Cape Town Trip Overview
Travel South Africa from Cape Town to Johannesburg in comfort and visit the most popular tourist destinations and most amazing sights. This tour is designed to show you the highlights of South Africa and Lesotho in a casual way, but will also excite the adventurous Tourist with the best kept secrets with optional adrenaline-filled activities.
Additional Info
Duration: 11 days
Starts: Cape Town, South Africa
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Travel South Africa from Cape Town to Johannesburg in comfort and visit the most popular tourist destinations and most amazing sights. This tour is designed to show you the highlights of South Africa and Lesotho in a casual way, but will also excite the adventurous Tourist with the best kept secrets with optional adrenaline-filled activities.
Itinerary
Day 1: Best of Cape Town
Stop At: Table Mountain National Park 8001 South Africa
Meet us at your centrally located hotel to start this tour for Cape Town’s most famous icon: Table Mountain by the Aerial Cableway to take in the natural beauty and stunning views. The first botanical garden in the world to be established (in 1913) to protect local flora, Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden in the UNESCO-listed Cape Floral Kingdom follows. Lunch is at an African cuisine restaurant. Visiting the first winery in the country: Groot Constantia and taste their export quality wines and learn more about wine making on the cellar tour. From here you go to Boulders Beach near Simon’s Town, home to one of the few land-based penguin colonies in the world. We choose one of the numerous restaurants in the vicinity to have dinner, and overnight at Simon’s Town Quayside Hotel (or similar).
Duration: 9 hours
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Simon’s Town Quayside Hotel
Day 2: Cape Town, Hermanus, Whale watching
Stop At: Cape of Good Hope, Cape Point Rd, Table Mountain National Park 8001 South Africa
First visit is Cape Point where the two oceans meet, and part of the Table Mountain National Park. You ascend the viewpoint with the Flying Dutchman Funicular. Drive along the scenic Chapman’s Peak drive and then picture the colourful houses at Bo-Kaap, formerly known as the Malay Quarter. Head out to Stellenbosch and visit the Spier Wine Farm for chocolate and wine tasting on the banks of the Spier dam. We go to the Vergenoegd wine farm for a duck parade show. You leave for Hermanus, home to the world’s best whale-watching when in season and overnight at the Windsor Hotel (or similar) where you have dinner. 2,5-hour drive
Duration: 9 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Windsor Hotel
Day 3: Cango Caves and to the Garden Route – Wilderness
Stop At: The Cango Caves, 328 Approximately 30km (19 miles) from town on the R, Oudtshoorn 6625 South Africa
Starting our journey to the Garden Route, we meander to the town of Oudtshoorn with Route 62. This route delivers an unforgettable South African travelling experience. After visiting the Cango Caves for a Heritage Tour, we head down the scenic Outeniqua Pass and onto the green forests and beaches of the Garden Route. Overnight at the Wilderness on Sea (or similar). 6-hour drive
Duration: 11 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Wilderness on Sea
Day 4: Garden Route, jump from a bridge and surf the best waves at JBay
Stop At: Tsitsikamma National Park, Tsitsikamma National Park, Eastern Cape
A short drive brings us to Knysna where you can choose one of the following activities to do: a boat ride for a “Dolphin Encounters” excursion of 1,5 to 2 hours at Ocean Blue Adventures, jump from the ‘highest recognized bungee from a bridge’ in the world, the Bloukrans Bridge Bungee Jump, or do a Tsitsikama Canopy Tour at Stormsriver Adventures. You can also choose to walk through the “Garden of Eden” and the “Big Tree” as another option. Our last stop for the day is at Jeffreys Bay, home to the best right hand surf break in the world! Overnight at Surf’s up Accommodation @Supertubes (or similar). 3-hour drive
Duration: 9 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Surf’s up Accommodation @Supertubes
Day 5: Big 7 game viewing Addo
Stop At: Addo Elephant National Park, Addo Elephant National Park, Greater Addo, Eastern Cape
From here we go to the Addo Elephant National Park while being on the look out for Humpback Whales at Nelson Mandela Bay, ( Algoa Bay) between the months of August and December. Addo Elephant National Park conserve a wide range of biodiversity, landscapes, fauna and flora. It is home to all of Africa’s Big 7: lion, leopard, buffalo, elephant, rhino, the Southern right whale and the great white shark. A night game drive follows dinner at their restaurant: “Cattle Baron is famous for its steaks, having won several awards for the Best Steakhouse in South Africa. The signature dish is chateaubriand, a fillet flambéed with brandy and served with mushroom sauce and béarnaise sauce.” Overnight is here in a cottage. 2-hour drive
Duration: 10 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Addo Elephant National Park cottage
Day 6: From game to waves
Stop At: Kei Mouth, Kei Mouth, Eastern Cape
Leaving the Addo National Park, we head North to the spectacular Wild Coast town of Kei Mouth, where you can have an optional cruise on the Great Kei, watch Fish Eagles feed and see cycads growing in the wild. It is a bird watchers paradise! You can have an optional Wild Coast Horseback Adventure or you can just relax on the spectacular Kei Mouth’s sandy beaches. Overnight at Neptunes Cove, Kei Mouth (or similar). 4-hour drive
Duration: 9 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Neptunes Cove, Kei Mouth
Day 7: The Hole in the Wall
Stop At: Hole in the Wall, Transkei, Coffee Bay South Africa
You drive along the roads of the Transkei, and see how the Xhosa people still live in their traditional rondawel huts, with farm animals grazing by the side of the road against the backdrop of the Drakensberg in the distance! We veer off the N2 to “The Hole in the Wall”, one of South Africa’s most famous tourist attractions. The locals call this “izi Khaleni” which means place of thunder. During certain seasons and water conditions, the waves clap in such a way that the concussion can be heard throughout the valley. If you want to have a real authentic traditional experience, sleep in a rural rondawel (separate sleeping and ablution huts) of a traditional Xhosa village and taste a home-cooked meal. You also have the choice to stay at the 3 star Hole-in-the-Wall Hotel. 4,5-hour drive
Duration: 10 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Rural rondawel (separate sleeping and ablution huts) of a traditional Xhosa village or the Hole-in-the-Wall Hotel
Day 8: Coast and mountains
Stop At: Drakensberg Mountains, Drakensberg Region South Africa
After visiting some of the most beautiful and unspoiled beaches in the world, we drive to the town of Underberg which is located in the the uKhahlamba-Drakensberg World Heritage Park next to Lesotho. We book into our guest house and get ready for a day tour into Lesotho on the next day. We stay at the Sani Window B&B. (or similar) 5,5-hour drive
Duration: 9 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Sani Window B&B
Day 9: 4×4 via Sani Pass to Lesotho
Stop At: Lesotho, Lesotho
You start a Lesotho Tour (approximately 9 hours) with a 4×4 via Sani Pass to experience an adventure of climbing to a height of 2874 metres above sea level. You will stop at breath taking view sites along the Sani Pass and pass two border posts. Enjoy lunch at the highest Pub in Africa at The Sani Mountain Lodge and continue into a living Basotho village, where you will learn more about Lesotho and its people – the hardy mountainous Basotho folk. On your return to Underberg, you stay at the Sani Window B&B. (or similar)
Duration: 9 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Sani Window B&B
Day 10: Nelson Mandela capture site, Drakensberg World Heritage Park
Stop At: UKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park, UKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park, KwaZulu-Natal
Leaving Underberg, we head to Howick to visit the Mandela Capture Site. From here we take the road North on the Midlands Meander and visit some of the craft shops at the Thokozisa Lifestyle Centre. Once at the Champagne Valley area at the Drakensberg, you get the option to do a Canopy Tour, a helicopter flight over the main Drakensberg escarpment or to attend a Drakensberg Boys Choir concert if available on a Wednesday. Spend the night at the Monks Cowl Resort (or similar). 3,5-hour drive
Duration: 9 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Monks Cowl Resort
Day 11: Discover Gold in Johannesburg
Stop At: Gold Reef City, Cnr Northern Parkway & Data Crescent, Johannesburg 2159 South Africa
Breakfast follows the drive back to Johannesburg where you will visit the Apartheid Museum and Gold Reef City, an amusement park located on an old gold mine which closed in 1971. The park is themed around the gold rush that started in 1886 on the Witwatersrand, the buildings on the park are designed to mimic the same period and you can learn how Johannesburg came to be, how gold was discovered on the reef and descend 75 meters underground. You will be dropped off at your hotel or the OR Tambo airport from here. 4,5-hour drive (Accommodation not included)
Duration: 9 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.
