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Cape Town, Big7 Safari, Garden Route, & Route 62

Explore Cape Point, walk with Elephants, meet the Ostriches, visit the Cango Caves, Bloukrans Bridge,  Plettenberg Bay, Knysna, Mossel Bay, Hermanus, longest Wine Route, & search for the Big7

Highlights

Guided Tour

Explore Cape Town and the Cape Point, journey along the Garden Route on a unique BIG7 safari experience, seeking out the BIG 7 - Lion, leopard, Rhino, Elephant, Buffalo, Southern Right whales and Great White sharks. Observe South Africa's majestic big cats in their natural environment and learn about the challenges they face today. Stroll through the Tenikwa, where you will fall aslwwp with the roar of lions.

Walk alongside elephants, marvel at the stunning Klein Karoo beauty, explore the Cango Caves, Visit the world's ostrich capital to encounter these fascinating birds. Admire the full replica of Bartholomeu Dias' ship, visit Africa's highest bungee jump bridge. Venture along the world's longest wine route, and savor exquisite wines at some of South Africa's finest wine estates. Indulge in some of the world's best-aged brandies. Unwind on  cruise in Plettenberg Bay, explore hermanus, renowned for its exceptional land-based whale watching, and get up close with Great White Sharks—if you’re brave enough, take a dive with these incredible ocean dwellers.

Duration:  13  days / 12  nights 
Start / End: Cape Town

Destinations: Cape Town,  Hout Bay,  Simon's Town, Table Mountain,  Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve, Stellenbosch, Worcester,  Robertson, Barrydale, Calitzdorp, Oudtshoorn,  Knysna,  Plettenberg Bay, Wilderness, Garden Route, Albertina,  Mossel Bay, Swellendam,   Hermanus,  Gordon's Bay
 
 Accommodation: 4  Star
Group Size: Minimum 14 PAX

Price per person sharing 1 Jan - 30 Sept  2026:
Min PAX 8: R 74750
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Overview

Activities You Will Love

Inclusions

  • Guided Tour with a licensed Tourist Guide

  • Professional driver

  • All transportation to all destinations included as per itinerary

  • Game drives: open-safari 4x4 vehicle with a qualified guide

  • Roundtrip airport transfer

  • Accommodation  12 nights 

  • Meals: Breakfast: 12, Light Lunch 2, Dinner: 6

  • Drinks: bottled water x 2 per day per person

  • All activities included as per itinerary:

    • Panoramic tour of Cape Town

    • Cape of Good Hope - Peninsula Tour

    • Simon's Town Tour

    • Visit the penguin colony at Boulders Beach

    • Semi-Precious Stone Quest (includes a glass of semi-precious stones of your choice)

    • Table mountain Visit with the cable lift

    • Visit Victoria and Alfred Waterfront

    • Brandy Tour

    • Brandy and chocolate pairing

    • Wine & Cheese Pairing in Robertson Wine Region

    • Olive Oil Tasting

    • Ronnie’s Sex Shop Visit

    • A visit to the 4500 million year old Kangos and one of the Seven Wonders of South Africa

    • Ostrich Farm Tour

    • Visit to Bloukrans Bridge, the highest bungee jump bridge and the largest single-arch reinforced concrete bridge on the African continent (optional bungee jumping)

    • Indigenous forest tour with picnic lunch

    • Walk with Elephants Guided Tour

    • The Big cats of South Africa Guided Tour

    • Knysna and Knysna Heads Tour

    • Ocean Safari - Marine Boat Tour (December – May), or Whale Watching Cruise (June – November)

    • Morning guided game drive in a Private Big 5 Game Reserve: 2

    • Afternoon guided game drive in a Private Big 5 Game Reserve: 2

    • Tour of the Bartolomeu Dias museum complex in Mossel Bay

    • A visit to the Post Tree Museum in Mossel Bay

    • House of Aloe Tour

    • Great White Sharks Tour with Shark Cage Diving

    • All diving equipment including 7mm wetsuits are provided

    • Hermanus Tour

    • Stellenbosch Tour

    • Plettenberg Bay Tour

    • Gordons Bay Tour

  • All entrance and park entrance fees as per the itinerary

  • Porterage (at the airports and at the accommodation)

  • Sim card: complementary

Countries Visited: 1
Towns Visited: 17
Game Reserves Visited: 1

National Park Visited: 1

Tour Themes

  • BIG 7 Safari

  • Wine & Food Pairings

  • Special Occasions

  • Romance & Honeymoon

  • Nature & Adventure

  • Bucket List

Departure Dates

Can start on any date, depending on availability

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Short Itinerary

Itinerary
DAY 1

Meals Included:

No  meals included.
 

Activities Included:

  • Panoramic Tour of Cape Town

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Accommodation in Cape Town :

Portswood Hotel

DAY 2

Meals Included:

Breakfast
 

Activities Included:

  • Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve Tour

  • Boulder Beach Penguin Colony Tour

  • Simon's Town Visit

  • Scratch for semi-precious stones

 

Accommodation in Cape Town :

Portswood Hotel

DAY 3

Meals Included:

Breakfast
 

Activities Included:​

  • Table Mountain Visit with the cable lift

  • Stellenbosch Tour

  • Brandy Tour

  • Brandy and Chocolate Pairing

 

Accommodation:

Accommodation in the Cape Winelands

DAY 4

Meals Included:

Breakfast
 

Activities Included:​

  • Olive Oil Tasting

  • Wine Tasting and Pairing

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Accommodation:

Guest House Accommodation in Oudtshoorn

DAY 5

Meals Included:

Breakfast, Dinner
 

Activities Included:

  • Cango Caves Tour

  • Ostrich Tour

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Accommodation:

Guest House Accommodation in Oudtshoorn

DAY 6

Meals Included:

Breakfast, Dinner
 

Activities Included:

  • Transfer to Tenikwa

  • Knysna and Knysna heads Tour​

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Accommodation :

Guse House Accommodation / or Lion Cabins  in Tenikwa

DAY 7

Meals Included:

Breakfast, Light Lunch, Dinner
 

Activities Included:

  • Walk Trunk in Hand Elephant Tour

  • Forest Walk with Picnic

  • South Africa.s Big Cats Tour

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Accommodation:

Guest House Accommodation, near Plettenberg Bay

DAY 8

Meals Included:

Breakfast, Dinner
 

Activities Included:

  • Ocean Safari - Marine Boat Tour

  • Plettenberg Bay Tour

  • Bloukrans Bridge Visit

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Accommodation:

Guest House Accommodation, near Plettenberg Bay

DAY 9

Meals Included:

Breakfast, Dinner
 

Activities Included:

  • Wilderness Beach

  • Afternoon Guided Game Drive in the BIG 5 Game Reserve

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Accommodation:

Lodge Accommodation in the Private BIG 5 Game Reserve

DAY 10

Meals Included:

Breakfast, Dinner
 

Activities Included:

  • Morning Guided Game Drive in the BIG 5 Game Reserve

  • Post Office Tree Visit

  • Bartomolomeu Dias Museum

  • Afternoon Guided Game Drive in the BIG 5 Game Reserve

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Accommodation:

Lodge Accommodation in the Private BIG 5 Game Reserve

DAY 11

Meals Included:

Breakfast
 

Activities Included:

  • Morning  Guided Game Drive in the Big 5 Game Reserve

  • House of Aloe Tour

  • Stop at Swellendam

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Accommodation:

Accommodation near Hermanus

DAY 12

Meals Included:

Breakfast, Light Lunch
 

Activities Included:

  • Great White Sharks Tour with Shark Cage Diving

  • All diving equipment and towels are provided for the shark cage diving, including 7mm wetsuits

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Accommodation :

Accommodation near Hermanus

DAY 13

Meals Included:

Breakfast
 

Activities Included:

  • Tour of Gordons Bay

  • Transfer to Cape Town International Airport

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Accommodation :

No accommodation. End of Tour.

Meet and greet at Cape Town International Airport and Panoramic Tour of Cape Town

We will pick you up from Cape Town International Airport or your Cape Town hotel and then take you on a panoramic tour of Cape Town, We will then take you to your hotel to check in, freshen up and relax after the long flight to South Africa. Dinner at the hotel around 19:00 (dinner is not included).

Explore Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve, Visit Boulders Beach Penguin Colony and Scratch for Semi-Precious Stones

Breakfast at 8:00, Then we will travel to the Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve and visit the most southwestern tip of the African continent, see the Cape Mountain Zebra and Baboons and will experience a breath taking view of Atlantic Ocean. We will have lunch with a spectacular view around 12:30 (lunch not included). After lunch we will visit Simons Town and meet up close and personal the penguins at Boulders Beachthen go hunting for semi-precious stones. You will fill a cup with semi-precious stones and visit the Mineral World  Rock Shop. You will then return to the hotel. Dinner around 19:00 (dinner not included).

Visit Table Mountain, Stellenbosch Tour, Brandy Tour and Brandy and Chocolate Pairing

Breakfast will be served at 08:00 AM, followed by hotel checkout. Next, we’ll ascend to the top of Table Mountain via cable lift and you will be able to enjoy the magnificent breathtaking views from the top of Table Mountain. From there you’ll make your way to the wine capital, Stellenbosch, where a tour and lunch (not included) await you. You'll enjoy a Brandy tour discovering the “Angels’ Share and intriguing secrets of the ancient craft of brandy-making, along with tastings of exceptional brandies aged 5, 10 , 15, and 20 years. We’ll then head to your accommodation for an overnight stay. After checking in, and freshen you can go for a delightful dinner around 19:00.

Wine & Olives Tasting, the Magic of the Klein Karoo, the world’s longest wine route - Route 62 to Oudtshoorn - the ostrich capital of the world 

Breakfast will be served at 8:00 AM. You’ll then continue along the Longest Wine Route, stretching 850 km, from Cape Town to Port Elizabeth. You will pass the Breede River Valley and the Klein Karoo up to Oudtshoorn. We will kick off the day with an olive oil tasting before heading to Robertson for a delightful Wine and Cheese Pairing. Following this, we'll head to Barrydale for lunch and visit Ronnie's Sex Shop, a well-known stop in the Klein Karoo. Our journey along Route 62 will take us to Calitzdorp before reaching our accommodation in Oudtshoorn, with dinner planned for around 19:00.

Explore the Cango Caves and experience an up close and personal encounter with the largest bird – the ostrich

Breakfast at 8:00, then you will explore the world-famous Cango Caves, which are 4,500 million years old and are one of the Seven Wonders of South Africa and the largest caves in the country. We will then stop for lunch around 12:30 (lunch not included). You will then visit the first, oldest ostrich farm in the world and have an exciting encounter with the largest bird - the ostrich, the largest flightless bird, and learn about the important influence of this amazing bird on the town of Oudtshoorn and the ostrich industry feathers. You will have a special dinner and return to your guest house.

Scenic Outeniqua Pass, Knysna & Knysna Heads Tour and Fall Asleep to the Roar of Lions

Breakfast will be served at 8:00 am before we depart from the guest house. Next, you will journey across the Outeniqua Mountains, named after the Outeniqua Khoikhoi tribe that once the area. You will enjoy the scenic Outeniqua Pass on our way to Knysna. Following this we’ll visit Knysna and enjoy lunch at the Knysna Marina, famous for its delicious seafood (lunch not included). You'll enjony and take in the breathtaking views from the Knysna Heads before settling into a unique location surrounded by nature, where the sound of roaring lions can be heard at night. A traditional dinner will served around 19:00.

Walk hand in trunk with Elephants, Forest Walk and picnic in the Indigenous Forest and Big Cats Guided Tour 

Breakfast at 8:00. After breakfast you will enjoy a relaxed guided forest walk along the historical logging paths of the indigenous forest private reserve. You may spot the indigenous and rare stunning Knysna. You will have a picnic lunch in the secret forest glide and then you will head back to experience the indigenous wild cats of South Africa and learn all about the significant dangers they face today. And then you will have another unique experience, you will meet up close and personal the Elephants and have rare opportunity  to walk trunk in hand with elephants and interact with the largest land mammal on earth. Then you will have dinner around 19:00.

 

Visit Plettenberg Bay, enjoy an Ocean Safari with Whale Watching Cruise (or Marine Eco Tour, depending on the season), and Bloukrans Bridge, the highest bungee jump bridge in Africa

Breakfast at 08:00 and visit Plettenberg Bay, famous for its beautiful lagoons and golden beaches. And go on a Whale Watching Cruise (or a Marine Eco Tour, depending on the season). The tour will start with an exciting launch through the surf, you’ll set off in search of marine life. If you are lucky you might see the three species of dolphins regularly seen on the boat trips, Bottlenose and humpback dolphins are both normally found close inshore. Then you will venture further offshore, looking for common dolphins and the shy Bryde’s whale; occasionally spotting different seabirds before we arrive at the Cape fur seal colony on the Robberg Peninsula. The tour concludes with an exciting high-speed landing on the beach, after which you will be escorted back to the starting point.Then you will have lunch (lunch not included) and after lunch you will visit Bloukrans Bridge, the largest single-arch reinforced concrete bridge and the highest bungee jump bridge on the African continent. This unique architectural achievement rises 216 meters above the stunning gorge of the Bloukrans River. If you are brave enough, you can bungee jump (optional activity, not included). We will then return to our accommodation for a traditional dinner around 18:30

Sedgefield, Wilderness Beaches and Afternoon Safari in a Big 5 Game Reserve

Breakfast will be served at 08:00, after which we will check out and head towards Wilderness, a gem of Garden Route celebrated for its stunning natural scenery, expansive sandy beaches, and delightful local cuisine. On our journey, we pass through Sedgefield before visiting one of Wilderness' golden beaches, where we'll enjoy lunch at a beachfront restaurant (lunch not included). Following lunch, we will make our to the Big 5 Game Reserve, where you'll check in, refresh, and embark on an afternoon safari. After the guided game drive, you'll have time to freshen up before enjoying at the lodge around 19:00.

Each guided game drive lasts between 2 to 3 hours, depending on wildlife sightings and weather conditions. You'll have the chance to search for the Big 5: elephant, lion, leopard, rhinoceros, and buffalo. If you're fortunate, you may also catch a glimpse of free-roaming cheetahs, along with various antelope species such as the springbok, South Africa's national animal, impala, zebra, gemsbok, and other unique flora and fauna of Western Cape.

Morning guided game drive, Post Office Tree and Bartolomeu Dias Museum visit in Mossel Bay, afternoon guided game drive

You will have an early start to the day with an early morning game drive in the reserve, followed by breakfast. After breakfast you will  travel to Mossel Bay to visit the 500 year old post office tree, used by the early sailors to pass a messages to each other, and you will have the opportunity to send your very own letter to the sailors. You will then visit the Bartolomeo Díaz Museum, where you will see a life-size replica of Díaz's caravel that he sailed on when he first set foot in South Africa, followed by lunch around 13:00 (lunch not included). The Portuguese explorer made the first voyage around the tip of Africa in 1488 and made the first known European contact with the indigenous Khoi people in Mossel Bay. We will then return to the lodge and enjoy another afternoon game drive with a guide. Dinner around 19:00.

Morning Safari, travel to Hermanus, House of Aloe Tour and lunch in Swellendam 

Your day will begin early with a final morning safari in the reserve, followed by breakfast. Next, you'll visit the House of Aloe in Albertinia, known as the "Home of Aloe" due to the abundant growth of Cape Aloe (Aloe ferox) in region. Here, you'll tour the facilities to discover the's uses and have the option to purchase products or explore the natural landscape where these plants flourish. Afterward, you’ll head to Hermanus, stopping for lunch in Swellendam (lunch included). Founded in 1743 by the East India Company, Swellendam is South Africa's third oldest city, named after Cape Governor Hendrik Swellengrebel and his wife, Helena ten Damme. We will then continue on to Hermanus, where you can check into your accommodation and take some time to freshen up before dinner around 19:00 (dinner not included), after which you'll return to the hotel.

Meet the Great White Sharks and Tour of Hermanus

You’ll start your day early, followed by a trip to meet the Great White Sharks. Upon arriving in Gansbaai, a hot cup of coffee and a nutritious breakfast. You’ll then have the chance to get up close and personal with these magnificent ocean creatures observing them from the vessel. If you’re feeling adventurous, you can dive with them in a custom-built shark diving cage. This is a once-in-a-lifetime experience, with the opportunity to dive twice witness the Great Whites firsthand. After the boat tour, enjoy a light lunch before being transferred back Hermanus, where you can explore this charming coastal town known for its gourmet restaurants, boutique shops, and art galleries. Hermanus is also a breeding ground for southern right whales during the Whale Season from May/June to December, offering some of the best land whale watching in the world from scenic cliff walks. Finally, you’ll have dinner (not included) before returning to the hotel.

Relaxed Morning, Gordon's Bay and transfer to Cape Town International Airport

Enjoy breakfast at 8:00 AM, followed by a relaxing morning checking out of the hotel. Next, you'll explore Gordon's Bay, a charming coastal town famous its blue flag beach and excellent restaurants. Finally, we will take you to Cape Town Airport, concluding your tour.

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