Gouritz Bridge became the first bungee jumping site in South Africa and operated bungee jumps and bridge swings before people were throwing themselves off the 214m Bloukrans Bridge bungee site further down the Garden Route. I used to stop at the bridge on my Garden Route tours and with more than one company offering jumps it was always a busy spot. After offering this thrill activity for 18 years, operations seized in 2008 after it was found that the parts of the old steel bridge was badly rusted and may possibly be unsafe. I stopped there on my way to Cape Town and it felt like I entered a ghost town. The booking offices and bungee platforms are all still in place, slightly over grown but without a soul in sight. Sad really. I snapped this picture of the old railway bridge from the old road bridge with the new bridge over which the N2 runs behind me.