Wildlife, Wine & Garden Route - 6 Day Scheduled Tour

You will be met at your hotel by your representative and depart for the ‘Little Karoo’, travelling via Montagu, a picturesque spa town. Enjoy tea and scones at the only original Art Deco Hotel in South Africa.

Stop off in the town of Barrydale, where you will have the opportunity to visit a local farm school, interact with the children and teachers, spending time with them in the classroom, learning more about this rural community. A portion of the trip monies go towards the Barrydale Farm School Development Fund, that support local education of underprivileged children in rural communities. (The school visit is subject to the school being open).

Sample top quality port style wines in Calitzdorp, before continuing to Oudtshoorn, the ‘ostrich feather capital’ and centre of the world’s Ostrich farming industry.

Enjoy dinner at an Ostrich Farm, dining on local specialities.

Accommodation: La Plume Guest House or similar
*Dinner included

After breakfast, take a tour of the spectacular limestone caverns of the Cango Caves, one of the world’s great natural wonders, sculpted by nature through the ages. Return to Oudtshoorn for a fun-filled interactive tractor tour and light lunch at an Ostrich Farm, including local specialities such as Ostrich Steak.
The journey continues over the scenic Outeniqua Pass to George, the administrative hub of the Garden Route area, and then onto Knysna, known as the oyster box of South Africa, nestling on the banks of a beautiful lagoon in the heart of the Garden Route. Along the way, visit the ‘Map of Africa’, an extraordinary viewpoint in Wilderness.

Accommodation: Rex Hotel or similar
*Breakfast and Lunch included

After a leisurely breakfast, drive through the Tsitsikamma Forests. Explore this breathtaking stretch of the Garden Route, where mountains, indigenous forests, deep gorges, and lush vegetation hug the rugged coastline of cliffs and sandy beaches. Visit the spectacular Tsitsikamma National Park and Storms River Mouth (weather permitting). In the afternoon you’ll return to Knysna, with a stop in Plettenberg Bay, originally christened "Bahia Formosa" (beautiful bay) by early Portuguese explorers.

Optional Excursion: (at own expense and subject to availability)
***This MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience seeks to encourage the greatest community benefit from travel and tourism, while also educating guests about the UN Global Sustainable Development Goals and the local community actions being taken to advance them.

Monkeyland Primate Sanctuary - R 490.00 per person
Birds of Eden Sanctuary - R 490.00 per person
*Combo ticket  - R 790.00 per person

Accommodation: Rex Hotel or similar
*Breakfast and Lunch included

After a leisurely breakfast, travel via George and Mossel Bay to Albertinia, a town set against the backdrop of the majestic Langeberg Mountain Range. En route, enjoy a leisurely walk or swim at Victoria Bay, one of the smallest and most beautiful bays along the Garden Route. Join an afternoon open vehicle game drive at a malaria-free private game reserve, that is home to an abundance of animal and birdlife, including the Big Five. Enjoy a relaxed dinner of safari cuisine, discussing the day’s game viewing.

Accommodation: Garden Route Game Lodge or similar
*Breakfast and Dinner included

After a leisurely breakfast, travel via George and Mossel Bay to Albertinia, a town set the safari adventure continues with an early morning open vehicle game drive. The expert guide will endeavour to spoil you with sightings of the ‘Big Five’, general game and prolific bird life. Leaving the bush behind, the journey will take you to the picturesque Cape Dutch town of Swellendam. This charming town was founded in 1745 and is famous for its youngberries, eclectic architecture, and National Parks, as well as outdoor activities. The journey further continues to the seaside resort of Hermanus, known as the heart of the whale route, offering the best land-based whale watching (August to November) in the world.
Dinner at the Heritage Restaurant, one of the oldest fisherman’s cottages in Hermanus, where delectable dishes are created using seasonal, local produce.

Accommodation: Misty Waves Boutique Hotel or similar
*Breakfast and Dinner included

After a relaxed breakfast, leave Hermanus and head to historic Stellenbosch, known for its Cape Dutch architecture and charming university-town feel. Then continue to Cape Town, South Africa’s oldest city, beautifully located at the foot of Table Mountain, where the tour concludes.