You will be picked up at Cape Town airport and taken to your accommodation.
Overnight stay + breakfast in a 4* accommodation in Cape Town
We pick you up from your accommodation and start the Cape Town city tour with you. First we take the cable car up Table Mountain. From the 1,086 m high mountain there is a fantastic view of Cape Town and the Cape Peninsula.
Then it’s on to the alternative district of Woodstock. In the former working-class and industrial area, artists have set up their studios, and designers, cabinet-makers and decorators also create their unique pieces there.
Next we drive through many small streets to the historic District Six. Around 1966 the government declared this district a “white zone”, allegedly because too much crime emanated from the neighbourhood, and in 1968 ordered the forced removal of its Black and Coloured residents. The district was completely cleared and the houses demolished. You will be surprised how it has changed.
Via the government district we continue to Bo-Kaap. In the former residential quarter of slaves from Malaysia and Java, the noisy, cheerful, cosmopolitan heart of Cape Town beats. Here the houses glow in the brightest colours.
Now our city tour leads through Tamboerskloof with its typically Victorian architecture to the Waterfront. Perhaps you will spend the late afternoon/evening at the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, a part of Cape Town’s harbour that has been transformed into an extensive entertainment and shopping district with numerous restaurants, bars, live-music venues and attractive shops.
It is then a good idea to take a catamaran boat trip, but in any case to end the evening in one of the great restaurants on the Waterfront.
Overnight stay + breakfast in a 4* accommodation in Cape Town
The drive first leads through the Constantia wine valley. On request we stop for a wine tasting at Groot Constantia. Avenues of gnarled oaks lead to magnificent manor houses in the Cape Dutch style. The wines grown here are so good that Napoleon had Constantia Muscadel delivered to his exile on St Helena.
Our next stop on our drive around the Cape Peninsula is Muizenberg. In this place, known among surfers, we take photos in front of the famous colourful wooden beach huts on the beach.
We continue through St James with its insider shops, galleries and junk shops to the harbours of Simon’s Town and Kalk Bay. We watch the colourful bustle of the fishermen and fishwives. We visit the penguins at Boulders Beach.
Our route leads around the Cape Peninsula to the “Cape of Good Hope”. Here you can walk from the lighthouse to Cape Point. You will enjoy a particularly beautiful view of the unique nature here.
The way back leads via Misty Cliffs, Kommetjie and Noordhoek onto the famous Chapman’s Peak Drive, one of the most beautiful coastal roads in the world. From there it continues via Hout Bay to Camps Bay, where we linger briefly by the sea before taking you back to your accommodation.
Overnight stay + breakfast in a 4* accommodation in Cape Town
From Cape Town our route to the Garden Route first leads via Gordon’s Bay up Sir Lowry’s Pass. At the highest point of the pass we stop for a fantastic view over the whole of False Bay.
We reach the idyllic Cape Dutch town of Swellendam. After a lunch break we continue via Mossel Bay to Knysna. We drive to our accommodation on Leisure Island on the Knysna Lagoon.
Before dinner we go up to the “Knysna Heads” to enjoy the sunset and the view over the lagoon and coast. Afterwards we explore Knysna’s little Waterfront and, if you wish, try the freshly caught oysters.
Overnight stay in a 4* guesthouse on Leisure Island
Today we travel via Plettenberg Bay with its lovely swimming beaches towards Addo Elephant Park. For the very brave there is an opportunity for a bungee jump on the way. But even just watching is fun.
In the afternoon we reach our accommodation, right at the southern entrance of Addo Park. Weather permitting, at sunset we take a boat trip on the Sundays River, along the longest sand dunes in the world.
Overnight stay in a 4* lodge at Addo Elephant Park
The day begins with a morning safari in Addo Elephant National Park, where besides elephants you can see lions, buffalo, zebras, antelope, rhinos and many other wild animals. This elephant park is the largest in the Eastern Cape and was founded in 1931 to protect the last 11 surviving elephants of the region.
In the afternoon in Schotia Park we experience a guided safari game drive. This safari park is home to various big game, including giraffes, wildebeest, hippos, antelope and a particularly large number of lions.
The day ends with a traditional dinner in a boma (open-air restaurant) under the clear African starry sky. Afterwards it is not far to our accommodation at Addo Park.
Overnight stay again in the same 4* lodge at Addo Elephant Park
We say goodbye to the wild animals with a last morning safari through Addo Elephant Park and drive to Plettenberg Bay in the morning.
In Tsitsikamma National Park we climb across the Storms River suspension bridge and in Nature Valley we enjoy the dreamlike view and a short walk on its wonderful beach.
Having arrived in Plettenberg Bay we drive to our accommodation. For dinner we visit one of the first-class restaurants in Plettenberg Bay.
Overnight stay in a 4* guesthouse in Plettenberg Bay
Today we slowly make our way into the Little Karoo. The route first leads us back via Knysna, where we enjoy a walk on the most beautiful beach of the Garden Route at Brenton on Sea.
We continue via Wilderness. Wilderness is known for its eight-kilometre-long white sandy beach and its many lagoons. The Touws River flows right through Wilderness and, together with several other waters, forms a lagoon between the dunes.
We reach Oudtshoorn, the centre of the ostrich industry. Here we visit the Cango Caves. The individual caves and formations of stalagmites & stalactites are brought to life on a guided tour through this beautiful dripstone cave.
Then we continue to our accommodation. After dinner, in clear conditions, we watch the breathtaking starry sky of the Karoo.
Overnight stay on a 4* guest farm in Oudtshoorn
After breakfast we first travel through the fascinating wilderness of the “Little Karoo”, a semi-desert with changing landscapes unrivalled anywhere in the world, to the famous Route 62.
This country road winds through fertile valleys, past rugged rock massifs and offers spectacular views of wide landscapes. It takes us to Montagu, a small town with numerous well-kept Cape Dutch and Victorian buildings.
Many artists and craftspeople have chosen Montagu as their home and contribute to the special atmosphere of the town. From here we continue to the wine region of Stellenbosch.
Overnight stay + breakfast in the same 4* accommodation in the vineyards near Stellenbosch
Today you enjoy your day with tastings of award-winning wines at beautifully located wine estates. First we drive over magnificent mountain passes through the vineyards to Franschhoek.
Cape Governor Simon van der Stel gave this region to Huguenot families who had had to flee France. The “Fransch” then founded Franschhoek, which even today is reminiscent of a Provençal village.
After a short stroll we taste the first-class wines of the La Motte or Grande Provence wine estate. On our way to Stellenbosch we visit the architecturally striking Delaire wine estate. It is beautifully situated between Stellenbosch and Franschhoek on the highest peak of the Helshoogte Pass.
Now the university town and second-oldest town in South Africa, Stellenbosch, with its many listed buildings and nice lanes, invites us to a little stroll.
On our way back we stop at the Waterford wine estate. It is built in Mediterranean style and surrounded by the scent of its mandarin trees and lavender bushes. Here, at the end of our tour, we take part in a wine and chocolate tasting.
After this fulfilling day in the vineyards we take you back to your accommodation.
Overnight stay + breakfast again in the same 4* accommodation in Stellenbosch
Depending on your return flight time, you are picked up from your accommodation and taken to Cape Town airport. Flight home.
