You are collected from the Century City Conference Centre / your Cape Town hotel at 09h00 and head toward Hermanus for a scenic leisurely day along the coast via Gordon’s Bay and Betty’s Bay. Hermanus is a popular resort town that has gained universal recognition as the world’s best land based whale watching destination. Take a scenic drive along The Rotary Drive, high up over Hermanus and from here you’ll have wonderful photographic opportunities of Walker Bay. Lunch will be taken in town and is included - The Rock restaurant or similar.
In the afternoon we travel through to Franschhoek where you overnight. Dinner is included and taken at a local restaurant in town - Reubens Restaurant or similar.
Breakfast is taken in the restaurant before departing to explore the Cape wine region.
Nestled between towering mountains in the beautiful Cape winelands lies the magnificent Franschhoek Valley. This is the food and wine heartland of the country, where splendid wines are grown and our top chefs create international cuisine. Breath-taking scenery, warm hospitality, world class cuisine and the finest wines. Spectacular vineyards cover these mountain slopes settled more than 300 years ago by the Huguenots, who brought with them their age-old French wine and food culture.
Enjoy 2 wine tasting experiences during the day. Stop for a walk in the village where you will find wonderful crafts, art and antique shops and galleries. The main street is lined with coffee shops and restaurants where lunch will be taken.
Dinner is taken at one of the local restaurants and is included.
Return to your accommodation where you will overnight.
After breakfast our travels take us to the Stellenbosch, and Paarl wine regions of the Cape where the colorful history of South Africa comes to life in the splendidly restored Cape Dutch, Georgian and Victorian buildings in each town. Monuments such as the Huguenot Memorial and Afrikaans Language Monument and the many outstanding museums provide a fascinating glimpse into the past. The excellent wines produced in this area are world-renowned. You will be spoilt for choice between small, boutique wineries and the larger, more commercial wine estates.
Lunch will be taken at one of the wine estates in the region. Taste the fruit of the vintner's labour in the magnificent surrounds that are so characteristic of the Winelands, or join the winemaker on a tour of his cellar where the precious harvest is lovingly transformed into every wine lover's delight.
You will be dropped off at the Cape Town International Airport – 16h30 or your hotel in Cape Town.
