Garden Route & Addo Adventure 9 Days/ 8 Nights ( Comfort)

This is a great way to get an introduction to “the Mother City”, Cape Town. Go for a tour in the city and surrounding area, including the city center, Company’s Gardens, Cape Town Castle, the Bo Kaap, Signal Hill, and the V&A Waterfront. A big part of this tour is walking around the city with your guide getting to know the city, its different cultures, history, and geography. A highlight of the day is riding to the top of the famous Table Mountain in a cable car, for magnificent views over Table Bay, Robben Island, The Cape Peninsula, and Lions Head.

Optional activities:
Robben Island Tour: R 550 per adult/R 300 per child under 17
Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens: R 75 per adult/R 20 per child

The Western Cape of South Africa is home to more than 500 wineries, and today we will visit a few of our favorites. The Winelands offer more than just wine though – there is also beautiful scenery and interesting history to enjoy along the way. We typically visit the following three wineries, but we like to consult with our clients on the day to tailor the stops to their tastes.
• Villiera is a family-run winery in the Stellenbosch region, well known for its excellent Cap Classique (sparkling wine), as well as their environmental initiatives.
• Babylonstoren is one of the oldest Cape Dutch Farms, with a fruit and vegetable farm of great diversity, inspired by the famous Company’s Garden of the Cape.
• Delaire Graff Estate is the ultimate in luxury, a world-class destination for wine in a stunning setting

Today you’ll embark on a spectacular journey to the Cape of Good Hope. We will start by driving to the beautiful Atlantic seaside suburbs of Clifton and Camps Bay to see the Twelve Apostles Mountains. We will then take the coastal road to the Hout Bay harbor, for a visit to the resident Cape Fur Seals. After Hout Bay, onto a scenic drive up Chapman’s Peak, for one of the best views in the region. We will then travel into the Cape Point National Park to see the Cape of Good Hope, the furthest southwestern point in Africa. In the afternoon, we will stop to see the endangered African Penguin colony at Boulders Beach, before finishing our afternoon with a wine tasting in Constantia.

Optional activity
Seal island boat cruise, R 100 per person

After breakfast, We depart from Cape Town in the morning for Hermanus. We follow the scenic coastal road, stopping at Betties Bay to view a colony of endangered African penguins. You can spend the afternoon in the seaside resort town of Hermanus, famous for hundreds of Southern Right Whales during the whale season (July to November) and many shops, restaurants and markets. In the afternoon, we will drive on to Cape Agulhas, the most southern tip of Africa, where we visit a viewpoint known as the “real” place where the Indian and Atlantic Oceans meet.

Optional activities:
Shark Cage Diving, R 2880
Whale watching boat trip (in season, July – November), R 950

We travel to Oudtshoorn in the Little Karoo, known as the Ostrich Capital of the World, via the scenic and spectacular Route 62, which is South Africa’s longest wine route. You will be able to experience the subterranean beauty of the Cango Caves on a guided tour, followed by a sampling of the local wine.

After breakfast, we head over to the spectacular Outeniqua Mountain pass where we will explore Wilderness National Park with some canoes. Alternatively, if guests aren’t keen to canoe, we can travel through to the famous town of Knysna, where we can go on a Knysna Lagoon cruise. In the afternoon, we can explore the up-market little town of Knysna, filled with curios, restaurants, and a waterfront, as well as visit the Knysna Heads viewpoint for some spectacular views over the Knysna River estuary and the Indian Ocean.

After breakfast, off to Tsitsikamma National Park. En route, we will stop at Bloukrans Bridge to view the world’s highest bungee jump bridge (216 meters). The afternoon will be spent in Tsitsikamma National Park with its unique combination of indigenous forest and beautiful Indian Ocean coastline. The park has a wide choice of activities for all, including hiking, crossing a suspension bridge, and swimming. Late afternoon we will leave the Garden Route for Big 5 country, Addo

Optional Activities
216 M Bloukrans bungee jump, R 1400
Treetop canopy tour, R 695
Kayak & Lilo Adventure in Tsitsikamma National Park, R 650 per person

We will spend the morning exploring Addo Elephant National Park. We will spend up to 3-4 hours exploring the 28,000-hectare National reserve with over 600 elephants and some Cape buffalo, lion, black rhino, warthog, zebra, eland, kudu, hartebeest, and many more animals. After an exciting morning of game viewing, we will drive back to the heart of the Garden Route where we will overnight and have sundowners overlooking the spectacular Wilderness Beach.

Optional Activity
2-hour open vehicle game drive with Addo field guide, R 420

After breakfast at the popular George Farmers’ Market, we will stop in Mossel Bay to spend some time on the spectacular beaches, hike the Cape St. Blaize trail along the cliffs overlooking the Indian Ocean, and visit the famous Diaz Museum complex, commemorating the first known European exploration around the tip of Africa. The more adventurous can try a 10,000-foot tandem skydive or sandboarding on the longest dune in South Africa. We will arrive back in Cape Town in the early evening.

Optional activities.
10,000-foot tandem skydive, R 3300 (extra R 600 for video) Sand boarding the longest dune in South Africa, R 500
Point of Human Origins Cave Tour, R 350 (R 550 for 1 person)