5. Garden Route, Addo and Winelands: 7-Day Combo from Cape Town
The ultimate Garden Route experience - explore the winding roads from Cape Town to Addo National Park. This is a combo tour package including a 2-day Western Cape tour and 5-day Garden Route tour; your vehicle, guide and tour members can change during the trip.
Day 1 & 2: Cape Winelands & Cape Point
Sample wine paired with cheese at Fairview wine estate and with chocolate at Muratie winery in the scenic Cape Winelands. Join a 15-minute wine tram journey to Rickety Bridge in the historic town of Franschhoek. Join the Taste & Tram along the Cape Winelands small group day tour (or similar).
Continue to spend time in Franschhoek for lunch before you return to overnight for 2 nights in Cape Town as per your selected package: (Saver) Never@home Backpackers, (Comfort) 3-star Sea Point Protea or Sky hotel, (Deluxe) 4-star Garden Court Hotel Victoria Junction or similar.
Travel via Chapman's Peak towards Cape Point. After a short hike to the top of the lighthouse and a stroll down to the Cape of Good Hope, journey along Boulder's Beach to visit the penguins and drive past colourful beach huts at Muizenberg Beach. Return to your overnight stay in Cape Town.
Day 3: Oudtshoorn
Capture the beauty of the high mountains and rugged Karoo plains on a drive along the legendary Route 62 to reach and explore the Cango Caves. Stay the night in Oudtshoorn: (Saver) Uthando Backpackers, (Comfort) 3-star Yamkela Guesthouse, Deluxe) 4-star Buffelsdrift Lodge or similar.
Day 4: Addo
Fall in love with giant orphaned elephants on an optional bush walk. Visit an ostrich farm before spending the night in Addo town: (Saver) Avoca Cabins, (Comfort) 3-star Gerlads Gift Guesthouse, (Deluxe) 4-star Addo Wildlife Lodge or similar.
Day 5: Addo, J’bay
Look for wildlife on a game drive by tour bus at Addo Elephant National Park, home to the most dense population of wild elephants on the planet. Opt in to an extra Addo 4x4 safari led by a ranger. Chill at J’bay beach: swim, surf or partake in optionals like beach horse riding or sand boarding. Stay at Jeffrey's Bay: (Saver) Island Vibe Backpackers, (Comfort) 3-star Sea Whisper, (Deluxe) 4-star On The Beach Guesthouse.
Day 6: Wilderness
Face your fear for an optional jump from the world's highest bungee bridge at the Bloukrans, zip-line over waterfalls or have more time to explore the Tsitsikamma National Park. Visit The Heads viewpoint at Knysna. Stay at Wilderness area: (Saver) PiliPili Backpackers, (Comfort) 3-star Fairy Knowe, (Deluxe) 4-star Dolphin Dune.
Day 7: Wilderness
Canoe peacefully in nature at the Wilderness region and watch abundant birdlife while rowing to a waterfall. Choose to visit Mossel Bay beach or partake in an optional 4x4 Botlierskop Game Reserve Safari before arriving back in the Cape at evening (about 9 pm).