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The
Fairest Cape Tour
No of pax:
Min.2
Dates: On
demand
Duration: 9
Nights / 10 Days
Recommended
add-on Tour: 3 Day - Kruger National Park
Meals:
( B -
Breakfast, L - Lunch, D - Dinner)
Accommodation is subject to availability, if the
under mentioned accommodation is not available
we shall endeavour to supply comparable
facilities
Day 1:
Your guide
will meet you upon arrival at Cape Town
International Airport. .Book in at hotel in Cape
Town. City tour of South Africa's beautiful
Mother City, this tour includes the Castle of
Good Hope, Parade Ground, City Hall, Houses of
Parliament, Tuinhuis and the Dutch East India
Company Gardens, these gardens ,became known to
early travelers as "the noblest and most
beautiful curiosity in Africa". Enjoy sundowners on
Signal Hill before dinner at a restaurant on
the V & A Waterfront. Overnight in Cape Town.
Accommodation:
The President Hotel
(D) ****
Day 2:
Take a scenic
drive around the Cape of Good Hope. Visit Hout
Bay and the Cape Fur Seal colony 0t! Duiker
Island, Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve, Cape
Point, Boulders - Penguins and Kirstenbosch
National Botanical Gardens. Lunch along the way.
Optional and weather permitting - we take the
cableway up Table Mountain. Evening at leisure.
Accommodation:
The President Hotel
(B) ****
Day 3:
Visit Robben
Island. Lunch at the V & A Waterfront. Afternoon
and evening at leisure in Cape Town.
Accommodation: The President Hotel
(B) ****
Day 4:
Wine tasting
and cellar tour at one of the wine estates along
the Cape's world-renowned Stellenbosch Wine
Route, also visit the quaint historical towns
ofStellenbosch and Franschhoek. Dinner at Vijff
Vlieghen (Five Flies) restaurant. Overnight in
Cape Town.
Accommodation:
The President Hotel
(B & D) ****
Day 5:
Travel to
Mossel Bay via Hermanus, which is known in
season for its excellent whale watching, visit
Cape Agulhas the most southern point of the
African continent. Lunch along the way. Dinner
at the Gannet restaurant in Mossel Bay.
Overnight in Mossel Bay,
Accommodation:
The Old Post Office Tree Manor
(B & D) ***
Day 6:
Visit the
Diaz Museum in Mossel Bay then depart for
Knysna. Take the ferry across the lagoon to the
Featherbed ~ature Reserve for lunch, 4 x 4
trailer-ride tour and hike through the reserve.
Evening of leisure. Overnight in Knysna.
Accommodation:
Knysna Quays ,Protea Hotel
(B & L) ****
Day 7:
Travel along
the Garden Route, visit the "Big Tree" and the
Storms River mouth in the Tsitsikamma National
Park. Lunch during the Woodcutter's Journey,
which is a pleasant and comfortable guided
tractor / trailer ride through the
:-suc;;jl-amma Forest. Return to Knysna for an
afternoon of leisure. Evening of leisure.
Overnight in Knysna.
Accommodation: Knysna
Quays Protea Hotel
(B, & L) ****
Day 8:
Travel via
Outeniqua Pass to Oudtshoorn in the Klein Karoo
(semi desert area) a 60km drive that reflects
the great cfu-ersities of nature South Africa
has to offer. Visit Cango Wildlife Ranch, Safari
Ostrich Farm and the Cango Ca\-es. Dinner at the
Dry Dock restaurant on the Knysna waterftont.
Overnight in Knysna.
Accommodation:
Knysna Quays Protea Hotel
(B, L & D)
****
Day 9:
Day at
leisure, time to relax and enjoy what Knysna has
to offer, this is a good place to do some
shopping.
Overnight in
Knysna.
Accommodation:
Knysna Quays Protea Hotel
(B) ****
Day 10:
Board the
Outeniqua Choe Tjoe steam train for George, when
this line was built it was regarded as the most
expensive piece of clickety-clack in the world,
today it is billed as the most beautiful. Lunch
in George, then travel 10 George Airport to
catch your connecting flight to Cape Town or
Johannesburg for your flight home.
Accommodation: -
(B)
OR
Recommended -
Kruger National Park Add-on Tour:
Transfer to
George Airport, catch an early morning flight to
Johannesburg International Airport (nA). Your
guide will meet you on arrival. Travel to
Hazyview via Belfast, Lydenburg and the Long Tom
Pass, which is the highest i:3r road in South
Africa at 7000 ft. Enjoy some African culture
with singing, dancing and dinner at Shangana a traditional
Shangaan Village, meet the chief, with his 3
wives and 36 children. Overnight in Hazyview.
Accommodation: Hippo Hollow Country Lodge
(D)
***
Day 11:
Visit the
picturesque little town of Graskop, an excellent
place to do some shopping. Travel the Panorama
Route of me majestic Drakensberg Mountains,
admire the natural beauty of the God's Window,
Bourke's Luck Potholes and the Blyde River
Canyon, which is the third deepest canyon in the
world, lunch along the way. Then it is off to
the Kroger ~ational Park (KNP), enter the park
through Orpen Gate. Overnight at one of the
camps in the central section of the
park .
Accommodation:
Satara Camp
(B & D) ***
Optional
activities: Evening game drive.
Day 12:
Enjoy a full
day in the KNP in search of the "Big .5" and a
host of other animals. Overnight at one of the
camps in the southern section of the park
Accommodation:
Lower Sabie Camp
(B & D) ***
Day 13:
Spend the
morning in the KNP. Transfer after lunch to
Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport near
Nelspruit to carch your connecting flight to TIA
for your flight home.
Accommodation:
-
(B)
Optional
activities: Early morning bush walk -with game
ranger.
Iacluded:
Accommodation (3-4*), transport, guide, meals as
indicated and all entrance fees as per
itinerary.
Excluded: Air
ticket (all flights), passport and visa fees,
airport tax, insurance, phone calls, facsimiles, beverages, all gratuities, items of a personal
nature and excess baggage.
IMPORTANT
Various other
guesthouses or lodges can be used to reduce the
costs bf above tour. A camping option is also
available. |