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5 Day Garden Route and Addo Stomping Tour

From ZAR 10400

2023 Rates

ZAR 11150 Per Person Sharing

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Duration

5 Days

Pickup

Any Hotel or Address in Cape Town City

Itinerary

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Highlights:

  • Klein Karoo ostrich farm tour
  • Canoeing and hiking in Wilderness National Park
  • Game viewing safari in Addo Elephant National Park
  • Hiking in Tsitsikamma National Park
  • Visit to the African penguin colony at Bettys Bay
  • Visit to the Southernmost tip of Africa, Cape Agulhas

Description:

This 5-day Garden Route and Addo group adventure tour with an experienced and reputable touring company is a safe and affordable way to explore the Western Cape, Little Karoo, Whale Route, Addo Elephant National Park, and Route 62.

The tour starts in Cape Town every Monday and ends in Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) every Friday and offers a stunning mix of nature, culture and adventure, so you can experience the very best of what the Garden Route has to offer.

Accommodation

You will stay at places that were hand-picked over the years because of how clean, interesting, and welcoming they are. The exact establishments will depend on group size and availability.

Both private en suite rooms and shared dorms with mixed-gender dormitories are available to guests at guest houses and backpackers’ lodges respectively. In the guesthouses and backpackers, you can find single, double, and twin rooms. Towels and bedding are included. Backpackers and guesthouses do not typically have heating or air conditioning (because it is generally not necessary in South Africa).

Younger customers seeking a little more energy will prefer backpackers due to their more sociable atmosphere. Despite the low prices, the quality of backpackers in South Africa is usually top-notch. A guest house offers a more secluded, peaceful, and opulent alternative to hotels. Around 80% of guests on these tour stay in the guest houses and 20% in the backpackers.

The same tour vehicle carries both guests of guest houses and backpackers. Backpackers and guests stay in the same place on days 2 and 4 of the tour: a working citrus orchard near Addo and a working game farm near Oudtshoorn.

Itinerary:

Day 1: Cape Town – Hermanus – Cape Agulhas

(Approximate travel distance is 249 km and time on the road is about 3 hours.)

At the crack of dawn on Monday morning, you will be picked up in Cape Town’s central area (CBD, Camps Bay, Sea Point, Green Point, Observatory, Rondebosch, etc.) or at the airport.

You travel to Hermanus along the picturesque coastline and stop at Betties Bay to see a colony of African penguins, which are in danger of extinction. Hermanus is a popular seaside resort town that hosts hundreds of Southern Right Whales from July to November. The town also has numerous restaurants, shops, and markets, making it an ideal place to spend an afternoon.

You will continue your journey towards the southernmost point of Africa, Cape Agulhas, where you will stop at the “genuine” spot where the Indian and Atlantic Oceans converge.

Note that customers who opt to dive in shark cages will have to wake up extra early to catch the diving operator’s early morning pickup, meaning they will not have time to see Hermanus and the African Penguin Colony on Day 1.

Overnight accommodation in Agulhas or Struisbaai, dinner, and the visit to the penguins are included in your package and the following optional activities are available (prices approximate):

  • Shark cage diving: R 3600
  • Whale watching boat trip (in season, July – November): R 1320
  • Cycle (or e-bike) to the Southern Tip of Africa: R 300

 

Day 2: Cape Agulhas – Oudtshoorn

(Approximate travel distance is 330 km and travel  time about 4 hours.)

From Cape Agulhas you take the lovely Route 62, the lengthiest wine route in South Africa, to Oudtshoorn in the Little Karoo, also called the Ostrich Capital of the World.

Before settling into your lodgings on a Little Karoo game farm, you will enjoy a delightful lunch and wine tasting at a nearby winery. While the sun sets, you can take a tour of the ostrich farm while gazing at the Swartberg and Outeniqua mountain ranges.

Overnight accommodation on a working game farm in the Oudtshoorn area, breakfast and dinner, and the following activities are included in your package:

  • Local wine tasting
  • Klein Karoo ostrich farm tour

 

Day 3: Oudtshoorn – Wilderness – Sedgefield

(Approximate travel distance is 95 km and travel time about 1.5 hours)

After breakfast you will cross the magnificent Outeniqua Mountain pass and go to explore Wilderness National Park with canoes. As you float up the Touw River, you will pass through native forests and see a plethora of birds. The canoes will be left after forty minutes for a two-kilometre boardwalk hike to a beautiful waterfall and rock pools.

Later you will travel to Sedgefield to enjoy the town’s beautiful beach.

Overnight accommodation in Sedgefield, breakfast and dinner, as well as canoeing and hiking in Wilderness National Park is included in your package.

 

Day 4: Sedgefield – Knysna – Tsitsikamma – Addo

(Approximate travel distance is 350 km and travel time about 5 hours.)

The Lake District on the Garden Route will be on your route today as you travel to the renowned town of Knysna. To get a bird’s-eye view of the Indian Ocean and the Knysna River estuary, you will go to the Knysna Heads lookout.

Your next stop will be at Bloukrans Bridge (216 meters), the highest bungee jump bridge in the world. Those who are looking for an adventure can test your mettle at your leisure.

Tsitsikamma National Park, with its stunning coastline and native forest, is the perfect place to spend the middle of the day. Among the many things to do in the park are swimming, hiking, and even a suspension bridge over the Storms River. You We will depart from there and leave the Garden Route for Addo, in Big Five country, in the afternoon.

Overnight accommodation in the Addo area, breakfast and dinner, as well as entrance to Tsitsikamma National Park are included in your package. The 216 m Bloukrans bungee jump is optionally available for approximately R 1690.

 

Day 5: Addo – Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth)

(Approximate travel distance is 40 km and travel time around 30 minutes.)

In the morning, you will go on a safari through Addo Elephant National Park. In this 28,000-hectare national reserve, you will see a wide variety of animals, including around 600 elephants, a few Cape buffalo, lions, black rhinos, warthogs, zebras, eland, kudu, hartebeests, and many more.

This safari can last anywhere from two to three hours and the tour will conclude in Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) at around 13:00–14:00 after an exciting morning of game viewing.

Note that an extra safari experience is available to guests who want to extend their 5-Day Garden Route tour. This extra safari takes place at a private game reserve in the Eastern Cape, about an hour away from the tour’s end.

Your package doesn’t include any meals but does include entrance and the 2-3-hour drive with the tour vehicle through Addo Elephant National Park. Optionally, you can add a 2-hour open-vehicle game drive with an Addo field guide at approximately R 480.

Included:

  • 4 nights’ accommodation (at backpackers or guest houses)
  • Pick up and drop off
  • Services of a professional tour guide
  • Air-conditioned transport
  • Dinners and breakfasts (except on day 5)
  • Local wine tasting
  • Activities as mentioned in the itinerary

Excluded:

  • Optional activities as listed
  • Meals not mentioned in the itinerary
  • Gratuities
  • Any purchases of a personal nature

Good to know:

Please note:   Additional accommodation rates.

Backpacker twin/double en-suite – R11800

Backpacker single en-suite  – R 12400

Guest house twin/double -R 13700

Guest house single – R 15900

Group tours

MoAfrika Tours and its service providers offer cost effective group tours and transfers ranging from 2 – 12 persons per vehicle, please do inform us if you would prefer a private tour (additional rates may apply).

Collection / Drop off

Collection from any Hotel or Address in the Port Elizabeth between 07:30am – 09:00am

Drop-off at any hotel or address in Cape Town City Bowl from 19:00. We do not recommend booking any departure flight on the final day of the tour.

Please note

We do not recommend booking any departure flight on the final day of the tour.

 

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