$773 pp (USD)
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Arrival
Arrival
Day 1
Cape Town – Hermanus – Cape Agulhas
Cape Town – Hermanus – Cape Agulhas
At the crack of dawn on Monday morning, pick-up will be from your hotel or at the airport. You travel to Hermanus along the picturesque coastline and stop at Betties Bay to see a colony of African penguins. Hermanus is a popular seaside resort town hosting hundreds of Southern right whales from July to November. You will continue your journey towards the southernmost point of Africa, Cape Agulhas, stopping at the "genuine" spot where the Indian and Atlantic Oceans converge. Customers who opt to dive in shark cages will have to wake up extra early to catch the diving operator's early morning pick-up (they will not have time to see Hermanus and the African penguin colony on day 1).
Overnight accommodation in Agulhas or Struisbaai, dinner, and the penguins' visit are included in your package.
Optional activities (prices approximate):
• Shark cage diving: R3,600
• Whale-watching boat trip (in season, July - November): R1,320
• Cycle or e-bike to the Southern tip of Africa: R300.
- Main Destination:
- Cape Agulhas (Highlight)
- Accommodation:
- Cape Agulhas Backpackers
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Cape Agulhas – Oudtshoorn
Cape Agulhas – Oudtshoorn
From Cape Agulhas, you take the lovely Route 62, the lengthiest wine route in South Africa, to Oudtshoorn in the Little Karoo, also called the "Ostrich Capital of the World". Before settling into your lodgings on a Little Karoo game farm, you will enjoy a delightful lunch and wine tasting at a nearby winery. While the sun sets, you can tour the ostrich farm and gaze at the Swartberg and Outeniqua Mountain ranges.
Overnight accommodation on a working game farm in the Oudtshoorn area, breakfast and dinner, and the following activities are included in your package:
• Local wine tasting
• Klein Karoo ostrich farm tour.
- Main Destination:
- Oudtshoorn (Garden Route)
- Accommodation:
- Chandelier Game Lodge & Ostrich Show Farm
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Oudtshoorn – Wilderness – Sedgefield
Oudtshoorn – Wilderness – Sedgefield
After breakfast, you will cross the magnificent Outeniqua Mountain Pass and explore Wilderness National Park with canoes. As you float up the Touw River, you will pass through native forests and see a plethora of birds. The canoes will be left after 40 minutes for a 2-kilometer boardwalk hike to a beautiful waterfall and rock pools. Later, you will travel to Sedgefield to enjoy the beautiful beach. Overnight accommodation in Sedgefield, breakfast and dinner, as well as canoeing and hiking in Wilderness National Park are included in your package.
- Main Destination:
- Sedgefield (Town)
- Accommodation:
- Afrovibe Beach Villa
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Sedgefield - Knysna - Tsitsikamma - Addo
Sedgefield - Knysna - Tsitsikamma - Addo
The Lake District on the Garden Route will be on your route today as you travel to the renowned town of Knysna. To get a bird's-eye view of the Indian Ocean and the Knysna River estuary, you will go to the Knysna Heads lookout. Your next stop will be at Bloukrans Bridge (216 meters), the highest bungee jump bridge in the world. Those looking for an adventure can test your mettle at your leisure. Tsitsikamma National Park, with its stunning coastline and native forest, is the perfect place to spend the middle of the day. Among the many things to do in the park are swimming, hiking, and even a suspension bridge over the Storms River. We will depart from there and leave the Garden Route for Addo, in Big Five country, in the afternoon.
Your package includes overnight accommodation in the Addo area, breakfast and dinner, and entrance to Tsitsikamma National Park.
The 216-meter Bloukrans bungee jump is optionally available for approximately R1,690.
- Main Destination:
- Addo Elephant National Park
- Accommodation:
-
Avoca River Cabins
Wildlife in Addo Elephant NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
Addo – Wilderness/Sedgefield
Addo – Wilderness/Sedgefield
In the morning, you will go on a safari through Addo Elephant National Park. In this 28,000-hectare national reserve, you will see a wide variety of animals, including around 600 elephants, a few Cape buffalos, lions, black rhinos, warthogs, zebras, eland, kudus, hartebeests, and many more. After an exciting morning in the park, you will drive back to the heart of the Garden Route to overnight in Wilderness. Your package doesn’t include any meals but does include your accommodation in Wilderness, entrance, and the 2 to 3-hour drive with the tour vehicle through Addo Elephant National Park.
Optionally, you can add a 2-hour open-vehicle game drive with an Addo field guide at approximately R480.
- Main Destination:
- Sedgefield (Town)
- Accommodation:
- Wilderness Beach House
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 6
Wilderness/Mossel Bay - Cape Town
Wilderness/Mossel Bay - Cape Town
After breakfast, you leave for a first stop in Mossel Bay, where you can relax on the beautiful beaches and hike along the Cape St. Blaize trail that runs along the cliffs that overlook the Indian Ocean. You will also see the world-renowned Diaz Museum complex, which commemorates the first known European exploration of the southern tip of Africa. For those seeking adrenaline rushes, there are sandboarding opportunities on South Africa's longest dune, the longest over-the-ocean zipline, and tandem skydiving from 10,000 feet. After an exciting morning, you will leave for Cape Town, where you should arrive in the early evening.
Your package includes breakfast, and optional activities available include:
• 10,000-feet tandem sky-dive, R3,450 (extra R1,050 for video)
• Sandboarding the longest dune in South Africa, R500
• Ocean zipline, R800.
- Main Destination:
- Cape Town (City)
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks:
