A steep street of brightly painted houses in the Bo-Kaap, Cape Town

South Africa · 8 days

Cape Town & the Garden Route

Seven nights along the Garden Route. Gqeberha, Knysna's lagoon, Oudtshoorn's caves, the Franschhoek wine valley, and Cape Town with Table Mountain and the penguins.

Duration: 8 days, 7 nights · by road throughout
Pace: Full
Where: South Africa
Experiences: The Garden Route A Day in the Winelands Table Mountain and the City Bowl Robben Island and the Waterfront Cape Point and the Peninsula
Board: Board varies by stay
Price: On request

Overview

The shape of the journey

Seven nights along the Garden Route to Cape Town. You start in Port Elizabeth, now Gqeberha, and travel west: Knysna's forests and lagoon, Oudtshoorn's ostrich farms and the Cango Caves, then wine tasting and fine dining in the Winelands at Franschhoek.

GqeberhaKnysnaOudtshoornFranschhoekCape Town

Cape Town comes last: Table Mountain, the Bo-Kaap, Cape Point and the penguins at Boulders Beach. The route can be quoted for a tight budget, for semi-luxury or for luxury.

Day by day

How the days run

A proposal, not a timetable. The routing, timings and inclusions are confirmed in writing before you pay anything.

Day 1
Arrive in Port Elizabeth
Arrive in Port Elizabeth, now Gqeberha, a coastal city of golden beaches such as King's and Hobie, and the gateway to the Garden Route.
Day 2
Along the Garden Route to Knysna
West along the Garden Route to Knysna, between its forests and its lagoon.
Day 3
Knysna
The lagoon and the Knysna Heads by boat, the Featherbed Nature Reserve, the Waterfront, and local history at the Old Gaol Museum.
Day 4
Oudtshoorn and the Cango Caves
Inland to Oudtshoorn in the Klein Karoo, for the Cango Caves, an ostrich farm and the Swartberg Pass.
Day 5
Into the Winelands
On to Franschhoek, a wine valley town surrounded by mountains: the Wine Tram, the Huguenot Memorial Museum and the wineries.
Day 6
Franschhoek to Cape Town
Wine tasting in the Winelands, then on to Cape Town and the V&A Waterfront.
Day 7
Table Mountain and the city
Table Mountain, the Bo-Kaap and Robben Island.
Day 8
Cape Point, and home
Camps Bay, Chapman's Peak Drive, Cape Point and the penguins at Boulders Beach, before your departure.

Price & terms

What it costs

Priced on request. This itinerary is quoted for your dates, your party and the grade of camp you choose, which is why there is no single number on this page.

What this price covers

Rates are per person sharing unless the line above says otherwise.
Prices move with the season and with availability, and are held only once your quote is confirmed in writing.
The day-by-day above is a draft. Final routing, timings, inclusions and any park or permit fees are confirmed with your quote.

Before you go

Worth reading before this trip

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