Originally Posted by
turtlemichael
A note on the website says that access to their beach is temporarily suspended because of the devastating fires they had last year in the region. That might explain why they didn't mention it to you. Other beaches around Knysna are apparently open.
That would make sense. The area did have a very bad fire last year. We saw evidence of it as we drove around Plett and Knysna. It seemed to us concentrated near the shore. While tragic, the closure of the Conrad beach would seem to be one of the few inconveniences tourists will experience because of the fire. In other words, I saw no reason to avoid visit the area because of the fire.