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Beaches & Wildlife, Cape Town, South Africa
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This award winning 5 day/4 night trip explores all the delights that the beautiful Garden Route has to offer.

Day 1:

Depart from Cape Town and drive along N2 through to Cape Agulhas. Visit the Southern most tip of Africa and lighthouse before we head on to Albertinia and the Garden Route Game Lodge. Enjoy Big 5 sunset game drive, dinner and hotspring under the stars. Tonight you’ll have the option of staying at this magnificent Game Lodge simply by paying nominal upgrade fee (Guest House option includes Game Lodge Accommodation). Tonight we stay on a private guest farm outside Albertinia. (D)

Day 2:

Early morning Game drive to see some animals you perhaps didn’t see the evening before followed by a scrumptious breakfast! Depart for Oudtshoorn and drive over the spectacular Robinson Pass. Spend the afternoon at the Cango Caves and ride ostriches at the Cango Ostrich Farm before retiring to Backpackers Paradise where we will stay tonight. (B,D)

Day 3:

On departure we’ll head over the stunning Outiniqua pass down to the coast. Once in Wilderness we’ll do some canoeing on the Wilderness lagoon. Try spot some 200 different species of birds on the lagoon while paddling through the Wilderness National Park. Visit the World’s highest Bungy at Bloukrantz (plenty of time to jump for those thrill seekers) as well as walk hanging bridge over Storms River Mouth in the Tsitsikamma National Park. Overnight at Didge backpackers in Stormsriver Village. (B)

Day 4:

Today you have the option of an ocean adventure by spotting dolphins and Whales (in season) from a boat in Plettenberg Bay. After the boat cruise we head to Knysna for lunch and to explore the Knysna heads. On route to Swellendam we visit an aloe factory in Albertinia before arriving at the Buffeljagts Dam where we will on a private guest farm. There is also the option of going on the longest foefie-slide in Africa! (B, D)

Day 5:

Depart Swellendam and follow the coastal route towards Hermanus. There is time for an optional extra of Shark Cage Diving if any one so wishes. We explore Hermanus including whale watching (in season) and visit a winery for some wine tasting. From Hemanus to Betty’s Bay where we visit the penguins at Stony Point. Return to Cape Town late afternoon via the stunning False Bay coastline where hopefully we’ll see more whales or dolphins. (B)

Accommodation is in unusual sites
(a seaside train, farms and a private island)

Highlights of the Beaches & Wildlife Tour

  • Drive through a game farm boasting the BIG 5.
  • Hiking 3 km underground through the Cango Caves
  • Ride the world's largest bird (Ostrich)
  • Visit a cheetah & crocodile breeding project
  • Walk through South Africa's most beautiful forest
  • Tasting wine at one of SA's premier wine farms

What you need to bring

  • Sun Hat
  • Sunscreen
  • Camera
  • Sense of adventure
  • Clothing for all seasons
  • Good walking shoes

Tour Includes

  • The tour includes dinner bed and breakfast
  • All entrance fees are catered for
  • Big Five Game Viewing and Jacuzzi under the stars
  • Ostrich Farm
  • Crocodile and Cheetah Farm
  • Cango Caves
  • Tsitsikamma National Forest
  • River Canoeing in the Wildern

Tour Excludes

  • Dinner on Day 3 in Plettenberg Bay.

Optional Extras

  • Outeniqua ChooTjoe, catch an original Steam Train, the Outeniqua ChooTjoe to Knysna.     R65.00 for 2 hours      
  • Gliding, fixed wing gliding over the magical coastline of Plettenberg Bay.                         R350.00 / 30 minutes
  • Experience pure madness and pure thrill - jump the world's HIGHEST Bungy at Storms River.                     R580.00
  • Foefie Slide (ask any South African), the biggest in the world!                                                          R50.00
  • Shark Cage Diving, experience these beautiful monsters of the deep up close and personal.                   R1000.00

Transport

  • The very funky Bok Bus
  • An Ostrich
  • Train

Pick Up / Drop Off Points

  • Downtown
  • Atlantic seaboard
  • Waterfront

 

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Beaches & Wildlife Cape Town

Tour (BB-GR-5D)
Departs: Mondays
Minimum 2 passengers

Tour Cost

Dependent on numbers

Valid Until: 31 Dec 2008

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  • “We saw it all and did the best things that the Garden Route has to offer. What a blast!”
    by Caitlin Wigley

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