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Addo + Garden Route + Oudtshoorn + Hermanus
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10 NIGHTS
FROM $2,862
International flights quoted separately
If you would like a private tour of Addo Elephant Park & the Garden Route with your own driver/guide, this wonderful tour allows you to chose the places you would like to stay, as you travel through Plettenberg Bay, Knysna & Wilderness to Oudtshoorn, continuing through the small town of Hermanus to Cape Town. Ideal for families & birding. Less 10% for 4+ pax.
HIGHLIGHTS
Addo Elephant Park Cape Town Port Elizabeth Tsitsikamma Storm River Oudtshoorn Knysna Garden Route South Africa
• Port Elizabeth • Addo Elephant Park • Elephant Ride • Tsitsikamma
• Storms River • Plettenberg Bay • Knysna Elephant Park • Featherbed Nature Reserve
• Cango Caves Oudtshoorn • Cape Town
Day 1
You will be met at Port Elizabeth Airport by your host and transferred 1-hour to Addo in the beautiful Eastern Cape.
  
After checking into your hotel, enjoy a late afternoon open top game drive with a park ranger into Addo Elephant Park, where game viewing opportunities should present themselves almost immediately. Hopefully see several species of antelope, zebra, wildebeest and giraffe - as well as several of the Big 5, including elephant - before dining in your warm African surroundings!
Day 2
This morning enjoy a game drive with your host in his vehicle into the malaria free Addo Elephant Park, where you can view these magnificent animals which once roamed free in this area and were saved from extinction by this national park, which has also preserved the rare Cape buffalo and the flying dung beetle. Addo is home to all the Big Five - Lion, Elephant, Buffalo, Leopard and Rhino - as well as many other interesting species.
  
The remainder of the morning is free to relax at your hotel, before setting out again in the late afternoon for an open top game viewing drive with a park ranger. You can hope to see ostrich, giraffe, hippo, kudu, crocodiles, antelope, waterbuck, warthogs, baboons and many other animals. With hundreds of different bird species in the region, outstanding bird watching is also guaranteed!
  
After a beautiful African sunset, enjoy the balmy evening and pristine stars of the Milky Way as you have never seen them before – as well as the spectacular Southern Cross.
 
Children < 6 are not allowed on open top game drives
Day 3
After some final game viewing in Addo Elephant Park with your host, today we travel 4-hours along the scenic Garden Route to Knysna.
 
On the way we pass the Tsitsikamma Forest and drive across the dramatic Storms River Gorge where, time permitting, we make a short detour to the Storms River Mouth. Check into your hotel and relax in this area of outstanding natural beauty.
Day 4
This morning take the ferry to Featherbed Nature Reserve situated on Knysna's Western Head, one of two magnificent sandstone cliffs guarding the entrance to the vast Knysna Lagoon.
 
This spectacular nature reserve is only accessible by ferry, followed by a short trailer ride to the top of the reserve which offers panoramic views. Most visitors choose to return on foot along a 1-mile Guided Nature Walk through natural coastal forest onto the cliffs, through caves and along a scenic coastal path, followed by a seafood buffet lunch served under the old Milkwood trees.
  
In the afternoon a special treat awaits – a visit to Knysna Elephant Park where you will have the opportunity to feed one of these gentle giants.The remainder of the afternoon is free to explore Knysna on foot. This lively town is famous for its oysters, which are grown in the lagoon. It offers good shopping opportunities and many interesting craft shops.
Day 5
Today we travel 2-hours along the beautiful Garden Route and through the spectacular Outeniqua Pass to Oudtshoorn in the arid Little Karoo.
 
Here we visit the world-renowned Cango Caves – a vast series of underground halls and caverns formed over 20 million years ago in the foothills of the Swartberg Mountains. The caves, which extend for over 3 miles, contain spectacular stalagmites and stalactites and offer relatively easy access. After a short visit to the Cango Wildlife Ranch to see cheetah and crocodiles up close, we check into our hotel.
Day 6
After visiting an Ostrich Farm to view these huge flightless birds in their natural surroundings, your host will share with you more of the dramatic and contrasting beauty of South Africa on your scenic 4-hour drive along spectacular Route 62. During our journey we enjoy wine tasting at two Wine Estates, one renowned for its port and the other for its wine.
  
Continue to the small seaside town of Hermanus where, from July to November, southern right and humpback whales come to breed and considered the best location for land-based Whale Watching in the world. Once severely endangered, these magnificent creatures of the deep are now breeding successfully in the area due to a major international conservation effort. Check in to your hotel in Hermanus and enjoy the natural beauty of the coastline.
Day 7
Today we leave Hermanus and visit Harold Porter Botanical Gardens with its magnificent indigenous fynbos plants.
 
We continue for 2-hours to Cape Town travelling along the scenic coastal route through Betty's Bay and Gordon Bay, with spectacular views of False Bay.
 
Check in to your Cape Town hotel within sight of Table Mountain and relax in this beautiful city.
Day 8
Today is free for independent sightseeing in Cape Town.
 
You will be given a day pass for the red route of the convenient Hop-Off Bus which stops at all Cape Town’s key sights and beaches. Start by ascending Table Mountain by cable car to enjoy one of the world’s most famous views.
 
Continue to Camps Bay beach and then explore the shops and many other attractions of the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, which is also the centre of Cape Town’s nightlife.
Day 9
At leisure to explore the beautiful city of Cape Town independently.
  
Choose one of the many optional local activities such as a visit to Robben Island, the infamous prison home of Nelson Mandela (advance booking essential in season); explore the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront or simply relax on golden Camps Bay beach – the choice is yours!
Day 10
Today enjoy a full day private tour to the beautiful Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve, where two oceans meet.
 
We start with a short boat trip from Hout Bay to view Cape Fur seals at Seal Island and continue via Chapman’s Peak Drive, when open, to spectacular Cape Point where you may see see baboons, ostrich and perhaps even dolphins or whales in season (July/November).
 
On the return journey we pass through naval Simons Town and visit the resident penguin colony at Boulders Beach. We also make a short stop at the world famous Kirstenbosch Gardens, before returning to your hotel in the late afternoon.
Day 11
Transfer to Cape Town Airport for your flight home.
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