Safari Big Five Garden Route Tour

Tour Highlights: (Detailed itinerary below)
Day 1 - 09h00 Departure
> Du Toit's Kloof Mountains
>Town of Worcester
> Open Air Agriculturl Museum
> Route 62
> Barrydale
> Oudtshoorn - Capital of the Ostrich Industry

Day 2
> Cango Caves
> Ostrich Show Farm
> Crocodile Ranch and Cheetahland
> Ostrich Palaces

Day 3
> De Rust
> Langkloof - Apple area
> Port Elizabeth
> Addo Elephant Park - Evening Game Drive

Day 4
> Addo Elephant Park
> Optional Choice to do a second Private Park - Schotia safari's (15h00)
> Overnight: Port Elizabeth or Addo Elephant Park

Day 5
> N2 to Storms River Bridge
> The Big Tree - 800 year Old Yellow Wood Tree
> Bloukrans Bungee Bridge
> Plettenberg Bay
> Cruise on Knysna Lagoon

Day 6
> Spend an extra night in Oudtshoorn
> Knysna, Wilderness and George
> Mossel Bay - Diaz Museum Complex
> Albertinia to Swellendam

Price of Tour :R6 885 per person sharing (R 750 single supplement)
Price Includes: Bed & Breakfast, all entrance fees at above mentioned venues
Price Excludes: Lunch, Dinner & Drinks
Private Tours: An additional cost of R300 per person per day.

Here follows a detailed itinerary of the above mentioned highlights:

Day 1:
We depart from Cape Town at 08:00 and head for Worcester, heart of the biggest grape-producing region in South Africa. We visit Kleinplasie, a living open-air agricultural museum, before we travel through Montagu to Oudtshoorn to overnight. A visit to an Ostrich Show farm is a perfect ending to our first day.

Day 2:
We start the day by visiting the famous Cango Caves. This will be followed by a visit to the Crocodile Ranch/Cheetahland. Our Journey goes through the Langkloof, the spectacular apple-growing area - to Schotia Safari's. You will do an evening Game Drive with a guide of the Parks Board. We will overnight in the Addo Village on a B&B basis.

Day 3:
After breakfast we will start the day by taking a drive in the Addo Elephant Park, before we depart for Shamwari ( OPTIONAL) where you can enjoy a game drive with highly trained game rangers. Customers can opt to only do Addo Elephant Park on this day. This option will also then include an evening Game Drive in Addo Elephant Park. You will overnight in Addo Village.

Day 4:
We travel via Port Elizabeth and the Tsitsikamma National Park to include a visit to the "Big Tree" and the Storms River Mouth in the Park. This will also include a quick stop in Plettenberg Bay. You will overnight in Knysna.

Day 5:
We explore our way back to Cape Town by visiting Wilderness and Mossel Bay. This town will offer us the Old Post Office Tree, and a stroll through the historically interesting Maritime Museum. We arrive in Swellendam for a coffee/tea break to complete our late afternoon tour in Cape Town.

Price of Tour :R6 885 per person sharing (R 750 single supplement)
Price Includes: Bed & Breakfast, all entrance fees at above mentioned venues
Price Excludes: Lunch, Dinner & Drinks
Private Tours: An additional cost of R300 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