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Accommodation as per itinerary Entrance fees National Park fees Beakfasts and dinners Driver/guide Professional guide at specialist venues Transport by private vehicle

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Meals

Accolade restaurants with healthy and wholesome food menus are used. Breakfast and dinners included.

Accommodation

2 Nights at 5-star lodgings and 2 nights at a 4-star

Transport

Air-conditioned vehicles.

Guide

Professional guides are always available.

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Others

Excess luggage charges (where applicable) Lunch, excellent restaurants available Alcoholic drinks Activities indicated as optional Food and drinks, unless specified Gratuities (recommended) Travel insurance; Flights; Airport transfers; Porterage; Visa fees

Optional

Optional activities for your own cost. Accommodation depends on availability.

Flights

Flights are not included.

Insurance

Insurance is not included.

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Day 1 Spier Wine Estate, Bartolomeu Dias Museum Complex
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Spier Wine Estate, Bartolomeu Dias Museum Complex

After pickup between 7 and 8 am from your Cape Town or Stellenbosch hotel you’ll travel in a comfortable vehicle to our first stop at Spier Wine Estate where we will have a taste of two premium wine ranges, plus Spier’s flagship wine, Frans K Smit. Completing this appetizer we drive for approximately five hours to the town of Mossel Bay where we visit the Bartolomeu Dias museum complex to see the famous 500 year old Post Office Tree, the life-size replica of the Dias Caravel, the Shell Museum & Aquarium and Ethno-Botanical Garden. Now off to the town of Wilderness, where you will overnight at the 5-star Views Boutique Hotel & Spa. The lounge is the perfect place to laze or sip sundowners, spot dolphins & whales or watch spectacular sunsets. Also winner of the Les Nouvelle Esthetiques Award for Best Boutique Spa.
Day 2 Knysna Heads, “Dolphin Encounters” Excursion, Storms River Suspension Bridge, Big Tree
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Knysna Heads, “Dolphin Encounters” Excursion, Storms River Suspension Bridge, Big Tree

After breakfast you drive through the town of Knysna and view the famous Heads from the viewpoint. You then go to the town of Plettenberg Bay, where you can take a boat ride for a “Dolphin Encounters” excursion of 1,5 to 2 hours at Ocean Blue Adventures. Alternative activities available if weather doesn’t permits, like a tree canopy zipline tour. You go to the Storms River Suspension Bridge that hangs over the red-brown waters of the Storms River Mouth, it spans 77 metres and remains one of the most popular tourist attractions of the Tsitsikamma National Park. It hangs just seven metres above the churning waters of the river as it enters the foamy Indian Ocean. The walk is well worth the magnificent views. Birds accompany walkers along the way and there are a number of lookout point and places to have a seat and rest, while enjoying the vistas of the turquoise ocean. A short drive takes us to the ±1000-year-old Big Tree in the Tsitsikama forest. From here we go to overnight at the 4-star On the Beach Guesthouse and Suites in Jeffreys Bay, located on the sun-drenched shores of the beautiful Eastern Cape offering a relaxed and refined atmosphere in which to enjoy the spectacular setting right on the beach in Jeffrey’s Bay. Have dinner at De Viswijf, situated on the beachfront of the in Jeffreys Bay. An extensive menu comprising of seafood, beef, poultry, traditional local dishes and several exotic dishes. Their extensive wine list includes wines from numerous South African wine estates and regions that are made to satisfy and tantalize your palate.
Day 3 Addo Elephant National Park
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Addo Elephant National Park

You have an early morning start for a day trip to Addo Elephant National Park, the third largest national park in South Africa. Home to elephants, lions, buffalo, black rhino, spotted hyena, leopard, a variety of antelope and zebra species, this park host the largest remaining population of wild elephants on the planet. You’ll enjoy a safari tour with knowledgeable park Guides and get the opportunity to see buffalo and other big animals. We via Jeffrey’s Bay on our return in the afternoon to try surfing in one of the world’s most famous surf spots, or just relax on the beach. Overnight is at On the Beach Guesthouse and Suites in Jeffreys Bay.
Day 4 Cango Caves, Ostrich Farm, Wild Meerkat Tour
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Cango Caves, Ostrich Farm, Wild Meerkat Tour

After breakfast, you’ll travel approximately four hours on the famous Route 62 to get to Oudtshoorn for a Heritage Tour at the Cango Caves. Located in a limestone ridge parallel to the picturesque Swartberg Mountains, the caves include over 2.5 miles (4 km) of drip stone caverns with vast halls and towering formations of stalactites and stalagmites. You’ll walk through some of this subterranean wonderland with your guide on a 2-hour tour of the caves. From here we go to an Ostrich Farm where the largest fowl in the world can be studied. We drive to our overnight farm at De Zeekoe, which is surrounded by the Swartberg and Outeniqua mountains, and one of the world’s 17 “hot spots” with 3 overlapping flower zones, which is located between the lush green Garden Route and the wide-open spaces of the Klein (Little) Karoo with the Outeniqua and Swartberg mountain ranges as backdrop. Here you can take part in a Wild meerkat tour which offers you the unique opportunity to see these animals that are part of the shy 5 in their natural environment. Meerkats are part of the so-called Shy 5 which also includes the bat-eared fox, the aardvark, porcupine and aardwolf. Alternatively you can take a game drive, or go on a Khoi San Cultural Trail. More than one activity for your cost. We spend the night at the 4-star De Zeekoe outside Oudtshoorn.
Day 5 Route 62, The World’S Longest Wine Route
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Route 62, The World’S Longest Wine Route

After you chose to do more of the activities (optional) on this farm after breakfast, we return to Cape Town along Route 62, the world’s longest wine route. You’ll pass through breath-taking scenery and have plenty of rest stops. Also to be visited is Ronnie’s Sex Shop which had visitors from all over the world, judging by the graffiti on its wall. There will be more stops for wine tasting before reaching Cape Town to end your tour.

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Luxury Garden Route Journey From Cape Town

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Itinerary of your trip Luxury Garden Route Journey From Cape Town

Spier Wine Estate, Bartolomeu Dias Museum Complex

Knysna Heads, “Dolphin Encounters” Excursion, Storms River Suspension Bridge, Big Tree

Addo Elephant National Park

Cango Caves, Ostrich Farm, Wild Meerkat Tour

Route 62, The World’S Longest Wine Route

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