ADDO to CAPE TOWN: Addo - Garden Route - Route 62 - Winelands (6 Days)

Overview

Day by day itinerary

1. 1Addo Elephant National Park⌄

   Enjoy a full day Game Drive in our own vehicle. We spend an unforgettable time in the park teeming with wildlife. Addo offers viewing of some of Africa's most impressive animals, including elephant, lion, buffalo, black rhino, leopard, kudu, a great variety of other antelope species, as well as birds, plants, insects and reptiles.

   Overnight: Overnight at nearby Private Lodge.

2. 2Natures Valley - Plettenberg Bay - Knysna⌄

   Our Route follows the coastal road winding its way along river gorges, over breathtaking mountain passes and through dense indigenous forests. Our exploration of this ancient forest includes a drive through Natures Valley, which winds its way through the tangle of trees, ferns and creepers to massive Outeniqua Yellowwood trees. Enjoy a short walk in the forest or on the beach. Keep a lookout for the endangered African Black Oyster Catcher or the icon of the Garden Route - the Knysna Loerie. En route guests may choose between a visit to Monkeyland, Birds Of Eden or Tenikwa Wildlife Sanctuary. (Optional at own cost) We pass through Plettenberg Bay and on to Knysna.

   Meals: Breakfast · Lunch

   Overnight: Accommodation is in an apartment in the Knysna Waterfront or a Guest House in the Village of Knysna

3. 3Knysna and Surrounding Coastline and Forests⌄

   Explore the Knysna Heads, Coney Glen Beach, Brenton and Buffalo Bay. A forest Hike is also available. The afternoon is free for optional activities such as Whale Watching or the popular Knysna Township Trail. Guests may enjoy an optional yacht or boat sunset cruise on the Knysna Lagoon.

   Meals: Breakfast

   Overnight: Accommodation is in the Knysna Waterfront or a local Guest House.

4. 4Oudtshoorn - Ostrich Capital of the world⌄

   After Breakfast there is time for a look at the arts and crafts market before we depart for Oudtshoorn. Our first stop is the Cango Caves. Visit one of the great wonders of Africa - the subterranean wonderland of the Cango Caves for a tour of this vast sequence of caverns, each filled with astonishing formations of glittering dripstones. Lunch and a wine tasting is enjoyed at a wine and fruit estate

   Meals: Breakfast · Lunch

   Overnight: Overnight in Oudtshoorn at a Guest House.

5. 5Drive Route 62 to the Cape Winelands⌄

   We begin the day with a stop at an Ostrich Ranch where flocks of these strange birds are kept. We are shown their development from the egg to the 100 kg adult. We continue driving along the Route 62. The drive takes us through some wonderful mountain scenery and small rural villages until we reach the Cape Winelands. Enjoy a stop for lunch and a wine tasting before checking in to our overnight stop situated in Montagu - South Africa’s Favorite Village. Accommodation is at the Montagu Country Hotel & Spa. Here you can enjoy a spa treatment or relax in a warm spring water mineral bath.

   Meals: Lunch: Enjoy a lunch platter with your choice of wine. · Breakfast

   Overnight: Your Guest House accommodation is situated in the Winelands

6. 6Stellenbosch - Cellar Tour and Wine-tasting⌄

   We visit Stellenbosch where guests are taken on a tour of a wine cellar and enjoy a wine tasting. We stop at Spier Estate for another wine tasting and a lunch platter. Continue on to Cape Town. Guests are dropped off at their Hotel / Airport between 14h00 - 16h00.

   Meals: Lunch: Enjoy a lunch platter with a wine tasting. · Breakfast