OPW10C: Golf: Cape Town + Fancourt + Sun City

Day 1

Arrive Cape Town Airport and meet your Cape Town golf host, who will transfer you to your luxury hotel conveniently situated near the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront. Check in and relax in your magnificent surroundings.

You will be given a day pass for the convenient red Hop-On 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 2

Your Cape Town golf holiday starts today, as your host transfers you to play at your choice of:

• Steenberg County Club – a premier championship course, situated in the beautiful Constantia Winelands; or

• Clovelly Country Club – a challenging championship course with rolling fairways, water features and natural sand dunes, situated on the scenic Cape Peninsula; or

• Westlake Country Club – a social club situated at the foot of the “Ou Kaapse Weg” (the old Cape Road) near Muizenberg

Your host will arrange mid-morning tee times wherever possible, with shared cart. He will also arrange your return hotel transfers.

After play enjoy the 19th hole, a fine South African golfing tradition. Then explore the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, with its vibrant nightlife and wide choice of excellent cuisine.

NON-GOLFERS:
Full day small group excursion to Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve and Cape Point.

Day 3

Your golfing holiday in Cape Town continues today, as golfers transfer to play your choice of:

• Royal Cape – Cape Town’s oldest golf course, with narrow tree-lined fairways which demand accuracy off the tees; or
• Atlantic Beach – a challenging championship links courses on the shores of Table Bay (particularly difficult if the winds blows); or
• Milnerton – a sociable club with true links course and stunning views of Table Mountain

NON-GOLFERS:
Visit to Robben Island, infamous prison home of Nelson Mandela, followed by free time for shopping and sightseeing at the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront

Day 4

This morning transfer to play golf in the Stellenbosch Winelands. Choose between:

• Erinvale Country Club – a renowned Gary Player designed championship course and home to the 1996 Golf World Cup and many other South African PGA events; or

• Pearl Valley – a beautiful Jack Nicklaus designed championship course, situated in the beautiful Paarl Winelands; or

• Stellenbosch Country Club – a popular social course, situated in the heart of the Stellenbosch Winelands with magnificent mountain views.

NON-GOLFERS:
Full day small group tour of the beautiful Stellenbosch Winelands, with wine tasting

Day 5

Today enjoy the dramatic and contrasting beauty of South Africa, on your scenic 5-hour transfer via Sir Lowry Pass and Swellendam to Fancourt Golf Estate, South Africa’s premier golf resort situated in the heart of the beautiful Garden Route.

Check in to this famous golf estate, voted Africa’s Leading Golf Resort and winner of numerous international golfing awards. Fancourt has hosted the World Cup of Golf and many other international PGA events.

Settle in and relax with fellow golfers in your convivial surroundings.

[Alternatively fly to George Airport, with 45-minute transfer to Fancourt]

Days 6 and 7

Fancourt offers four outstanding Gary Player designed courses:

• The Links – Fancourt’s premier championship course and a true links experience. No carts are permitted on this course, where you pay your own caddy direct

In the words of Gary Player “Links golf is how the game originated and at The Links we take golfers back to the roots of golf – and they can play a ‘British Open’ all of their own!”

• Outeniqua & Montagu – two world-class championship parkland layouts, both of which are rated in the top 10 of South African courses. Each course presents a true test of golf in aesthetically beautiful surroundings.
• Bramble Hill – a parkland course with Links features, offering a good mix of Fancourt’s other three courses. This course is a public facility and has been designed to offer golfers of every level a Fancourt experience, without the pressure so often associated with celebrated championship courses.

The Links, Outeniqua and Montagu courses are exclusive to club members and residents.

Fancourt also offers one of the finest Golf Academies in the world, with state-of-the-art practice and teaching facilities backed up by the expertise of PGA professionals and several well-stocked on-course pro shops offering all types of golf merchandise.

After play enjoy the many other facilities of your resort, including:

• Leisure Centre, with indoor heated family pool and two outdoor swimming pools;
• Sauna; Steam Rooms; Spa & Gymnasium
• Tennis Courts
• Bowling Green
• Teen Area & Mini-Cinema
• Walking trails

NON-GOLFERS:
Fancourt Health & Beauty package, comprising:
Fancourt Facial
Deluxe Pedicure
Swedish Massage

Day 8

Return transfer to George Airport (45-minutes), including the use of Fancourt’s VIP departure lounge, for your 2-hour flight to Johannesburg.

You will be met at Johannesburg Airport and transferred to the golf and gaming resort of Sun City, a 2-hour drive through the rural North West Province.

Check in to your luxury Sun City hotel and enjoy the many pleasures of this sophisticated international resort, which offers the best of Vegas-style gaming combined with world-class sporting and family facilities. Settle in to your lush subtropical surrounding, under warm blue African skies.

Days 9 and 10

Each day golfers play one of Sun City’s two world-class championship courses:

• The Lost City – where crocodiles are found in some water hazards! And
• Gary Player Country Club – home of the Million-Dollar Golf Challenge
  (no carts permitted on this magnificent course – pay your own caddy direct)

After play on your second afternoon, enjoy a game drive in an open-top game-viewing vehicle into the malaria-free Pilanesberg Game Reserve that is home to all the Big Five – lion, elephant, rhino, buffalo and leopard.

NON-GOLFERS:
Enjoy one luxury Spa Treatment each day – then relax and enjoy the many facilities of Sun City.

Although famous for its gaming activities, Sun City offers a wide variety of outdoor, family and sporting activities, making it one of South Africa’s most popular holiday destinations. Its world-class Entertainment Centre includes slot machines and bingo, whilst the sophisticated Casino offers Black Jack, Roulette and much more.

Outside there are waterfalls and abundant tropical bird life. The Valley of the Waves water theme park offers both gentle rides and thrilling steep slides, as well as a man-made tropical beach with real waves!

There is an excellent gym and a full range of sporting activities, including water sports on the dam and tennis courts. Or simply relax at one of the many swimming pools and absorb the atmosphere of this very special resort.

Day 11

Return transfer to Johannesburg Airport.