Winelands & Garden Route Health & Wellness: Spa Treatments - Nutritious Cuisine - Fine Wine (5 Days)

Leaving the Winelands, we head through the unique and scenically spectacular Klein Karoo Route 62 to arrive in Oudtshoorn, the "ostrich capital" of the world. Great flocks of ostriches provide a spectacle to be seen nowhere else. Enjoy a wine-tasting with bread & cheese platter at De Krans Wine Estate - an award winning wine estate at Calitzdorp.

The ostrich is surely one of the world's most peculiar birds and you will experience a visit to a fascinating Ostrich Show Farm.  

Overnight in Oudtshoorn at Buffelsdrift Private Game Reserve.  Their Bush Spa offers a wellness haven that restores peace to body & soul. Various treatments are available to promote health & beauty. Optional Game drives are available. 

Free for Dinner at the exquisite dining Room overlooking the waterhole and enjoy a memorable culinary experience. Vegetarian dishes are available. 

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 or Juices.

Crossing the magnificent Outeniqua Mountains, we descend into the Garden Route. Our first Stop is the Wilderness where we stop for optional Craft Beer and Gin Tasting. (Juice and non-alcoholic beer available) Arriving in Knysna, we begin to explore this charming village with its myriad attractions for visitors.  

Overnight at the Knysna Waterfront or a nearby Guest House. Free for dinner at the Waterfront.

Today you will explore Plettenberg Bay and the Tsitsikamma forest 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. 

Lunch can be enjoyed at Bocca Dolce Restaurant. This quaint vegetarian/vegan café is on the farm Quarry Lake, where owners Lello and Lisa Incendiario grow and sell their own organic vegetables, microgreens, and wheatgrass.

Alternatively a fresh sea-food lunch can be taken right on the beach at Plettenberg Bay.

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 Yellowwood trees.

An optional tour of  Monkeyland or the Birds of Eden or the Tenikwa Wildlife rehabilitation center  is available before departing back to Knysna.

There will be time to visit the award winning Le Spa Tranquille, situated on the edge of the scenic Knysna Lagoon in Thesen Island Harbour Town. The therapy rooms have picturesque views of the lagoon which, combined with our therapists expert touch, guarantee a soothing experience leaving you feeling rejuvenated and de-stressed. 

Restore your well-being by indulging in treatments on offer from vichy shower scrubs, massage, hot stone therapy, reflexology, body wraps, specialised Clarins and Guinot facials and bridal treats to OPI manicures and pedicures.

Optional sunset cruise on the Knysna Lagoon. Free for dinner at the Knysna Waterfront.

After breakfast guests may visit the  Le Spa Tranquille. Alternative optional activities include Yoga, Whale & Dolphin Watching, a forest or beach walk or a round of golf at a Championship Course.  

There will be an opportunity to do some last minute shopping or enjoy lunch at the seaside at Victoria Bay. Mid afternoon drop  off at George Airport.

This tour can begin in George and end in Cape Town with slight changes to the itinerary. If the above mentioned accommodation is not available we will replace it with alternative accommodation of a similar nature.