Sedgefield, the best-kept secret in the Garden Route, is Africa’s first and only certified “slow town,” which means it incorporates the principles of a sustainable society based on slowing down and waking up. The list of qualifying requirements is long and includes preserving traditional food, controlling growth, living a healthy lifestyle and working towards a sustainable future. Sedgefielders, with Slow, the giant mosaic tortoise as their resident mascot, take pleasure in “making haste slowly” and living more consciously. No one is rushing on the streets; there is no traffic to speak of.

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