie
  5. Bushbuck

Contact

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