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Some travellers planning holidays to South Africa most probably have ideas of what they would like to see and do while visiting the country. For that specific reason we are available to plan all kinds of holidays. Below is an idea of a tour including many of the attractions South Africa has to offer. You can use this as a guideline and let us know where to make changes.

Garden Route Tours and Safaris

A SIX DAY – BIG FIVE TOUR
GARDEN ROUTE PLUS TWO GAME RESERVES

These extended Garden Route Tours and South Africa Holidays include:
• Schotia Safaris
• Addo Elephant Park

Day 1:
HIGHLIGHTS:
Hugenots Tunnel
Breede River Wine Region
Kleinplasie – Open Air Agricultural Museum
Route 62
Oudtshoon - capitol of the South Africa Ostrich Industry
We depart from Cape Town to head for Worcester, heart of the biggest grape producing region of South Africa. We visit Kleinplasie, a living agricultural open air museum before we travel through Montagu, Barrydale and towns like Calitzdorp to Oudtshoorn. We travel on what is known as Route 62 and that was previosly known as the “ Fruit Route.” The Karoo region is an area characterized by vast plains, typical hills and picturesque sunsets. This is a rugged world – “big sky country” – a region of surprises known as the “Little Karoo.” Travel to the centre of the worlds Ostrich Industry –Oudtshoorn.
Overnight at Cul De Sac Guest House along The Garden Route

Day 2:
HIGHLIGHTS:
World Famous Cango Caves and major highlight of The Garden Route
Ostrich Show Farm
Ostrich Palaces
Crocodile Ranch and Cats of the World
We start our day with a visit to an Ostrich Show Farm for some unique experiences, including Ostrich riding and racing. We will also have a look at the so-called Ostrich Palaces of former years. Lovely sandstone buildings that was built out of sandstone at the time when Ostrich Feathers was known as “White Gold”. .Commercial ostrich farming started during the late 1880's in South Africa in Oudtshoorn. This was also the start of the ostrich industry worldwide. The fashion demand in Europe for ostrich feathers inspired the growth of the industry, with the Oudtshoorn district quickly being established as the Ostrich capital of the world. Once we have learned all about the ostrich business we will travel to the fertile Cango Valley at the foot of the Swartberg Mountains – South Africa's 6th World Heritage Site in a area also known as the Little Karoo .Here we will visit the world famous Cango Caves..
The Cango Caves are located in limestone formations at the foothills of the Swartberg range .The Main cave that is open to the public is one of the country's finest, best known and most popular tourist caves and attracts many visitors from overseas. It is the second most visited natural attraction behind Table Mountain in South Africa. Although the extensive system of tunnels and chambers go on for over four kilometers, only about a quarter of this is open to visitors, who may proceed into the cave only in groups supervised by a guide. After your guided tour we will visit the CANGO Wildlife Ranch. The Cango Wildlife Ranch is the oldest and biggest cheetah contact centre worldwide and offers visitors the rare opportunity of interacting with our hand reared cheetahs and getting actively involved in saving this species and others from extinction. Other cats of the world such as Jaguar and Tigers can also be seen. Overnight Oudtshoorn.

Day 3:
HIGHLIGHTS:
De Rust , Uniondale
Route 62
Langkloof –spectacular Apple Producing Area
City of Port Elizabeth
Addo Elephant Park
Our journey goes through the Langkloof (continue on Route 62) – the spectacular apple growing area – up to Port Elizabeth and to ADDO ELEPHANT PARK. Tonight will be your first experience with Africa’s wild animals when you will do a Sundowner evening Game Drive for about two hours in open Safari Landrovers with spotlights to also find your nocternal animals.
We will overnight in ADDO PARK or a Guest House if no accommodation is available in the Park.

Day 4:
HIGHLIGHTS:
Addo Elephant Park
SCHOTIA SAFARI’S
Today we explore Addo Elephant Park in our search for the Big 5 that we have not seen yet. We will do a game drive after breakfast to about lunch time before we leave for Schotia Safari’s where you will go on a Safari on an open Safari Landrover truck at 15H00. You will also enjoy your evening meal at Schotia and return at about 21h00 .This trip is also known as the TOOTH AND CLAW SAFARI. Please have a look at Schotia Safari’s website for a detailed list of animals that can be seen. http://www.schotia.com/
We travel to the city of Port Elizabeth to overnight at 5th Avenue Guest House.

Day 5:
HIGHLIGHTS:
Port Elizabeth –the Friendly City.
Storms River Bridge
The Big Tree-800 year old Yellowwood Tree
Tsitsikamma National Park
Bloukrans Bridge-216 meter Bungy
Plettenberg Bay
Lagoonside Town of Knysna
Sundowner Cruise on Lagoon
We will do a very short introduction of the City of Port Elizabeth .Today’s tour program will take you the heart of the Garden Route. We will explore areas like the Tsitsikamma National Park, Plettenberg Bay down to the very popular town of Knysna. The Knysna area is regarded as one of South Africa’s most beautiful areas. The town offers plenty of shopping opportunities and is apart front its beauty also known as the “Arts and Crafts Capitol “of South Africa. Other highlights for today will include a brief stop at the very impressive Bloukrans Bridge-the highest commercial Bungee Jump in the world. This bridge is 216 meters high and is one of the most impressive pieces of engineering being found on the Garden Route. This stretch of the Garden Route today is also characterized by massive cliffs, very narrow isolated beaches and shady indigenous forests along river valleys. We will end this day with a lagoon cruise on the Knysna Estaury. This will be the Sundowner Cruise. Overnight in Knysna on a B&B Basis.

Day 6:
Mossel Bay Museum Complex
Albertinia –Aloe Skin Products
Swellendam -3 rd oldest town in RSA
Scenic Mountain Passes-Sir Lowry’s Pass
We start today with our return journey to Cape Town. The program will first of all take us via the town of Sedgefield, Wilderness to Mossel Bay. Our morning is spend on exploring the Diaz Museum Complex. Learn more about the Portuguese History at the Cape as they where looking for the sea route to India. We also visit the Post Office Tree which is regarded as the original Milkwood Tree in which letters was found in a shoe about 500 years ago. The oldest Post Office in Africa. We travel further to the town of Albertinia. This area is known for two unusual products- Thatching Reed and the plant known as Aloe Vera. Aloes are found in great numbers in and around this town and therefore the Aloe Factories in Albertinia. We will make a short visit to an Aloe Factory /Shop for a brief introduction into this business of making export skin products from this unique plant. We will get to historical Swelledam (3rd oldest town) mid afternoon to catch up on their early rebelious history. We travel along scenic mountain passes-like Sir Lowry’s, huge apple producing areas (Grabouw) to get to Cape Town late afternoon.

As a natural extension to your Garden Route Experience, we can also offer you Big 5 Safaris in a Malaria-free area. This will mean that we extend the normal Garden Route Tours to the Eastern Cape Province Game Reserves. We will be able to offer you Big 5 Safaris in and around the popular Addo Elephant National Park. With this option you can make a one-way trip to the city of Port Elizabeth and get a connection flight to your next destination.

We have been exploring and enjoying this magnificent stretch of land with guests from all over the world for many years. We give you the best of The Garden Route, Cape Town and South Africa, with a intimate, personal touch.

We are very flexible - meaning we can listen to whatever tour requirements you might have and implement them into one of the existing tours or even create you a unique, tailor made tour. Simply let us know what your exact requirements are and we will send you an itinerary and quote.


 
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