Welcome to Cape Town! You will be met at the door of your aircraft with your name on a paging board and assisted through immigration, baggage collection and customs. You will then be shown to your awaiting transfer vehicle.
Please note: Should your arrival aircraft be directed to the apron and not the terminal, you will be transported to the terminal by bus. Your Meet and Greet will then be waiting for you as you step off the bus with the paging board.
Private road transfer to your accommodation. Spend five nights (1 night free) at the beautiful Welgelegen in a deluxe room with breakfast daily.
Welgelegen is a small and intimate boutique hotel located in the residential suburb of Gardens near Cape Town’s city bowl. The hotel is set in a Victorian cul-de-sac at the foot of Table Mountain and with its beautiful historic façade it lives up to its name as a well- positioned urban sanctuary.
There are 13 luxurious, individually styled en-suite bedrooms spanning two Victorian houses. Welgelegen has been beautifully restored: the rooms are spacious, tastefully and elegantly decorated and include high ceilings typical of period homes. No comforts are spared and each room features air-conditioning, “green” amenities, satellite TV, tea and coffee facilities and Wi-Fi. Some rooms include an outside courtyard or small balcony/veranda area. The main house has a spacious sitting room and cosy library with a collection of eclectic African art on the walls. There is a grand breakfast room opening out onto a cobbled courtyard with a plunge pool and a small in-house therapy room offers massages, pedicures and manicures.
Welgelegen is a short walk from some of the city’s best local restaurants, bars, museums and boutique stores and a fifteen minute drive will get you to most of Cape Town’s major tourist attractions: the Table Mountain Cable-Car, Camps Bay, the V & A Waterfront and Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens.
Duration: 9am to 2pm
So much about a country and a culture is expressed through its cuisine. In South Africa much of the cuisine is a home cuisine and to get a taste you really need to search hard! As such this tour aims to combine the history of our country and city through exploring the back streets to find the tastes that represent all of our rainbow nation. Today we walk the streets of Cape Town and experience its history, its people and its culinary delights. En route we stop to taste a mixture of traditional food, South African street food and to visit some artisanal foodie and coffee shops. This way you will enjoy a real taste of the Cape!
During our walk we will also taste some of the following items:
African Soul food: pap, samp & beans, a meat stew and vetkoek Falooda – a traditional Muslim Rose Milkshake
A Koesister – which is a traditional Cape Malay spicy doughnut “dhaltjies”/chilli bites and a Cape samosa
A gourmet bunny chow to get a little taste of our Indian Cuisine
Coffee from one of the micro artisan coffee roasters in the city (we can try at a couple of them if we have coffeeholics on tour!)
Artisan Chocolate made from pure unroasted cocoa beans and combined only with sugar – suitable for vegans!
Babotie pies – this is a modern take on our traditional Babotie dish which both our Cape Malay group and our white Afrikaner group refer to as their traditional dish
Milk Tart – traditionally Cape Malay and Afrikaans in its heritage
Visit Atlas Spices – the main spice shop where the Cape Malay community shop. Here you will have the opportunity to buy spices and
to taste Meebos – a local sweet made from dried apricots.
Boerewors – a traditional South Africa sausage traditionally cooked on a Braai (BBQ) (time dependent!)
Includes: City entrance fees, food tasting and transfers from local Cape Town hotels to and from venue.
Today you'll head out on a small group tour of the stunning winelands. This delightful drive winds its way through superb mountain ranges, vineyards and Cape Dutch homesteads. Your first stop is Stellenbosch, the second oldest town in South Africa, with canal lined avenues, and magnificent examples of Cape Dutch architecture where you enjoy your first wine tasting, coupled with a chocolate and dessert tasting. Onward over the scenic Helshoogte Pass, to Franschhoek, founded by French Huguenots over 350 years ago, and widely regarded as the culinary capital of South Africa. Its beautiful setting and café lined streets will charm you and a further wine tasting is included at one of the renowned estates in this area.
Your final stop is at the town of Paarl, at the foot of a cluster of remarkable granite domes where you do your last wine tasting of the day, before heading back to Cape Town.
Enjoy a small group half day tour with uThando.
uThando South Africa is our chosen charity in South Africa and serves as an umbrella for a wide range of highly effective community projects across the country. In order to showcase these and also to offer a glimpse into the work being done to uplift the disadvantaged in South Africa, daily excursions are offered to visit the sprawling townships around Cape Town, with particular emphasis on at least three of the social development projects being funded through Uthando.
The uThando tours offer a unique and authentic introduction to the social problems confronting so many millions of South Africans, while also illustrating the innovative and inspirational ways in which they are being handled by these marginalised and destitute communities. Very importantly, the projects are not treated as tourist attractions and the tours are designed in such a way as to educate, inform and inspire while also respecting the dignity and privacy of the people concerned. The projects are, after all, places where people live, work and in most cases, just survive.
A portion of the tour cost goes directly to uThando charities.
Includes: Donation to all projects visited.
Today is yours at leisure. We can help arrange anything that interests you. Why not go on a helicopter scenic flight over Cape Town for a birds eye view?
Today you'll enjoy breakfast and check out. Your hire car will be delivered to you. Please complete paperwork and head off on your adventure!
Head along the scenically beautiful roads to the Schoemanshoek Valley on the outskirts of Oudtshoorn in the Weatern Cape's Little Karoo. Check in for 3 nights (1 free) in a suite room with breakfast daily.
Includes: CDW, TLW, PAI, unlimited mileage, location surcharge, tyre windscreen damage, claim admin fee, 1 additional driver, one way fee within the country, third party liability insurance, general public liability insurance, water and undercarriage damage and sandblasting damage.
Please note: Each driver must be in possession of a valid driver’s licence
A compulsory Contract Fee of R69 has to be paid direct.
Driver’s credit card required for rental (no cash/debit card)
Today you have the full day to explore and enjoy the local landscapes, sights and we've included entrance fees at the stunning Cango Caves.
The Cango Caves are situated in a limestone ridge and present an underground wonderland of dripstone caverns, with their vast halls and towering formations. You can spend hours exploring the stalactites, stalagmites and helictites of this great natural wonder of the world.
It's an early start as we've booked you into the Meerkat activity. Note you pay locally because it is weather dependent. It costs approximately 450 Rand. It allows you to get very close to these fantastic creatures and see them wake to the sun and go about their daily chores.
The rest of the day is yours to relax and enjoy the area. We can recommend stopping at local food stalls as you explore some of the gourmet trail roads or scenic passes.
Head along Route 62 to the Garden Route and here, spend three nights (1 free) at Hog Hollow Country Lodge in a suite room with breakfast daily.
This is African chic luxury accommodation, 20km outside Plettenberg Bay, with one of the most incredible views along the Garden Route. Hog Hollow Country Lodge is set in a private nature reserve, on a steep hillside overlooking the Matjies River Gorge and surrounded by indigenous forest and spectacular views.
The 16 suites are spaciously set in lush gardens surrounding the main house. With a distinctive African-style and an earthy palette with splashes of colour, suites have been tastefully decorated. All suites feature king size beds, en-suite bathrooms, lounge area with mini bar and mini hi-fi and a private wooden deck with a hammock to enjoy the beautiful views (there is no air conditioning, TV’s and Wi-Fi can be erratic due to the terrain). The main house has three lounge areas, a large dining room and reading room; breakfasts are served on the deck with magnificent views, there is a boma and large outdoor swimming pool area with sun chairs and umbrellas.
Today you have a Featherbed Excursion for 4 hours with lunch included. You depart from the ferry terminus on Remembrance Drive and enjoy a ferry trip on the Knysna Lagoon to the Western Heads. From here, you'll head to shore and board into 4x4 vehicles and drive to the headlands and onto the reserve. Stop off at the magnificient viewpoints as a specialist guide gives information to you and fellow guests on history, flora and fauna. There is an optional 2.2kilometre guided walk down through the reserve, coastal forest and fynbos and into ancient sea caves (1 hour downhill walk). Lunch is a lovely buffet served in outdoor restaurant under a canopy of Milkwood Trees before returning by ferry. Afternoon at your leisure.
We have included guide and admission to 2 Sanctuaries (choose from Monkeyland, Birds of Eden and Jukani Wildlife Sanctuary). Plus we have included Elephant Sanctuary access, walk trunk in hand with elephants and lunch (1 hour activity).
After breakfast, take a leisurely drive north up the Garden Route and to the Eastern Cape area. Here, you'll come to Kariega Private Game Reserve and spend your holiday finale on safari with all meals and local drinks included.
Located on the eastern side of the 9,000 hectare Kariega Private Game Reserve in the Eastern Cape is Kariega Ukhozi Lodge. One of four lodges within the reserve Ukhozi Lodge is elevated, nestled in the bush and offers panoramic views of the valley.
Ukhozi Lodge has 10 suites crafted from log. Suites are well appointed and air-conditioned, with modern en-suite bathrooms with an indoor shower and generous bath, king size beds in double or twin, tea and coffee facilities and a private deck and plunge pool with panoramic views of the valley. The main lodge area boasts an African style lounge with a log fireplace, a restaurant, boma and outdoor swimming pool with sun loungers. The Kariega Main Lodge, also with the reserve, offers a Wellness Centre comprising of a treatment room and a gym, and this is open for any guests of Kariega Reserve.
Activities offered from Ukhozi Lodge include morning and afternoon game drives, river cruises and nature walks.
Includes: All meals, selected beverages, 2 game drives, river cruises, guided bush walks, canoeing and visits to the nearby beaches of Kenton-on-Sea
On safari in Kariega Private Reserve
Today it's time to return your hire car to Port Elizabeth Airport in time to catch your flight (not incl).
Note there is a compulsory contract fee of R69 payable direct to the hire car company.
