SOUTH AFRICA

GARDEN ROUTE, safari & winelands

6 days: Perfect combination of Garden Route best attractions

Cape Town – Oudshoorn – Knysna – Tsitsikamma NP – Albertinia – Hermanus

Storms River
Garden Route Game Lodge
Knysna
Ostrich Farm tour

TRIP OVERVIEW

This round trip begins in Cape Town and travels through Barrydale, Oudtshoorn and Knysna, where you will experience local life at a farm school, before enjoying the ‘ostrich feather capital’ Oudtshoorn and Knysna, a verdant paradise.

Your safari will be revealed in at a private game reserve that is malaria-free and features the Big Five. The journey concludes with a trip to Hermanus, a whale-watching mecca (in season) and ending in Stellenbosch, South Africa’s City of Oaks, where wine and art create the ambience of a distinguished experience. 

6 days
Cape Town to Cape Town

From

$ 1,230.00

or ZAR 22,730.00

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TRIP DETAILS

Day 1: Cape Town to Oudtshoorn

Distance travelled today: 418 kms

This morning you will be met at your hotel by our representative and depart for the ‘Little Karoo’, travelling via Montagu, a picturesque spa town. Enjoy tea and scones at the only original Art Deco Hotel in South Africa.
Stop off in the town of Barrydale, where we will have the opportunity to visit a local farm school.

Farm School Visit:
interact with the children and teachers, spending time with them in the classroom, learning more about this rural community.
A portion of the trip monies go towards our Barrydale Farm School Development Fund, that support local education of underprivileged children in rural communities. (The school visit is subject to the school being open).

Sample top quality port style wines in Calitzdorp, before continuing to Oudtshoorn, the ‘ostrich feather capital’ and centre of the world’s Ostrich farming industry.

Enjoy dinner at an Ostrich Farm, dining on local specialities.

Accommodation: 1 night Premium hotel (La Plume Guest House or similar)
Meals: Dinner
Day 2: Oudtshoorn – Knysna

Distance travelled today: 204 kms

After breakfast take a tour of the spectacular limestone caverns of the Cango Caves, one of the world’s great natural wonders, sculpted by nature through the ages.
Return to Oudtshoorn for a fun filled interactive tractor tour and light lunch at an Ostrich Farm, including local specialities such as Ostrich Steak.

Included activity: Cango Caves Tour
Head deep underground to the magical Cango Caves’ limestone chambers, alive with drip formation stalactites and stalagmites and remnants of Khoikhoi paintings. The Heritage Tour to test the cave’s acoustics and gain insights your guide provides into the formation and dripstone evolution.
Included activity: Working Ostrich Farm Tour
Visit a working ostrich farm in the area and learn about this fascinating bird, which played such a big economic role in this town.

Our journey continues over the scenic Outeniqua Pass to George, the administrative hub of the Garden Route area and then onto Knysna, known as the oyster box of South Africa, nestling on the banks of a beautiful lagoon in the heart of the Garden Route.

Along the way, visit the ‘Map of Africa’, an extraordinary viewpoint in Wilderness.

Overnight in Knysna.

Accommodation: 1 night Premium hotel (Rex Hotel or similar)
Meals: Breakfast | Lunch
Day 3: Knysna – Plettenberg Bay – Knysna

Distance travelled today: 200 kms

After a leisurely breakfast, drive through the Tsitsikamma Forests. Explore this breathtaking stretch of the Garden Route, where mountains, indigenous forests, deep gorges, and lush vegetation hug the rugged coastline of cliffs and sandy beaches. 

Visit the spectacular Tsitsikamma National Park and Storms River Mouth (weather permitting).

Included activity: Tsitsikamma National Park visit – Stormsriver Bridge Hike
Tsitsikamma means “place of the sparkling waters”. With its rugged coast, thriving indigenous forest, panoramic views and abundance of fresh water streams which makes this park a paradise to visitors. Explore this lush location with its huge Yellow Wood trees and walking over the suspension bridge at Stormsriver Mouth (1 hour easy hike).

In the afternoon you’ll return to Knysna, with a stop in Plettenberg Bay, originally christened “Bahia Formosa” (beautiful bay) by early Portuguese explorers.

Optional activities:

Monkeyland Primate Sanctuary:
where you will be able to see a variety of primates, roaming free in the forest.
A portion of the trip price of this MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience, goes towards ensuring that these already endangered species can survive and reproduce for a future reintroduction into the wild. The experience directly advances UN Global Goal 15: Life on Land.
Birds of Eden Sanctuary:
Visit the biggest single free flight aviary in the world.
A portion of the trip price of this MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience goes towards protecting genetically pure species of various Taxa in a semi-wild state and to hold the seeds of these Taxa for future reintroduction into the wild. The experience directly advances UN Global Goal 15: Life on Land

Lunch will be enjoyed en route. 

Overnight in Knysna.

Accommodation: 1 night Premium hotel (Rex Hotel or similar)
Meals: Breakfast | Lunch
Day 4: Knysna – Albertinia

Distance travelled today: 150 kms

After a leisurely breakfast, travel via George and Mossel Bay to Albertinia, a town set against the backdrop of the majestic Langeberg Mountain Range.

En route, enjoy a leisurely walk or swim at Victoria Bay, one of the smallest and most beautiful bays along the Garden Route.

Join an afternoon open vehicle game drive, at a malaria free private game reserve, that is home to an abundance of animal and birdlife, including the Big Five.

Included activity: Afternoon Open Vehicle Safari Drive
The reserve is home to elephant, lion, buffalo , white rhino, giraffe, cheetah and a variety of antelope species so be sure to bring your binoculars and camera. If you are in luck you may be treated with a sighting of our free roaming cheetahs.

Enjoy a relaxed dinner of safari cuisine, discussing the day’s game viewing.

Overnight in the region of Albertinia.

Accommodation: 1 night Premium lodge (Garden Route Game Lodge or similar)
Meals: Breakfast | Dinner
Day 5: Albertinia – Hermanus

Distance travelled today: 370 kms

 Our safari adventure continues with an early morning open vehicle game drive. Our expert guide will endeavour to spoil us with sightings of the ‘Big Five’, general game and prolific bird life.

Included activity: Morning Open Vehicle Safari Drive
The reserve is home to elephant, lion, buffalo , white rhino, giraffe, cheetah and a variety of antelope species so be sure to bring your binoculars and camera. If you are in luck you may be treated with a sighting of our free roaming cheetahs.

Leaving the bush behind, our journey will take us to the picturesque Cape Dutch town of Swellendam. This charming town was founded in 1745 and is famous for its youngberries, eclectic architecture, and National Parks, as well as outdoor activities.

Our journey further continues to the seaside resort of Hermanus, known as the heart of the whale route, offering the best land-based whale watching (August to November) in the world.

Dinner at the Heritage Restaurant, one of the oldest fisherman’s cottages in Hermanus, where delectable dishes are created using seasonal, local produce.

Overnight in Hermanus.

Accommodation: 1 night Premium hotel (Misty Waves Boutique Hotel or similar)
Meals: Breakfast | Dinner
Day 6: Hermanus – Cape Town

Distance travelled today: 150 kms

After a leisurely breakfast depart Hermanus and travel to historic Stellenbosch with its Cape Dutch architecture, absorb the quaintness of this lovely university town.

Continuing to Cape Town, the oldest city in South Africa, spectacularly set at the foot of Table Mountain where the tour ends on arrival.

End the day being dropped at your Cape Town hotel (approx. 4pm-5pm).
Our services end upon arrival.

Meals: Breakfast

INCLUDED FOR THIS TRIP:

ARRIVAL TRANSFER:
Your Arrival Transfer is ALWAYS included with Inspired Routes (arrival to start hotel)
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ACCOMMODATION:
5 nights in Premium hotels/lodges/guesthouses
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MEALS:
5 breakfasts, 2 lunches, 3 dinner including gratituities
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ACTIVITIES:
– Tea & scones at the Montagu Country Hotel, the only original Art Deco Hotel in South Africa
– Visit a rural farm school in the Barrydale
– Sample top quality Port style wines in Calitzdorp
– Guided tour of the Cango Caves
– Guided tractor tour of a working Ostrich Farm
– Visit the ‘Map of Africa’ viewpoint in Wilderness
– Tsitsikamma National Park and scenic Storms River Mouth
– Open vehicle game safaris in a malaria-free Big Five private game reserve
– Visit Hermanus
– Visit Stellenbosch
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TRANSPORTATION:
All transport between destinations and to/from included activities
Private vehicle
Walking
Open safari vehicles
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GUIDED ADVENTURE:
Local Tour Guide
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Airport transfer:
ALWAYS INCLUDED
We take care of the stress of arriving to a new destination and not knowing where to go. A great first impression!
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Trip Type:
SHORT TRIP
Short trips maintain a good level of independence and freedom, with the added bonus of having the details sorted out for you. This means that all included activities and tours will be run by different local trip leader partners, and these may operate independently from each other.
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Service level:
PREMIUM
Quality accommodations and more inclusions than on other tours, like meals, private transport, and activities.
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Group size:
GROUP DEPARTURE
Min 2, max 10.
The minimum number of people is required to run this departure.
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Physical Rating:
LIGHT
Some physical activities included in this trip, no physical preparation needed.
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ROOM DETAILS:

Please note, room options and availability differs for each trip.

Single-room:
If you’re travelling solo, please book a single-share room, as this trip doesn’t allow you to share a room with other travellers.

Twin-room:
Share a room with someone you’re travelling with.

2024: SELECTED DEPARTURE DATES & PRICING

August: 8th & 22nd
September: 5th & 19th
October: 3rd & 17th
November: 7th & 21st
December: 5th

RATES valid:
1st January 2024 to 30th April 2024 & 1st September 2024 to 31st December 2024

Single room occupancy:
USD 1,475.00 or ZAR 27,225.00

Twin room occupancy (per person):
USD 1,250.00 or ZAR 23,100.00

RATES valid:
1st May 2024 to 31st August 2024

Single room occupancy:
USD 1,445.00 or ZAR 26,690.00

Twin room occupancy (per person):
USD 1,230.00 or ZAR 22,730.00

2025: SELECTED DEPARTURE DATES & PRICING

January: 2nd & 16th
February: 6th & 20th
March: 6th & 20th
April: 10th & 24th
May: 8th
June: 5th
July: 3rd & 24th
August: 7th & 21st
September: 4th & 18th
October: 2nd & 26th
November: 6th & 20th
December: 4th

RATES valid:
1st January 2025 to 30th April 2025 & 1st September 2025 to 31st December 2025

Single room occupancy:
USD 1,610.00 or ZAR 29,720.00

Twin room occupancy (per person):
USD 1,365.00 or ZAR 25,180.00

RATES valid:
1st May 2025 to 31st August 2025

Single room occupancy:
USD 1,575.00 or ZAR 29,135.00

Twin room occupancy (per person):
USD 1,340.00 or ZAR 24,775.00

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