Millwood Mine Walk
Park your car at Mother Holly’s Tea Room (I have no idea why I find this name funny) and browse through the small gold mining museum before you embark (now I sound very clever using a BIG word) on your hike. This original building stands at the entrance to where the original Millwood Mining Village once stood.
Gold was mined briefly in this area in the late 1800’s and this is today’s beautiful outing into the forest. We start with a gentle 3km walk along the river.
Beautiful indigenous forest, ancient trees, huge tree ferns, arum lillies, mushrooms and fungi. Explore some of the old shafts dug by the miners on route. After arriving at a little waterfall (and swimming hole… I just love swimming as you might have noticed by now) we turn around and stroll back to the Jubilee Creek picnic site.
Directions: From Knysna take the N2 towards George, 8km out take the Rheenendal turnoff to the right. Follow this road for 12.6km and take the Bibby’s Hoek / Millwood Gold Fields turnoff to the right. Follow the Millwood directions to the Materolli Museum and Tea Garden, 11km.
Coordinates: S33 53.317 E22 59.738
There is no Wi-Fi in the forest, but I promise you will find a better connection.
Lekker Loop!
Knysna Log-Inn Hotel 