On arrival in Cape Town at Cape Town International Airport, you’ll be met and transferred to your hotel.
South Africa’s Mother City is consistently voted one of the world’s best cities to visit. The remainder of the day is at leisure and unescorted to enjoy the vibrant culture, scenic beauty, and award-winning cuisine.
Accommodation:
The President Hotel or similar
President Hotel, Cape Town
The President Hotel, a luxurious resort in the heart of Bantry Bay, is the ideal base from which to explore Cape Town. Nestled along the stunning Atlantic Ocean coastline, the hotel offers more than just luxury accommodation; it provides an unforgettable experience. Breathe in the fresh sea breeze and soak in the panoramic ocean or mountain views from your room.
Enjoy a full day at leisure in Cape Town. You may choose to join an optional sightseeing tour featuring highlights such as Table Mountain, the Cape Peninsula, and the Constantia Winelands (at your own expense), or immerse yourself in an authentic local experience with a visit to Babylonstoren Wine Farm, nestled in the scenic Cape Winelands (also optional and at your own expense).
Optional Excursion:
Table Mountain, Cape Peninsula & Constantia Winelands Experience – R 2,095.00 per person
Babylonstoren Wine Farm Experience – R 1,690.00 per person
Alternatively, unwind on one of Cape Town’s many pristine beaches. Despite its compact size, the city offers a vibrant mix of attractions, from iconic landmarks and bustling craft markets to excellent bars, cafes, and restaurants.
Accommodation:
The President Hotel or similar
*Breakfast included
President Hotel, Cape Town
The President Hotel, a luxurious resort in the heart of Bantry Bay, is the ideal base from which to explore Cape Town. Nestled along the stunning Atlantic Ocean coastline, the hotel offers more than just luxury accommodation; it provides an unforgettable experience. Breathe in the fresh sea breeze and soak in the panoramic ocean or mountain views from your room.
This morning, meet your local tour guide and set off on your journey along the scenic Garden Route. Travel via Sir Lowry’s Pass, offering breathtaking views, to the verdant regions of Grabouw and Elgin—an area framed by majestic mountains. En route, enjoy a stop at a charming farm stall, brimming with locally made products from the surrounding area.
The journey continues to Cape Agulhas, the southernmost point of Africa, where the Atlantic and Indian Oceans converge. This remote and largely untouched region, with its rugged coastline, has long been known as a treacherous stretch for ships. Here, you’ll visit the historic Cape Agulhas Lighthouse, a symbolic landmark marking the tip of the continent.
After this memorable experience, travel through the historic town of Swellendam and the scenic Tradouw Pass en route to Barrydale and the famous Route 62. Your final destination for the day is Oudtshoorn, renowned as the ‘ostrich feather capital of the world’ and the heart of the global ostrich farming industry. This evening, enjoy a unique dining experience at an ostrich farm, featuring local delicacies such as ostrich steak.
Accommodation:
La Plume Boutique Hotel or similar
*Dinner included
La Plume Boutique Guest House
La Plume is a Boutique Guest House on a working ostrich, alfalfa and cattle farm with spectacular views of the Swartberg Mountains and the Olifants River Valley. A warm welcome awaits you at this charming 1902 Victorian homestead with its tranquil surroundings where Karin, the owner, has combined old-world charm with modern comforts to ensure extraordinary service and personal attention.
Take a tour of the spectacular limestone caverns of the Cango Caves, one of the world’s great natural wonders, sculpted by nature through the ages. Join a fun-filled, interactive guided tractor tour at a working Ostrich Farm, followed by a wine tasting and sampling of top-quality wines from the region.
Accommodation:
La Plume Boutique Hotel or similar
*Breakfast included
La Plume Boutique Guest House
La Plume is a Boutique Guest House on a working ostrich, alfalfa and cattle farm with spectacular views of the Swartberg Mountains and the Olifants River Valley. A warm welcome awaits you at this charming 1902 Victorian homestead with its tranquil surroundings where Karin, the owner, has combined old-world charm with modern comforts to ensure extraordinary service and personal attention.
After breakfast, journey over the scenic Outeniqua Pass to George, South Africa’s sixth-oldest town, rich in history and home to notable landmarks such as the Slave Tree and the King Edward VII Library, renowned as the finest example of Edwardian architecture in the area. Continue through Wilderness, a charming seaside resort town, and travel onward to Knysna, often referred to as the oyster capital of South Africa. This picturesque town is nestled along a serene lagoon in the heart of the Garden Route.
En route, savour a delicious lunch featuring traditional cuisine and local delicacies. The afternoon is yours to enjoy at leisure, followed by a relaxing sunset cruise on the Knysna Lagoon to end the day on a tranquil note.
Accommodation:
Rex Hotel or similar
*Breakfast and Lunch included
aha The Rex Hotel
Knysna is a haven of beaches, forests, lakes and sea, and aha The Rex Hotel is one of this coastal town’s most sophisticated accommodation offerings. A warm welcome and timeless elegance ensure guests enjoy a special experience during their stay at aha The Rex Hotel, as we promise superior service and exceptional comfort time and again.
Located on the world-famous Garden Route, aha The Rex Hotel is a celebration of urban style, making it one of the most exhilarating getaway destinations in its class. Expect an eclectic mix of modern and classic comforts that capture the essence of 4-star luxury. The O Bar & Eatery serves Buffet Breakfast daily in a contemporary setting with cuisine that is beautifully presented and prepared using only the freshest ingredients that Knysna has to offer. aha The Rex Hotel offers travellers a gateway to Knysna’s outstanding restaurants, blossoming forests, nature reserves, arts and crafts, and the shores of the serene lagoon.
Today you’ll have the opportunity to further explore the natural beauty of the Garden Route. Visit Monkeyland Primate Sanctuary, where you will be able to see a variety of primates, roaming free in the forest. This award-winning sanctuary is well known for its efforts to rehabilitate and free previously caged primates.
*A portion of the trip price of this MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience, goes towards ensuring that these already endangered species can survive and reproduce for a future reintroduction into the wild.
The tour continues to the famous Eastern Head, where you will enjoy spectacular views of the Knysna Heads (weather permitting). Afterwards, you’ll travel to Brenton on Sea, a breathtaking holiday location and a nature lover’s paradise with its unspoilt beaches and peaceful surroundings. The remainder of the afternoon will be at leisure.
Accommodation:
Rex Hotel or similar
*Breakfast included
aha The Rex Hotel
Knysna is a haven of beaches, forests, lakes and sea, and aha The Rex Hotel is one of this coastal town’s most sophisticated accommodation offerings. A warm welcome and timeless elegance ensure guests enjoy a special experience during their stay at aha The Rex Hotel, as we promise superior service and exceptional comfort time and again.
Located on the world-famous Garden Route, aha The Rex Hotel is a celebration of urban style, making it one of the most exhilarating getaway destinations in its class. Expect an eclectic mix of modern and classic comforts that capture the essence of 4-star luxury. The O Bar & Eatery serves Buffet Breakfast daily in a contemporary setting with cuisine that is beautifully presented and prepared using only the freshest ingredients that Knysna has to offer. aha The Rex Hotel offers travellers a gateway to Knysna’s outstanding restaurants, blossoming forests, nature reserves, arts and crafts, and the shores of the serene lagoon.
Travel to Plettenberg Bay, considered the jewel of the Garden Route, for a visit to the Birds of Eden sanctuary, the biggest single free-flight aviary in the world. The sanctuary was developed to create a safe environment in which to release a large collection of free-flight African birds.
*A portion of the trip price of this MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience goes towards protecting genetically pure species of various Taxa in a semi-wild state and to hold the seeds of these Taxa for future reintroduction into the wild.
The journey continues to Bloukrans Bridge, currently offering the highest commercially operated bungee jump in the world. Visit the Tsitsikamma National Park and Storms River Mouth (weather permitting). The Tsitsikamma National Park incorporates 80 km of rocky coastline with spectacular sea and landscapes, a remote mountainous region with secluded valleys covered in mountain Fynbos and temperate high forests with deep river gorges leading down to the sea.
Accommodation:
Tsitsikamma Village Inn or similar
*Breakfast included
Tsitsikamma Village Inn
The Hotel’s Hunters Pub was a hunting lodge that was built in 1841 to accommodate hunters that walked into the area to hunt game in the surrounding forests. In 1860, Thomas Bain constructed the road from Plettenberg Bay to Kareedouw through the Tsitsikamma. This 184 km road took 4 years to complete with the help of 200 convicts. Just past the Tsitsikamma Village Inn is the original pass – at the time the pass was so narrow, it was only open to traffic in one direction each day. Travellers waiting for their turn used to outspan in the Hotel’s ground.
Head eastwards along the Tsitsikamma Forest to Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), affectionately known as the “friendly city”.
Travel to Chief Dawid Stuurman Airport for an onward flight to Johannesburg, where you’ll be met and transferred to your hotel. The remainder of the day is yours to relax (unescorted).
Accommodation:
Southern Sun Sandton or similar
*Breakfast included
Southern Sun Sandton
​Southern Sun Sandton is a 4-star hotel located at 123 Rivonia Road in Johannesburg's business district. The hotel offers 301 soundproofed rooms equipped with air conditioning, complimentary Wi-Fi, tea and coffee stations, refrigerators, work desks, TVs with selected DStv channels, and safes. Guests can enjoy dining at the on-site Eclipse Restaurant and drinks at the Skye Bar, which offers panoramic city views. Additional amenities include a rooftop pool, fitness center, business center, and concierge services. The hotel is within walking distance of Sandton City and Nelson Mandela Square, and offers a complimentary shuttle within a 5 km radius, including the Sandton Gautrain Station.
Spend a full day exploring Soweto and surrounds, where some of the watershed events in the struggle against apartheid occurred. The tour starts with a drive past the FNB Stadium, also known as Soccer City, and the venue for the 2010 FIFA World Cup Final. It was the site of Nelson Mandela’s first speech in Johannesburg after his release from prison in 1990.
The drive continues through Diepkloof, home to Soweto’s richest, and then to Kliptown, where the Freedom Charter was officially adopted in 1955. Drive past the Regina Mundi Church that played a pivotal role in the township’s history of resistance against apartheid. Then onto Vilakazi Street, the most famous street in Soweto, where two Nobel Prize winners once lived, Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu.
The afternoon will conclude with visits to the Hector Pieterson Memorial and Museum that commemorate the role of the country’s students in the struggle against apartheid and the prestigious Apartheid Museum, that covers the full history of the Apartheid era in South Africa.
Accommodation:
Southern Sun Sandton or similar
*Breakfast included
Southern Sun Sandton
​Southern Sun Sandton is a 4-star hotel located at 123 Rivonia Road in Johannesburg's business district. The hotel offers 301 soundproofed rooms equipped with air conditioning, complimentary Wi-Fi, tea and coffee stations, refrigerators, work desks, TVs with selected DStv channels, and safes. Guests can enjoy dining at the on-site Eclipse Restaurant and drinks at the Skye Bar, which offers panoramic city views. Additional amenities include a rooftop pool, fitness center, business center, and concierge services. The hotel is within walking distance of Sandton City and Nelson Mandela Square, and offers a complimentary shuttle within a 5 km radius, including the Sandton Gautrain Station.
Enjoy a full day at leisure and unescorted. Perhaps join a tour to Maropeng, the Cradle of Mankind (optional and for own account) or enjoy some shopping at Nelson Mandela Square, home to a variety of shops and boutiques catering for all tastes and budgets.
Optional Excursion:
Morning Maropeng, Cradle of Humankind Tour – R 2 985.00 per person
Afternoon Pretoria Tour – R 3 060.00 per person
Accommodation:
Southern Sun Sandton or similar
*Breakfast included
Southern Sun Sandton
​Southern Sun Sandton is a 4-star hotel located at 123 Rivonia Road in Johannesburg's business district. The hotel offers 301 soundproofed rooms equipped with air conditioning, complimentary Wi-Fi, tea and coffee stations, refrigerators, work desks, TVs with selected DStv channels, and safes. Guests can enjoy dining at the on-site Eclipse Restaurant and drinks at the Skye Bar, which offers panoramic city views. Additional amenities include a rooftop pool, fitness center, business center, and concierge services. The hotel is within walking distance of Sandton City and Nelson Mandela Square, and offers a complimentary shuttle within a 5 km radius, including the Sandton Gautrain Station.
This morning, you will be collected from your hotel, heading east to the Mpumalanga region. After freshening up at your lodge, enter the world-famous Kruger National Park and spend the afternoon game viewing in your closed touring vehicle. The Park offers some of the best game viewing and wildlife opportunities in the world – and you’ll soon appreciate the challenges of managing this unique reserve. After an action-packed afternoon in the Kruger Park, enjoy authentic cuisine from the region at your hotel.
Accommodation:
Hazyview Sun Hotel or similar
*Breakfast and Dinner included
Hazyview Sun
Perfectly located in the heart of the Mpumalanga Lowveld only 12 km from the Kruger National Park, guests at Hazyview Sun have stunning natural beauty on their doorstep. From safari game drives to visiting Blyde River Canyon, God’s Window and Pilgrims Rest, a stay at Hazyview Sun is an opportunity to discover the wonder of South Africa.
On a hill away from the malaria risk area, surrounded by a 10-acre garden estate with an abundance of birdlife, the Hazyview Hotel enjoys year-round good weather and breathtaking views.
Your day begins with an early morning coffee or tea before setting off on an exciting open vehicle game drive, led by an English-speaking game ranger, through the renowned Kruger National Park. A pre-packed breakfast will be provided as you embark on your wildlife adventure. Your guide will do their best to deliver memorable sightings of the “Big Five,” along with a variety of game and abundant birdlife.
For those interested, there is an optional experience (at your own expense and subject to availability) to learn about the Kruger Park Anti-Poaching Dog Unit. This specialized team trains dogs to track poachers, detect firearms, ammunition, and wildlife products at park entry and exit points.
Optional Excursion:
Presentation of the Anti-Poaching Dog Unit - R 250.00 per person
Return to the lodge for lunch (own account) and enjoy a short siesta before heading out again in the afternoon. Journey through the breathtaking landscapes of Kruger National Park in a closed touring vehicle for more game viewing opportunities. With its unmatched biodiversity, the park offers another chance to spot the Big Five and other rare or endangered species. Optional open vehicle game drives are also available at your own expense.
Accommodation:
Hazyview Sun Hotel or similar
*Breakfast and Dinner included
Hazyview Sun
Perfectly located in the heart of the Mpumalanga Lowveld only 12 km from the Kruger National Park, guests at Hazyview Sun have stunning natural beauty on their doorstep. From safari game drives to visiting Blyde River Canyon, God’s Window and Pilgrims Rest, a stay at Hazyview Sun is an opportunity to discover the wonder of South Africa.
On a hill away from the malaria risk area, surrounded by a 10-acre garden estate with an abundance of birdlife, the Hazyview Hotel enjoys year-round good weather and breathtaking views.
Enjoy breakfast before setting out to explore the magnificent Panorama Route, one of the most scenic routes in the region, offering glorious views, spectacular landscapes, and exquisite waterfalls. Visit majestic sights including God’s Window, the Three Rondavels and Blyde River Canyon – the third largest canyon of its kind in the world, Bourke’s Luck Potholes, and the charming village of Graskop, one of the first gold mining camps in the country.
Optional (own account) open vehicle game drives are available, should you prefer not to join the Panorama Route tour.
Accommodation:
Hazyview Sun Hotel or similar
*Breakfast and Dinner included
Hazyview Sun
Perfectly located in the heart of the Mpumalanga Lowveld only 12 km from the Kruger National Park, guests at Hazyview Sun have stunning natural beauty on their doorstep. From safari game drives to visiting Blyde River Canyon, God’s Window and Pilgrims Rest, a stay at Hazyview Sun is an opportunity to discover the wonder of South Africa.
On a hill away from the malaria risk area, surrounded by a 10-acre garden estate with an abundance of birdlife, the Hazyview Hotel enjoys year-round good weather and breathtaking views.
Enjoy breakfast before starting the return journey to Johannesburg. Arrive in Johannesburg at OR Tambo International Airport at approximately 14h30, where the tour ends on arrival.
*Breakfast included
Minimum 2 guests / Maximum 10 guests
What's included:
18 Meals: 13 breakfasts, 1 lunch, 4 dinners including gratuities 13 Nights’ accommodation including porterage Transportation including toll fees in air-conditioned vehicles Services of a professional English-speaking tour guide Entrance fees as specified in the itinerary Bottled water in eco-friendly packagingExcludes:
Flight and departure tax between Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) and Johannesburg on Day 8Recommended flight – FA374 departing Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) at 15h25, arriving JNB at 17h05.Please Note:
Transportation is in air-conditioned touring vehicles appropriate to the requirements of the tour
2 guests will travel in a sedan vehicle 3-10 guests will travel in a 13-seater vehicleOne suitcase and one overnight bag per person is allowed.
Selected Departure Dates:January - 4,11,25February - 1,8,15,22March - 1,8,15,22,29April - 5,12May - 3,17June - 7July - 5August - 2,16,23,30September - 13,20October - 4,11,18,25November - 1,8,15,22,29
