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Cape Town + Garden Route + Addo + Hermanus
QPC12C

12 NIGHTS
FROM $4,522
International flights quoted separately
If you would like to explore the beautiful Garden Route from Cape Town with your own driver/guide, then this private tour is for you. Ascend Table Mountain & visit Cape Point, before travelling to Oudtshoorn & Knysna. Enjoy a malaria free safari in the Eastern Cape (3* and 5* options) before returning via Hermanus, with outstanding whale watching from June-Oct.
HIGHLIGHTS
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• Cape Town • Table Mountain • Cape Point • Winelands
• Oudtshoorn • Knysna Lagoon • Game Drives • Hermanus
• Dolphins • Whale Watching
Day 1
You will be met at Cape Town Airport and transferred to your hotel in this beautiful city, within sight of Table Mountain.
  
Check in and relax in your magnificent surroundings.
Day 2
Today your host will collect you for a full day tour of Cape Town.
 
Weather permitting, we start by ascending Table Mountain by cable car, to enjoy one of the world’s most famous views, before a short tour of the "Mother City" to view sites of historical and architectural interest.
 
We continue to the fishing village of Hout Bay for a short boat trip to view Cape Fur seals at Seal Island (you will be lifted onto the boat in your wheelchair - not possible for heavy or power chairs).
 
We complete our day with a visit to beautiful Kirstenbosch Gardens, which is world renowned for its wide diversity of fynbos and protea, before returning to your hotel.
Day 3
Today enjoy a full day tour to the Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve.
  
Enjoy wonderful ocean views, as we drive around the Cape Peninsula from Muizenberg to naval Simonstown, where we stop at Boulders Beach to see the resident penguin colony. We continue to Cape Point where we hope to see ostrich, baboons and perhaps even dolphins or whales in season (August to November).
  
At Cape Point we take a funicular ride to the Old Lighthouse (wheelchair accessible), before returning to Cape Town via spectacular Chapman’s Peak Drive (when open) or the Old Cape Road.
Day 4
Enjoy a full day tour of the renowned Stellenbosch Winelands today, travelling through the scenic Franschhoek Valley where a handful of French Huguenot refugees started South Africa’s now famous wine industry.
  
Visit the historic university town of Stellenbosch and several different Wine Estates of your choice – sampling as you go! Enjoy lunch at a good restaurant or wine estate (own account), before visiting the Cheetah Outreach project in Somerset West on the way home.
Day 5
This morning your host will introduce you to the dramatic and contrasting beauty of South Africa on your scenic 5-hour drive through the Little Karoo.
 
We start in the beautiful Cape Winelands and Breede River Valley where we stop for some Wine Tasting. We continue along spectacular Route 62 and through Kogmanskloof Pass to your guesthouse in the Oudtshoorn area for dinner and overnight.
Day 6
This morning we visit Cango Wildlife Ranch to see cheetah and crocodiles, and an Ostrich Farm to view these huge flightless birds in their natural surroundings.
 
In the afternoon we travel through the spectacular Outeniqua Pass to the beautiful Garden Route. Check in to your Knysna hotel and relax in this area of outstanding natural beauty.
Day 7
This morning we explore Knysna scenically situated on a vast lagoon. This lively town is famous for its oysters, which are grown in the lagoon. It also offers good shopping opportunities and many interesting craft centres in the town. Spend time shopping or people watching at one of the sidewalk cafes, and then enjoy a cruise on the Knysna Lagoon.
 
In the afternoon a special treat awaits – a visit to a Knysna Elephant Park where you will have the opportunity to feed one of these gentle giants!
Day 8
Today we pass through Plettenberg Bay, South Africa’s playground for the rich and famous. Schools of dolphins are sometimes seen here in the warm Indian Ocean and whales may be seen in season (July to November).
 
Continuing northwards, we travel 4-hours past the Tsitsikamma Forest and across the dramatic Storms River Gorge to the malaria-free game Addo Elephant Park in the beautiful Eastern Cape.
 
After checking in to your rest camp, enjoy a late afternoon game drive with your host where game viewing opportunities should present themselves almost immediately. In addition to the elephants, we hope to see several species of antelope, zebra, wildebeest and maybe even giraffe - as well as several of the Big Five - before dining in the rest camp restaurant (your guide has an allowance to cover your breakfast & dinner every day you are in the park).
Day 9
This morning enjoy a game viewing drive in your host's vehicle in 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 rest camp, before setting out again in the late afternoon on another game drive. 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.
Day 10
Enjoy some final game viewing in Addo Elephant Park, we commence our return journey.
 
We stop at the Boardwalk Casino at the seaside resort of Port Elizabeth, where there is time to do some shopping and enjoy the beachfront, before we continue through the scenic Old Passes Road and check in to your hotel in Mossel Bay on the beautiful Garden Route.
Day 11
Today we explore Mossel Bay where the famous Portuguese navigator Bartholomew Diaz landed and erected a cross. We visit the local museum, which houses a replica of his boat and continue to the small town of Albertina to visit an Aloe Factory to learn more about the healing properties of this fascinating succulent plant.
 
We continue driving 4-hours overland to the small seaside town of Hermanus. From July to November, southern right and humpback whales come here to breed and this is 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.
 
After whale watching from the cliffs, check in to your hotel and enjoy the natural beauty of the coastline.
 
Day 12
A day at leisure to explore Hermanus and the surrounding area with your host (pay any entrance fees locally).
 
Enjoy more superb Whale Watching from the cliffs, or explore this small town with its craft market in season. Alternatively simply relax at your hotel and enjoy the indigenous flora and bird life of the region.
Day 13
Transfer 2-hours to Cape Town Airport for your flight home.