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From Price: 465.00EUR / GBP408.00
The Garden Route is 7 days and perhaps the most internationally renowned South African destination after Cape Town and the Kruger National Park, and with good reason. Within a few hundred kilometres, the range of topography, vegetation, wildlife and outdoor activity is breathtaking. Roughly encompassing the coastline from Mossel Bay in the west to just beyond Plettenberg Bay in the east, it caters to all kinds of travellers, adventurers and thrill seekers
Cape Town, Stellenbosch Wine Route, Oudtshoorn, Port Elizabeth, Knysna, Tsitsikamma National Park, Addo Elephant National Park
This tour is ideal for a gap year traveller or person on a short visit to South Africa. It is also possible to combine with other gap year activities.
Accommodation
The tour is fully accommodated and based and twin shared tent and hostels.
Price and Dates
Euro 465, No local payment.
Contact us for details and availability.
Included
Services of a tour leader
All transportation by private adventure vehicle
Camping fees & equipment
Meals: B, L, D x 6
Excluded
Flights
Visas
Insurance
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Itinerary
Day 1 Stellenbosch Wine Route/Swellendam
Leaving the mother city of Cape Town behind, we drive to Stellenbosch stopping off at a wine farm for an included tasting. The magnificent rocky mountain scenery will take your breath away en route to a Cheetah Breeding project, where we admire these beautiful animals. Later we travel onto our first campsite in Swellendam.
Meals: Lunch, Dinner
Day 2 Oudtshoorn
Today we take a guided tour of the Cango Caves. The Cango Caves are some of the most impressive limestone caverns and the different formations are quite astonishing. Stalagmites or Stalagtites? Can you tell the difference? In the afternoon we have the opportunity to visit an Ostrich Farm before setting up camp in Oudtshoorn.
Optional Activities: Ostrich Farm visit.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 3 Knysna
Travelling along the Garden Route is one of South Africa�s most scenic journeys. Look out for whales and dolphins as we pass through Mossel Bay and onto our campsite near the picturesque seaside village of Knysna.
Optional Activities: Canoeing, hiking, Knysna Elephant Park, Lagoon Cruise
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 4/5 Bloukrans and Tsitsikamma National Park
One of South Africa�s best-kept secrets is the Tsitsikamma National Park. Boasting exceptional hiking trails (including the famous Otter Trail) and superb coastal scenery Tsitsikamma is somewhere that many people will return to. At the nearby Bloukrans Bridge the Bungy Jump here (at 212m) is the highest in the world, although most people are not quite brave enough to try it�
Optional Activities: Bungy jumping (highest in the world), treetop canopy tours, hiking.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 6 Addo Elephant National Park
Continuing in to the Eastern Cape, we enter Addo Elephant National Park, which is home to many of Africa�s big game. Our truck gives us an elevated view on our game drive, particularly for those photographic enthusiasts amongst us.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
DAY 7 Port Elizabeth
After an early morning game drive we bid farewell to the elephants and drive further south t o the sunshine coast. You will be dropped off at the airport in Port Elizabeth where the tour will end.
