Natures Valley is situated in the
Tjitsikamma National park and is the only village in South Africa that is inside a national park. This wonderful gem that encompasses
most of natures fauna and flora and nestles next to the Groot river
has an interesting and colourful history.
Walking along the coastline towards
Storms river you come across caves hewed out of the stone face by
nature and occupied by man a million years ago.
These "strand lopers" had a
diet of mainly crustations and lived mainly from the proceeds of the
sea. As can be gauged by the layers of mussel shells the population
numbers dwindled as they ate toxic mussels and rebounded when the mussel toxicity passed.
It is not known whether they died of poisonous food or whether they were driven off by hostile tribes but they were displaced by the San people who in turn were displaced by
the Khoi.
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