Cape Winelands and the Garden Route for Wine Lovers - 5 Days

DAY 2  (Breakfast + Lunch Platter + 1 Wine Tasting)

Leaving the Winelands, we head through the unique and scenically spectacular Klein Karoo Route 62 to arrive in Calitzdorp. Here  we make a stop for lunch and a tasting of award winning wines. We continue on to Oudtshoorn, the "ostrich capital" of the world, with great flocks of ostriches providing a spectacle to be seen nowhere else in the world. The ostrich is surely one of the world's most peculiar birds and experience a visit to fascinating Ostrich Show Farm.   Overnight in Oudtshoorn.

DAY 3  (Breakfast + Lunch platter + 1 Wine Tasting)

After a leisurely breakfast, we proceed to one of Africa's great wonders - the subterranean wonderland of the Cango Caves. The largely unexplored sequence of vast caverns are filled with amazing formations of glittering dripstone.  Lunch is enjoyed along with a tasting of Klein Karoo Wines.

Crossing the magnificent Outeniqua Mountains, we descend into the Garden Route. Arriving in Knysna, we begin to explore this charming village with its myriad attractions for visitors. Overnight in Knysna.

DAY 4  (Breakfast + Lunch + 1 wine Tasting)

Today you will explore Plettenberg Bay and the Tsitsikamma region. Originally named Bahia Formosa (Beautiful Bay) by the first Portuguese explorers, Plettenberg Bay more than lives up to its name as you spend time in its environs. We will do some whale and dolphin spotting. In the winter months there will be plenty of whales to view close to the shore.  

The coastal road we follow wends it's way along steep river gorges, over spectacular mountain passes and through dense indigenous forests and ferns. We visit the tiny settlement of Nature's Valley, one of the loveliest havens of tranquillity along the Garden Route. Our exploration of this ancient forest  leads through the tangle of trees, ferns and creepers to the undisputed monarch of the forest -  gigantic Outeniqua Yellowood trees. Enjoy your  lunch at a Wine Estate.

An optional tour of Monkeyland or the Birds of Eden or the Teniqua Wildlife Centre is available before departing back to Knysna. Free for Dinner and an optional sunset cruise on the Knysna Lagoon.

DAY 5  (Breakfast)

We head down towards George. Stop for an optional craft beer and gin tasting en route.  After an opportunity to do some last minute shopping You may enjoyan optional lunch. We drop off our guests in the early afternoon at George Airport for your onward flight or road transfer.