3 Day Garden Route Tour

From our experience, we have compiled the following itineraries. These are merely suggestions. Please feel free to talk to us about adjusting, changing or personalising the tour for you.

Tour Highlights: (Detailed itinerary below)
Day 1 - 09h00 Departure
> Sir Lowry's Pass - Views of False bay
> Elgin / Grabouw - Apple Region
> Wheatlands of the Overberg
> Historical Swellendam
> Gouritz River Gorge
> Mossel Bay - Diaz Museum

Day 2
> Choo Tjoe (when operational)
> George
> Wilderness
> Featherbed Nature Reserve - Lagoon cruise
> Knysna Heads

Day 3
> Plettenberg Bay
> Worcester
> Huguenots Tunnel

Price of Tour :R 4 195 per person sharing (R 450 single supplement)
Price Includes: Bed & Breakfast, all entrance fees at above mentioned venues
Price Excludes: Lunch, Dinner & Drinks

Here follows a detailed itinerary of the above mentioned highlights:

Day 1:
We depart from Cape Town at 09h00 to cross the Hottentots Holland Mountain Range at Sir Lowry's pass. We pass Elgin, Grabouw, the apple producing areas. The drive through the rolling wheatlands of the Overberg will bring us to historical Swellendam - 3rd oldest town in South Africa. A brief stop at Gouritz River Gorge, well known for bungy-jumping, will bring us to Mossel Bay, site of early Portugese explorers. We also visit the Old Post Office tree before we depart for George to overnight. Accommodation on a Bed & Breakfast basis.

Day 2:
Today we board the "Outeniqua Choo-Tjoe" for a steam train trip to Sedgefield. (NO TRIPS ON SUNDAYS). We explore the lagoonside town of Knysna before departing via Plettenberg Bay to Nature's Valley in the Tsitsikamma Forest. We return via the Outenqua Pass to Oudtshoorn. Accommodation on a Bed & Breakfast basis.

Day3:
Today is spent on exploring the Capital of the Ostrich World - Oudtshoorn. We start with one of the World's Natural Wonders - the world famous Cango Caves. A guided tour of the limestone formations will be done. We set off to a premier Ostrich Show Farm, where you can ride on one if you have what it takes! We leave Oudtshoorn for Cape Town via Barrydale, Montagu and the Huguenot Tunnel at Du Toit's Kloof Pass - the longest underground tunnel in South Africa

Price of Tour :R 4 195 per person sharing (R 450 single supplement)
Price Includes: Bed & Breakfast, all entrance fees at above mentioned venues
Price Excludes: Lunch, Dinner & Drinks
Private Tours: An additional cost of R400 per person per day.

From our experience, we have compiled the above mentioned itineraries. These are merely suggestions. Please feel free to talk to us about adjusting, changing or personalising the tour for you.
We specialize in smaller, personalized tours with groups of 2 - 8 persons in luxury, air-conditioned vehicles.

Make sure to have a look at our other Garden Route Tour Options, which might be of help to you:
- Choose from 3 - 6 Day Garden Route Tours
- One-way tours from Port Elizabeth
- Bottelierskop - Game Farm
- Knysna Elephant Park - Touch an African Elephant!
- Monkeyland and Bird Sanctuary
- Tented Accommodation with Horse Riding
- Pay-as-you-please Tours : My vehicle - your program