Day 01: CAPE TOWN - TABLE MOUNTAIN
Overnight in 3 star Hotel in Waterfront- Full board basis

Upon arrival at Cape Town International Airport, you will be met by a local English-speaking tour guide and welcomed into South Africa’s popular “Mother City”. You will be transferred to your hotel for check-in. Afterwards we will transfer to Cape Town’s V&A Waterfront – Cape Town’s premier shopping and entertainment complex – to enjoy lunch at one of our many local restaurants. After lunch, we embark on an afternoon excursion to Cape Town’s most famous landmark - Table Mountain. No visit to Cape Town would be complete without a cable car ride to the top of the mountain. Sunset from the top of this massif provides one with unequalled panoramic views of Cape Town. Late afternoon return to your hotel with time to relax and freshen up before dinner at a local restaurant.

Cable Car to the Table Mountain is included.

Day 02: CAPE TOWN – CAPE OF GOOD HOPE
Overnight in 3 star Hotel in Waterfront- Full board basis

Today will be a full day’s excursion where we will take a scenic drive along the Cape Peninsula. At the tip of the Cape Peninsula you will find Cape Point situated within the Cape Peninsula National Park where we will transfer to the Lighthouse lookout by funicular or on foot for spectacular views over the Indian and Atlantic Oceans. Also included in today’s outing will be a visit to Boulders Beach to view our resident African Penguin colony as well as a short boat cruise to Seal Island to see our large Cape Fur seal colony. Picnic lunch will be served en route. After lunch continue with your Cape Peninsula Tour. Enjoy a traditional dinner at the “Africa Café”.

Activities included: Park entry fees to Cape Point Nature reserve and Boulders Beach; Seal Island Cruise; Funicular.

Day 03: CAPE TOWN – WINELAND
Overnight in 3 star Hotel in Waterfront- Full board basis

FRANSHOEK AND STELLENBOSH

Today we will depart for the beautiful Cape Winelands areas of Stellenbosch and Franschhoek – situated within the heart of South Africa’s wine industry. Here you will have the opportunity to enjoy wine-tastings at some of our local award-winning wine estates. A sumptuous lunch will be served at one of the many wine estates along the way. During the late afternoon we return to Cape Town where we will have dinner at a local restaurant.

3 wine tastings are included.

Day 04: CAPE TOWN – WEST COAST
Overnight in 3 star Hotel in Waterfront- Full board basis

Today after breakfast we start our way along the West Coast of South Africa toward North. Our first daily destination is the famous West Coast National Park. Just inland from the secluded harbour of Saldanha Bay one finds the azure waters of the Langebaan Lagoon, focal point of the West Coast National Park. Thousands of seabirds roost on sheltered islands, pristine golden beaches stretch endlessly into the early morning mist and brooding salt marshes are home to vast concentrations of migrant waders from the northern hemisphere. During the spring the strandveld is embroidered with a tapestry of multi-hued flowers, while in the Postberg section many antelope are to be seen in a setting that is as unique as it is idyllic (open September and October). Lunch will be served inside the Park in a very characteristic local restaurant. .We will arrive at your Hotel in the late afternoon in time to refresh before dinner.

WEST COAST NATIONAL PARK and WEST COAST WINE FARM

Day 05: GARDEN ROUTE - HERMANUS
Overnight in an accessible local Guest House, Hermanus – B/L/D

After breakfast, late morning departure for the coastal holiday village of Hermanus, situated approx. 1.5hrs drive from Cape Town. Lunch will be served at a local restaurant in town, followed by leisure time for shopping, etc. Hermanus is famous for its wonderful whale-watching opportunities, especially of the Southern Right whales (main whale-watching season runs from July – November). Enjoy some leisure time sight-seeing and shopping in one of our most popular seaside holiday villages.

Day 06: GARDEN ROUTE - KNYSNA
Overnight  at Protea Hotel Knysna Quays or similar – B/L/D

After breakfast, we depart Hermanus for the start of our journey along the scenically beautiful Garden Route. Your route will take you via Mossel Bay and George to the coastal holiday village of Knysna – this quaint town has been voted South Africa’s favourite town. It is the place of adventure, with After breakfast, we depart Hermanus for the start of our journey along the scenically beautiful Garden Route. Your route will take you via Mossel Bay and George to the coastal holiday village of Knysna – this quaint town has been voted South Africa’s favourite town. It is the place of adventure, with everything from adrenaline-thumping extreme sports to the more relaxing pleasures of arts, crafts and culture. The Waterfront at the Knysna Quays is a popular destination for tourists and locals alike, and offers unusual restaurants, bookshops, clothes, gifts and jewellery stores. Lunch will be enjoyed at Knysna’s popular Waterfront. This afternoon we will enjoy a sunset cruise on the Knysna Lagoon on board the ‘John Benn’ ferry, taking in the spectacular scenery of the Knysna Heads. There are plenty of local restaurants to choose from as dinner venues.

Day 07: GARDEN ROUTE - KNYSNA
Overnight at Protea Hotel Knysna Quays or similar – B/L/D.

After breakfast, we will make our way inland, towards the Karoo town of Oudtshoorn, where we will enjoy a visit one of Oudtshoorn’s most popular tourist attraction – the Cango Wildlife Ranch, where one can observe cheetahs, lions, jaguars, pumas and white Bengal tigers.
The Cango Wildlife Ranch and its breeding centre is carefully designed so that its more than 47 species of animals and reptiles can roam peacefully in comfortable natural enclosures, giving visitors the opportunity to closely observe, and in some cases, interact with a wide variety of unusual and endangered animals.
Here you will also have the unique opportunity to stroke a live cheetah!!
We will return to Knysna during the late afternoon where we will have dinner.

Activities included: Entry fee to Cango Wildlife Ranch

Day 08: GARDEN ROUTE – ADDO ELEPHANT   PARK
Overnight  at Addo Elephant National Park – B/L/D.

Today we travel further along the Garden Route via the Tsitsikamma, Plettenberg Bay and Port Elizabeth. 72kms from Port Elizabeth in the Sundays River Valley and Zuurberg Mountain range, we will arrive at the Addo Elephant National Park – the best place in the world to get up close and personal with the biggest land mammal. This park is sanctuary to over 420 elephants, 450 Cape buffalo, black rhino, and a variety of antelope species. Accommodation in the park will be in standard bungalows.

Park entry fees are included.

Day 09: GARDEN ROUTE – ADDO ELEPHANT   PARK
Overnight at Addo Elephant   National Park –  B/L/D. 

Enjoy a full day at leisure in the Addo Elephant National Park. There are various optional activities available including breathtaking horse-riding trails – experience the thrill of riding on horseback between herds of elephant; 4x4 adventure rides, nature and walking trails through pristine bush and of course game-viewing which guarantees one of close encounters with the parks’ main inhabitants. One can also enjoy guided night drives where you will join rhino, buffalo and a host of other nocturnal hunters in the lush Addo bush.

Park entry fees are included.

Day 10: GARDEN ROUTE – KLEIN KAROO
Overnight at Skeiding Guest farm  - B/L/D

Today, after breakfast, we will transfer back towards Cape Town, along the Garden Route through the Klein Karoo to Heidelberg.
Nestling between the Langeberg Mountains and the Indian Ocean, this haven of tranquility does not land itself to being a place where the rattle of gunfire heralded a battle fought between "Boer & Brit".

A warm welcome awaits at this 1 200-hectare ostrich, grain and sheep farm between Swellendam and Heidelberg, 7 km off the N2. Enjoy panoramic Langeberg mountain views over a rolling landscape. Experience farm life at its best on a “hands on” farm tour with Neels, feeding the ostriches and observing the sheep dogs in action. Ostrich leather items on sale. Home-cooked candlelight dinners at the family dining table.

Day 11:

After breakfast, we depart on a leisurely drive to Cape Town, stopping for lunch on the road. You will drive straight to Cape Town International Airport to connect your outbound flight.

COST FOR 11 DAY CAPE TOWN AND GARDEN ROUTE TOUR (cost in Euro per person sharing)

2008 rates                             s/supp
€3,390                                   €485

Tailor made holiday
You can extend your stay or combine it with another at this destination or a different one (on request).

This price includes

• 10 nights in accessible Hotel/Guest House and Chalet in Addo National Park- Full board basis
• All meals (Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner)
• All transfers
• Entrance to day tours & excursions as specified on the itinerary
• Mercedes Sprinter (with air condition) equipped with hydraulic lift
• Services of a qualified English-speaking safari guide and accompanying tour escort as outlined in itinerary
• Luggage handling at all hotels and at the airport upon arrival and departure
• Local taxes

Not included

•  International flights outside Africa
• Transfers not specified in the itinerary
• Single supplement charges
• Drinks and Beverage
• Comprehensive insurance (luggage, personal liability abroad etc)
• Optional activities
• Laundry
• Gratuities & items of a personal nature
• Tipping and gratuities to Chauffeur & Local guides
• Passport & Visa fees

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