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Garden Route Tour, South Africa: Port Elizabeth to Cape Town + Holiday

Port Elizabeth + Garden Route Tour + Cape Town
SYD10P
10 NIGHTS
FROM $1,790
Per person sharing
Flights quoted separately
Garden Route Tour South Africa Port Elizabeth To Cape Town Holiday

This wonderful escorted Garden Route Tour in South Africa travels from Port Elizabeth to Cape Town. Drive through the Tsitsikamma Forest to Knysna, set around a lovely lagoon & Oudtshoorn, where we visit an ostrich farm and the Cango Caves. Continue to Cape Town where you can end your holiday by ascending Table Mountain by cable car. Regular departures. Group size 2-18. No children < 8.

Garden Route Tour South Africa Port Elizabeth To Cape Town Holiday
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Garden Route Tour South Africa
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Port Elizabeth to Cape Town
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Knysna
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Featherbed Nature Reserve
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Oudtshoorn
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Ostrich Farm & Cango Caves
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Holiday in Cape Town
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Table Mountain
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Stellenbosch Winelands
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Cape Point
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Garden Route Tour South Africa
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Port Elizabeth to Cape Town
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Knysna
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Featherbed Nature Reserve
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Oudtshoorn
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Ostrich Farm & Cango Caves
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Holiday in Cape Town
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Table Mountain
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Stellenbosch Winelands
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Cape Point
Day 1
You will be met at Port Elizabeth Airport and transferred to your hotel in this coastal city.
 
Check in and relax in this warm and friendly holiday city with its many magnificent beaches.
Day 2
Today you will be collected from your Port Elizabeth hotel for your small group tour, travelling 3-hours to the oyster capital of Knysna in the heart of the scenic Garden Route.
 
We head westwards towards Tsitsikamma and through indigenous forest to Knysna.
 
On arrival in Knysna we check in to our hotel, with the evening at leisure. Dinner is for your own account tonight.
 
Note: In season we recommend booking Knysna restaurants online in advance of your visit, to avoid disappointment.
 
On escorted group tours please note that for operational reasons it is sometimes necessary to substitute one hotel with another of similar quality.
Day 3
This morning we explore Tsitsikamma National Park where we can enjoy a walk to Storms River Mouth (weather permitting). After leaving the park, we stop for lunch en route.
 
We then continue to the beautiful Knysna Forest, the home of the elusive Knysna elephants. Here we visit the Dalene Matthee Big Tree Memorial, an enormous yellowwood tree that is over 880 years old and named after Matthee, a well-known local author who wrote four books about this magnificent forest.
 
We return to Knysna, where we enjoy an included group dinner this evening.
 
Note: Wear comfortable walking shoes today.
Day 4
We start today with a scenic drive through Wilderness, enjoying stunning views from the Outeniqua Pass as we travel to Oudtshoorn in the Little Karoo.
 
In Outdtshoorn we visit an Ostrich Farm to learn more about these huge flightless birds and their magnificent plumage, and enjoy an included light lunch.
 
In the afternoon we visit the famous Cango Caves. This vast series of underground halls and caverns was 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.
 
We then check in to our hotel. Dinner is for your own account tonight.
Day 5
At dawn there is the opportunity to join an optional Meercat Safari (pay locally, weather permitting)
 
After returning to our hotel for breakfast, we leave the Little Karoo and travel 5-hours along the dramatic Route 62 to Cape Town, where the diversity of landscapes is highlighted through ever changing scenery.
 
We travel through Calitzdorp, the Huisrivier Pass and Ladismith to the small town Barrydale, where there is the opportunity to visit a local farm school and interact with the children and teachers (subject to the school being open). We continue to the charming town of Montagu, where we stop for lunch (own account).
  
Afterwards we drive via Worcester and the stunning Du Toits Kloof Pass to Cape Town where your tour ends with drop off at your hotel. Check in and relax in your magnificent surroundings within sight of beautiful Table Mountain.
Day 6
Today is free for independent sightseeing in Cape Town.
 
To orientate yourself, we suggest you purchase a pass onboard the convenient Red Route Hop-Off Bus, which stops at all Cape Town’s key sights and attractions, including the Table Mountain cable car (discounted tickets are sold on the bus). Here you can ascend and enjoy one of the world's most famous views.
 
Continue to trendy Camps Bay beach and the many attractions of the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront (pay all entrance fees locally).
 
Note: Don't let the colour of the bus confuse you. All buses are red, but they run two different routes - the Red City Route and the Blue Kirstenbosch Route.
Day 7
Today you will be collected from your hotel for a full day shared tour to the beautiful Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve, where you may see baboons, ostrich and perhaps even dolphins or whales in season (July/November).
  
Your tour travels through Hout Bay and along spectacular Chapman’s Peak Drive to the Cape Point peninsula, before returning via Simons Town and Fish Hoek. This is a scenic tour of the whole Cape Peninsula, with the optional opportunity of visiting the penguin colony at Boulders Beach (pay entrance fee locally).
 
Note: Lunch is for your own account today. Group size is minimum 2 / maximum 15.
Days 8 To 9
At leisure to explore more of the beautiful city of Cape Town.
 
You can visit the Mandela Legacy Exhibition at the City Hall, explore the vibrant Victoria & Alfred Waterfront or take the ferry to Robben Island, where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned (advance booking essential in season).
 
You can also take the Hop Off bus (Blue Route) to visit world famous Kirstenbosch Gardens or simply relax on golden Camps Bay Beach.
Day 10
Today we recommend an optional full day shared tour to the renowned Stellenbosch Winelands, travelling through the scenic Franschhoek Valley where a handful of French Huguenot refugees started South Africa’s now famous wine industry.
 
Explore the historic university town of Stellenbosch and several wine estates on this famous wine route, which stretched from Paarl through to Stellenbosch and Franschhoek. Enjoy a cellar tour and some wine tasting, before returning to Cape Town in the late afternoon.
 
Note: Lunch is for your own account today. Group size is minimum 2 / maximum 15.
Day 11
Transfer to Cape Town Airport for your flight home.