Detailed Itinerary

Cape Town Exclusive Garden Route Safari – One Way:

Upon arrival in Cape Town for your Cape Town Exclusive Garden Route Safari, we will pick you up at Cape Town Airport and drive to your 4* guest house in Camps Bay.
The guest house offers all amenities like pool and free Wi-Fi. The luxurious Sea View Apartment with double bed and en-suite bathroom with underfloor heating and air conditioning throughout and a generous lounge, a dining area and patio can leave you wanting for no more. Table Mountain is almost in walking distance (accommodation, breakfast).

Day 2  Camps Bay and Clifton Beaches.
Make your own excursion to Table Mountain and the Waterfront.
Go on a City Sightseeing Tour with hop-on hop-off bus. Enjoy the beaches!

Day 3: Full Day Cape Peninsula Tour

The Cape Peninsula day tour includes:

• Stop at Clifton Beaches
• Hout Bay boat ride to Seals Island (optional)
• Scenic Chapman’s Peak drive to Noordhoek beach
• World of Birds (optional)
• Cape Point & Nature Reserve,
• Penguin Colony at Boulders beach
• Historic Simon’s Town
• Kirstenbosch Gardens or wine tasting in one of Constantia’s vineyards
• Lunch in the Harbour House seafood restaurant (not included)

(lunch, entrees, wine tasting are not included)

Cape Town Exclusive Garden Route Safari Day 4: Cape Agulhas and Struisbaai & Garden Route Game Lodge  

We depart from Cape Town early morning and drive to Hermanus. We will follow the rugged coastline through the numerous fishing villages to Hermanus – well known for offering the finest land based Whale watching (in season from July to November) and its good air quality. Your next stop is the most Southern tip of Africa, Cape Agulhas, where the warm Indian and cold Atlantic oceans meet. You will visit the famous Cape Agulhas Lighthouse, swim in warm waters in Struisbaai and with a little luck you can watch the 4 sting rays coming right to the jetty. After a simple lunch in one of the fish restaurants at the beach you will drive to Garden Route Game Lodge for the evening Game Drive. They are lucky to have a rhino cub born in the reserve. (accommodation in Valley View Chalets, dinner, breakfast, 2x Game Drives.)

Botlierskop Game Reserve on request.

Day 5: Oudtshoorn – Knysna 

Leaving Garden Route Game Lodge after the early morning Game Drive you will drive inland over a mountain pass to visit the world famous Cango Caves. After taking a tour of this amazing natural wonder you may visit an Ostrich farm, where those brave enough can take the opportunity to ride the largest bird in the world. We can also visit the Wildlife Ranch, where you have the opportunity to stroke a cheetah!

(Back to Garden Route) Returning to the coast via some lovely country roads you will arrive in the picturesque seaside village of Knysna. There are numerous adventure activities available here as well as some interesting local craft. Enjoy optional activities such as canoeing, abseiling, hiking or a lagoon cruise on your Garden Route Tour (Ambiete GH, luxury apartment, breakfast).

Day 6 Knysna

Today we will explore more of the Knysna Region. We may visit the nature reserve Featherbed, Brenton on Sea and the Timber Village. Whale & dolphin watching boat trips, Knysna Oyster Lagoon cruise or do kayaking (Ambiete GH, luxury apartment, breakfast).

Cape Town Exclusive Garden Route Safari Day 9: Tsitsikamma Nature Reserve

Departing from Knysna early morning we are heading for Tsitsikamma Forest Nature Reserve. We may visit Snake Park, Monkeyland or ride an Elephant in a private park. Enjoy optional activities such as bungee jumping (Storms River bridge, the highest bungee jump in the world), Segway tours or Treetop tours (suitable for all ages, 2h, booking essential) Overnight in luxurious private chalet in The Fernery (BB)

Cape Town Exclusive Garden Route Safari Day 10: Addo Elephant Park

We are heading towards Port Elizabeth and to the malaria-free Addo Elephant National Park.
Enjoy a unspoiled safari in malaria free Addo Park. A game drive in the Park allows for a good opportunity to take some great photos of wild animals during your Garden Route Tour. O/n Active fruit farm near Addo Park. (air-condition, mini-fridge, SAT TV, breakfast)

Day 11: Game Drives in Addo Park with our rental car (the driver has many years of game drive experience) or with a professional ranger in an open safari vehicle (not included).

(Excerpt from Wikipedia) The original park has been expanded to include the Woody Cape Nature Reserve that extends from the Sundays River mouth towards Alexandria and a marine reserve, which includes St. Croix Island and Bird Island, both important breeding habitat for gannets and penguins, not to mention a large variety of other marine life. Bird Island is home to the world’s largest breeding colony of gannets – about 120,000 birds – and also hosts the second largest breeding colony of African penguins, the largest breeding colony being St. Croix island. These marine assets form part of the plan to expand the 1,640 km² Addo National Elephant Park into the 3,600 km² Greater Addo Elephant National Park.

The expansion will mean not only that the park contains five of South Africa’s seven major vegetation zones (biomes), but also that it will be the only park in the world to house Africa’s “Big 7” (elephant, rhinoceros, lion, buffalo, leopard, whale and great white shark) in their natural habitat.

 

Day 12 – Drive to Port Elizabeth Airport.

We drive to PE airport where you can catch your international flight or return to Cape Town (flight to CPT € 80,00 not included) Your Cape Town Exclusive Garden Route Safari ends here.

Please see also our other Cape and Garden Route safaris.

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