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The Keurbooms River Nature Reserve is situated about 8km beyond Plettenberg Bay on the N2 national road towards Nature's Valley.
The Keurbooms Estuary is one of the most beautiful examples of an estuary along the coast. The headwaters of the Keurbooms River come from the Langkloof, north of the main Tsitsikamma mountain range. The Keurbooms River Flows for a distance of 60km, whereby 12km is navigable by boat and is made up of a tidal flow. The Keurbooms River Nature Reserve stretches over a distance of 740ha.
The reserve is named after the Western Keurboom (Virgilia oroboides) or choice tree. It has brown-grey, smooth bark and leaves with small leaflets. Sprays of pink-mauve flowers change are seen from August to September, and also between December and January. It grows in the coastal forest edges.
