Day 1 · Cape Town
Arrive in Cape Town
Your guide meets you at Cape Town airport for the short drive to your hotel. The rest of the day is free.
- Travel
- 20 km, about 30 minutes
12 days · 11 nights
The Cape and the coast road east, finished with two nights on safari.
Choose your dates when you enquire
Ask about datesFour nights in Cape Town cover the city, the Cape Peninsula and the Winelands. A guide then drives you along the Garden Route through Hermanus, Cape Agulhas, Oudtshoorn and Knysna to Port Elizabeth, and the journey ends with two nights at Kariega, a private Big Five reserve in the Eastern Cape.
The same person from your first question to the flight home, with a wedding or vow renewal planned alongside if you like.
How the days unfold. Your advisor tailors the pace, the hotels and the extras to you.
Cape Town
Day 1 · Cape Town
Your guide meets you at Cape Town airport for the short drive to your hotel. The rest of the day is free.
Day 2 · Cape Town
A half-day city tour takes in the Castle of Good Hope, the oldest surviving building in South Africa, the City Hall, the Company's Garden, the colourful Bo-Kaap and the view from Signal Hill. In the afternoon a two-hour hydrofoil trip on Table Bay looks for dolphins, seals, penguins and, in season, whales.
Cape Peninsula
Day 3 · Cape Peninsula
A full day around the peninsula, starting at the fishing harbour of Hout Bay and following the Atlantic coast to the Cape of Good Hope and Cape Point. The way back runs through Simon's Town, Kalk Bay and the green suburb of Constantia.
Stellenbosch, Paarl and Franschhoek
Day 4 · Stellenbosch, Paarl and Franschhoek
A day in the wine triangle of Stellenbosch, Paarl and Franschhoek, with oak-lined streets, Cape Dutch farmhouses and the vineyards first planted by French Huguenots. Estates along the way pour their wines with local cheeses.
Hermanus
Day 5 · Hermanus
Your escorting guide joins you for the rest of the journey and drives you to Hermanus on Walker Bay. Southern right whales come here to calve from July to November, and walking trails lead into the fynbos above the town.
Cape Agulhas and Oudtshoorn
Day 6 · Cape Agulhas and Oudtshoorn
Stop at Cape Agulhas, the southernmost tip of Africa where the Atlantic meets the Indian Ocean, and climb its red and white lighthouse. Then continue inland to Oudtshoorn for the night.
Oudtshoorn and Knysna
Day 7 · Oudtshoorn and Knysna
Oudtshoorn is the ostrich capital of the world, and a farm visit shows how the birds are raised. Next come the Cango Caves, a long chain of limestone halls, before an afternoon drive down to Knysna.
Knysna and Plettenberg Bay
Day 8 · Knysna and Plettenberg Bay
See the Knysna lagoon and the sandstone cliffs of the Heads, then the long beaches of Plettenberg Bay. Wander the walkways of the Birds of Eden free-flight sanctuary and join a guided walk at Monkeyland, before driving on to Storms River for the night.
Port Elizabeth
Day 9 · Port Elizabeth
Drive on to Gqeberha, long known as Port Elizabeth, stopping at the Bayworld museum and oceanarium. Its halls range from dinosaurs to a 15 metre southern right whale skeleton and model sailing ships, with a reptile park and a daily seal and penguin show outside.
Kariega Game Reserve
Day 10 · Kariega Game Reserve
A short drive brings you to Kariega, a 10,000 hectare private reserve set over two rivers, with grassland, riverine forest and bushveld. After lunch an English-speaking ranger takes you out on your first game drive, and at dusk hippos may come out of the river to graze.
Day 11 · Kariega Game Reserve
An early wake-up for a three-hour drive in an open vehicle, with coffee in the bush before breakfast at the lodge. The middle of the day is for the pool, then out again in the afternoon.
Port Elizabeth
Day 12 · Port Elizabeth
A final morning game drive and breakfast, then the transfer back to Port Elizabeth airport for your flight home.
The hotels for each stop. Your advisor confirms them, or something just as good, for your dates.
Cape Town · 4 nights
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Hermanus · 1 night
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Oudtshoorn · 1 night
A guest farm. Or similar
Knysna · 1 night
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Storms River · 1 night
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Port Elizabeth · 1 night
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Kariega Game Reserve · 2 nights
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Tell us when you would like to travel. Your advisor confirms dates and hotels, tailors the trip to the two of you, and stays with you until you are home.
South Africa
12 days · 11 nights
Cape Town → Hermanus → Oudtshoorn → Knysna → Storms River → Cape St Francis → Port Elizabeth
Begin with four nights in Cape Town for the city, the Cape Peninsula and the Winelands. A guide then drives you east by way of Hermanus, Cape Agulhas, the Little Karoo, Knysna and the Tsitsikamma forest, with two quiet nights at Cape St Francis before you finish in Port Elizabeth.
South Africa
11 days · 10 nights
Cape Town → Victoria Falls → Johannesburg → Marakele National Park → Johannesburg
You begin in Cape Town with an early cable car up Table Mountain, dinner beside the shark tank at the Two Oceans Aquarium and the penguins of the Cape Peninsula. Victoria Falls brings a sunset Zambezi cruise, a private walk at the falls and an elephant encounter. You finish with four nights in Marakele National Park, joining vets on a rhino conservation experience.
South Africa
5 days · 4 nights
Cape Town
Stay in one Cape Town hotel for all four nights and head out each day with your own driver guide. One day is a food walk through historic Stellenbosch, the next a city day that ends cooking lunch with a Cape Malay family in the Bo-Kaap, and the third a coastal run of small producers ending with the penguins at Boulders Beach.
Four nights in Cape Town cover the city, the Cape Peninsula and the Winelands. A guide then drives you along the Garden Route through Hermanus, Cape Agulhas, Oudtshoorn and Knysna to Port Elizabeth, and the journey ends with two nights at Kariega, a private Big Five reserve in the Eastern Cape.
Every trip can be shaped around you before you book.
Arrive early or stay on at the end, in the same hotel or somewhere new.
Your travel expert books flights that fit the first and last day.
Choose a better room or a hotel with a view for the nights that count.
A honeymoon, an anniversary or a birthday, planned into the trip.
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