The Best of South Africa. Garden Route Tour

Itinerary

Day 1: Garden Route, Western Cape, South Africa

Pass By: Garden Route, Western Cape
Welcome to South Africa.
On arrival in Cape Town you are met by a Peregrine representative at the airport and transferred to you hotel. The adventure begins with a welcome meeting at 6 pm today. Please look for a note in the hotel lobby or ask the hotel reception where it will take place.

Meals included:
• Breakfast: 9 breakfasts, 5 dinners
This tour offers Vegetarian,Vegan, Halal and Kosher food options on let our Customer team know
Accommodation included: Hotel (2nights),Feature Stay Hotel (2 nights ),Lodge (5nights)
building ensure sweeping views of the beautiful location.

Day 2: Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden, Stellenbosch, South Africa

Pass By: Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden, Stellenbosch, Western Cape
Depart from Cape Town after breakfast and head towards lovely Stellenbosch. Visit Vergenoegd winery, a unique estate where you’ll get to meet the waddling workforce of runner ducks used to assist in the control of the snail and pest population in the vineyards. This is a practice the estate have been refining since 1984, and a big part of why Vergenoegd proudly carries WWF biodiversity certification. You arrive in time for the 9:45 am duck parade, and enjoy a cellar tour and wine tasting. Also stop in at the Lanzarac Winery, the home of the first bottled Pinotage, and enjoy a wine and chocolate pairing. There will be time for lunch in either Vergenoegd or Lanzarac, and the evening is at your leisure once you arrive in Stellenbosch.

Meals included:
• Breakfast: 9 breakfasts, 5 dinners
This tour offers Vegetarian,Vegan, Halal and Kosher food options on let our Customer team know

Accommodation included: Hotel (2nights),Feature Stay Hotel (2nights ),Lodge (5nights)
building ensure sweeping views of the beautiful location.


Day 3: Day 3: Hermanus

Pass By: Hermanus Cliff Path, Hermanus, Overstrand, Overberg District, Western Cape
Drive to Hermanus, a coastal town famous for southern right whale watching during the winter and spring. You travel there via Bettys Bay, stopping to visit the Penguin Colony at Stoney Point and the Harold Porter Botanical gardens where there is time to have lunch. Upon arrival in the coastal town of Hermanus, around mid afternoon, there will be a chance to visit the Heart of Abalone, a working abalone farm. This is a chance to not only taste this sought-after delicacy but also get a glimpse behind the scenes of the industry. The rest of the evening free for you to relax and unwind.

Meals included:
• Breakfast: 9 breakfasts, 5 dinners
This tour offers Vegetarian,Vegan, Halal and Kosher food options on let our Customer team know
Accommodation included: Hotel (2nights),Feature Stay Hotel (2nights ),Lodge (5nights)
building ensure sweeping views of the beautiful location.


Day 4: Day 4: Hermanus

Pass By: Hermanus Cliff Path, Hermanus, Overstrand, Overberg District, Western Cape
Enjoy a free day in Hermanus. This town is considered to have the best land-based whale watching in the world. Perhaps enjoy one of the excellent walking trails along the coast. The 12-kilometre Cliff Path is perhaps the most popular of these. The views of Walker Bay and the Mountain Range are breathtaking, and during whale season the cliffs have the perfect spots to sit and watch the whales as they frolic in in the bay (season depending). The famous Whale Crier of Hermanus offers guided cliff path walks during the season. You could also climb aboard a boat to get a closer look at the magnificent sea creatures. Alternatively, tackle hiking trails in Femkloof Nature Reserve, or explore local markets.

Meals included:
• Breakfast: 9 breakfasts, 5 dinners
This tour offers Vegetarian,Vegan, Halal and Kosher food options on let our Customer team know

Accommodation included: Hotel (2nights),Feature Stay Hotel (2 nights ),Lodge (5nights)
building ensure sweeping views of the beautiful location.

Day 5: Day 5: Oudtshoorn

Pass By: Oudtshoorn Tourism Bureau, Oudtshoorn, Western Cape
Drive Route 62 to Oudtshoorn. For lunch, a great option is Clarke of the Karoo Restaurant in Barrydale, which offers Karoo cuisine, Mediterranean dishes, Karoo Oysters and Cape Malay Bobotie among other specialties. In the afternoon, enjoy a wine and port tasting at Boplass in Calitzdorp. Arrive in Outdshoon, which is known as the ostrich capital of the world. At the turn of the 20th century it was full of 'feather barons' that grew rich from the popularity of ostrich feathers.

Meals included:
• Breakfast: 9 breakfasts, 5 dinners
This tour offers Vegetarian,Vegan, Halal and Kosher food options on let our Customer team know
Accommodation included: Hotel (2nights),Feature Stay Hotel (2nights ),Lodge (5nights)
building ensure sweeping views of the beautiful location.


Day 6: Day 6: Oudtshoorn

Pass By: Magic Moments in Oudtshoorn, Oudtshoorn, Western Cape
Spend some time with some meerkats today. On a fun 2–3 hour excursion, head to the burrows of these cheeky meerkats, pull up a chair and sip coffee while the sun comes up and the meerkats climb out into the sunshine. Watch these habituated wild animals, which are never fed or handled by humans, go about their daily routine of foraging and frolicking. It's rare to get this close to them in the wild. Return to the Lodge and enjoy breakfast before driving to the Swartberg Mountains, climbing through the switchbacks of the pass of the same name, looking out across the unique folds of the surrounding rocks. Descend into the town of Prince Albert, a contender for South Africa’s most charming town, full of the architecture of the 18th to 20th centuries. Return to the lodge via the Cango Caves, where you learn about their formation and history from a local guide. Browse the weird and wonderful rock formations including ‘Cleopatra's Needle’.

Meals included:
• Breakfast: 9 breakfasts, 5 dinners
This tour offers Vegetarian,Vegan, Halal and Kosher food options on let our Customer team know
Accommodation included: Hotel (2nights),Feature Stay Hotel (2nights ),Lodge (5nights)
building ensure sweeping views of the beautiful location.


Day 7: Day 7: Knysna / Tsitsikamma National Park

Pass By: Garden Route (Tsitsikamma, Knysna, Wilderness) National Park, Knysna, Western Cape
On your way to Tsitsikamma, stop in Knysna for an afternoon boat cruise to Knysna Heads, sampling local oysters and wine along the way. Arrive in Tsitsikamma and take in its magnificent raw beauty. Protecting both land and sea, steep ancient forests meet the breakers of the Indian Ocean at this park. It's a spectacular place of deep gorges, tidal pools and empty beaches, perfect for walking and viewing wildlife.

Meals included:
• Breakfast: 9 breakfasts, 5 dinners
This tour offers Vegetarian,Vegan, Halal and Kosher food options on let our Customer team know
Accommodation included: Hotel (2nights),Feature Stay Hotel, 2nights ),Lodge (5nights)
building ensure sweeping views of the beautiful location.


Day 8: Day 8: Tsitsikamma National Park

Pass By: Tsitsikamma National Park, Tsitsikamma National Park, Eastern Cape
Enjoy a hike in Tsitsikamma National Park today. Your leader guides you on a beautiful walk along the boardwalk through a canopy of forest leading to the famous suspension bridge across the ocean. The narrow channel of sheer cliffs get its name, Storms River Mouth, from when the wind gets up and the water hurtles against the rocks, sending spray flying high into the air. After this you double back towards a waterfall. The return trek is approximately 9 kilometres and should take around half a day. However, there will be scenic options along the boardwalk for a shorter trek without the group if you are concerned about your fitness. Keep an eye out for fauna such as cape clawless otters, dolphins, tortoises, southern right whales (in season), baboons, monkeys and various birds.

Meals included:
• Breakfast: 9 breakfasts, 5 dinners
This tour offers Vegetarian,Vegan, Halal and Kosher food options on let our Customer team know
Accommodation included: Hotel (2nights),Feature Stay Hotel (2 nights ),Lodge (5nights)
building ensure sweeping views of the beautiful location.

Day 9: Day 9: Kariega Game Reserve

Pass By: Kwantu Private Game Reserve - Day Visits, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape
Travel to Kariega Game Reserve, a Big 5 private safari reserve, with elephants, lions and leopards (approximately 6 hours). Upon arrival freshen up in the beautiful lodge before lunch. The experienced game rangers will then drive you out on safari this afternoon/ evening in an open game-drive vehicle, traversing the valleys, grassy plains and African bushveld to bring you close to the Big 5 and other game roaming freely in their natural habitat. The private reserve incorporates 10,000 hectares of pristine African wilderness, as well as two abundant rivers - the Kariega and the Bushmans rivers.

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.