5-Day Mid-Range Garden Route & Addo Group Tour

• You'll be collected from the airport.
• Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost.

Cape Town – Hermanus – Cape Agulhas

Your pick-up will be from your hotel or at the airport. You'll 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 that hosts hundreds of Southern Right Whales from July - November. You'll continue your journey towards the southernmost point of Africa, Cape Agulhas, where you will stop at the "genuine" spot where the Indian and Atlantic Oceans converge. If you opt to dive in shark cages, you'll have to wake up extra early to catch the diving operator's early morning pickup. You'll not have time to see Hermanus & the African Penguin Colony on Day 1.

Your overnight accommodation will be in Agulhas or Struisbaai. Dinner, and the penguins' visit are included in your package.
Optional activities (prices approximate):

• Shark cage diving: R3600.
• Whale watching boat trip (in season, July - November): R1320
• Cycle or e-bike to the Southern Tip of Africa: R300.

Main Destination:

Cape Agulhas (Highlight)

Accommodation:

Cape Agulhas Backpackers

• Budget hostel located at Cape Agulhas (Highlight)

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Meals & Drinks:

• Dinner (Breakfast & lunch not included)
• Drinks not included

Cape Agulhas - Oudtshoorn

From Cape Agulhas, you will 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 take a tour of the ostrich farm while gazing at the Swartberg and Outeniqua mountain ranges.

Your overnight accommodation will be on a working game farm in the Oudtshoorn area. Breakfast and dinner, and the following activities are included in your package: Local wine tasting and Klein Karoo ostrich farm tour.

Main Destination:

Oudtshoorn (Garden Route)

Accommodation:

Chandelier Game Lodge & Ostrich Show Farm

• Luxury lodge located in Oudtshoorn (Garden Route)

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Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast & dinner (Lunch not included)
• Drinks not included

Oudtshoorn - Wilderness - Sedgefield

After breakfast, you will cross the magnificent Outeniqua Mountain pass and go to 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 forty minutes for a two-kilometre boardwalk hike to a beautiful waterfall and rock pools. Later, you will travel to Sedgefield to enjoy the town’s beautiful beach.
Your overnight accommodation will be in Sedgefield. Breakfast and dinner, as well as canoeing and hiking in Wilderness National Park is included in your package.

Main Destination:

Sedgefield (Town)

Accommodation:

Afrovibe Beach Villa

• Mid-range guest house located in Sedgefield (Town)

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Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast & dinner (Lunch not included)
• Drinks not included

Sedgefield Knysna - Tsitsikamma - Addo Elephant National Park

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 who are 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. You will depart from there and leave the Garden Route for Addo, in Big Five country, in the afternoon.

Your overnight accommodation will be in the Addo area. Breakfast and dinner, as well as entrance to Tsitsikamma National Park are included in your package. The 216 m Bloukrans bungee jump is optionally available for approximately R 1690.

Main Destination:

Addo Elephant National Park

Best Time To Visit January to December (All year)

High Season October to March (The park gets crowded)

Best Weather Sep to Apr (Warmer nights and mornings)

Wildlife in Addo Elephant NP

ElephantAbundant

ZebraCommon

LionOccasional

BuffaloOccasional

HyenaOccasional

Black RhinoRare

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LeopardRare

HippoVery Rare

GiraffeNone

White RhinoNone

CheetahNone

WildebeestNone

Wild DogNone

Accommodation:

Avoca River Cabins

• Mid-range self catering accommodation located outside Addo Elephant NP

Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast & dinner (Lunch not included)
• Drinks not included

Addo - Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth)

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 buffalo, lions, black rhinos, warthogs, zebras, eland, kudu, hartebeests, and many more. This safari can last anywhere from two to three hours and the tour will conclude in Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) at around 1:00–2:00 pm after an exciting morning of wildlife viewing. Note that an extra safari experience is available to those who want to extend their 5-day Garden Route tour. This extra safari takes place at a private game reserve in the Eastern Cape, about an hour away from the tour's end.

Your package doesn’t include any meals but does include entrance and the 2-3-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 R 480.

Main Destination:

Port Elizabeth (City)

Accommodation:

No accommodation (End of tour)

Meals & Drinks:

• Meals at own expense
• Drinks not included

• Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
• You'll be dropped off at the airport.