Cape Town
15/09/2024
Welcome to South Africa!
Arrive on your flight from Brussels at 16:50. Meet your host, Jacques in the arrivals hall.
Make your way to Avis Car Rental to pick up your group F vehicle for the rest of your trip.
Check in at your uniquely situated guest house. Refresh and then join your host for a short and informative welcome meeting where he will further explain the day-to-day itinerary for the Cape Town and Garden Route portion, in detail.
Opt to have dinner together or use the numerous restaurant suggestions from your guide.
Accommodation: Dolphin INN Guest House or similar.
Meals. N/A
Cape Town
16/09/2024
Its Mountain Day!
Table Mountain must be one of the most photographed mountains in the world. You have two options today:
1 - Hike early morning from the bottom to the top, explore and then take the revolving cable car back down
2 - Make use of the cable car to go up and down the mountain. Have ample time to explore the short hiking trails at the top.
Optional Activities: Table Mountain Cable Car Tickets / Walking Tour.
Accommodation: Dolphin INN Guest House or similar.
Meals: B
Cape Town
17/09/2024
It's time for Cape Point!
Today you will embark on the Great Cape Peninsula Tour! Start your journey in the trendy suburb of Camps Bay to photograph the '12 Apostles' before driving to Hout Bay. (visit the Hout Bay harbour and enjoy and optional Seal Boat Cruise)
Enjoy the scenic value on Chapman's Peak Pass, Misty Cliffs and Scarborough before arriving at Cape Point (Table Mountain National Park). Enjoy the nature scenes at Cape Of Good Hope and Cape Point.
Travel towards Simons Town where you will have the chance to interact with the cute African Penguins. (yes we know they are cute, but you cant take one home)
Enjoy the afternoon drive back towards Cape Town.
Optional Activities: Cape Peninsula full day tour.
Accommodation: Dolphin INN Guest House or similar.
Meals: B
Cape Town
18/09/2024
After a relaxed morning, we suggest driving to Kirstenbosch Gardens. Good idea to stop en route and buy yourself snacks and drinks for a lunch picnic) Once at Kirstenbosch Gardens, make sure to walk across the 'boomslang' bridge for great views over the garden.
Pick the best shady spot and have a tranquil picnic in this magical garden. Take selfies with the Egyptian Geese and the Helmeted Guinea Fowl that will come to inspect your picnic menu.
Optional Activities: Kirstenbosch Gardens / Camps Bay Beach.
Accommodation: Dolphin INN Guest House or similar.
Meals: B
Oudtshoorn
19/09/2024
Let's drive through the Klein Karoo!
Suggested start: 8AM
Today you will drive towards the Klein Karoo area. Make sure to check out the Diesel & Cream Cafe in the small town of Barrydale en route to the big town of Oudtshoorn.
Settle in at your accommodation and opt for an afternoon sundowner trip up the Swartberg Pass.
Optional Activities: Scenic drive from CT to Oudtshoorn / Sunset drive on Swartberg pass.
Accommodation: Swartberg Country Manor or similar.
Meals: B/D
Plettenberg Bay
20/09/2024
Grab a quick lunch on the go, because there is still lots to do and see once you are over the mountain. Make your way across the Outeniqua Mountain pass and drive towards the town of Knysna via Sedgefield. It is recommended to go up to the 'Knysna Heads' for great photographic opportunities.
Leave Oudtshoorn at 8AM towards Knysna.
TOWNSHIP TOUR WITH LUNCH: @ 11AM. OPTIONAL ACTIVITY: - Pre-Booked @ R750pp Tips to guide extra
Make your way towards the Knysna Waterfront. Wait for your tour guide Anita, in front of the Featherbed ticket office. She will fetch you with transport and take you on a Knysna Township Tour and Lunch. (You can leave your car at the Knysna Waterfront parking area close to the Featherbed Ticket Office at MAIN ENTRANCE of Knynsa Waterfront).
Late afternoon, drive towards the town of Plettenberg Bay.
Included Activity: Scenic drive over the Outeniqua Mountain. Hiking afternoon
Accommodation: Whalesong Guest House or similar.
Meals: B
Plettenberg Bay
21/09/2024
An Action Packed Day Awaits!
Start the day with a visit to the Tsitsikamma National Park. A beautiful national park situated on the coast where the Indian Ocean connects with dramatic rock formations.
Enjoy a hike to the suspension bridges and marvel at the Storm River meeting the Indian Ocean.
In the afternoon, enjoy another unique hike that follows the coastline over dramatic rock formations and ends at a natural swimming pool. (This is the start of the world-famous 'Otter Trail')
Optional Activity: Entrance toTsitsikamma National Park.
Accommodation: Whalesong Guest House or similar.
Meals: B
Graaf Reinette
22/09/2024
With an early start to the day you will reach the historic town of Graaf Reinette.
Suggested time to leave: 8 AM
A 'must do' activity is the valley of desolation. Drive toward the National Park in the late afternoon and enjoy one of the most beautiful sunsets you will ever see.
Optional Activity: Valley Of Desolation
Accommodation: Victorian Square Guest House
Meals: B
Lesotho
23/09/2024
Make sure to start your day at dawn! Grab a breakfast 'on the go' and head towards the Kingdom of Lesotho.
Once you have crossed the border, make your way to the Matelile Police Station. Here you can leave your vehicle and will be picked up by a representative from the lodge.
Information please.
The name of the border post is Van Rooyens Gate. R290 in cash at Lesotho side R100pp + R90 car
It is easy to find the Matedile Police Station.
There is a sign on the left hand side of the road saying Matelile Police Station. It is a gravel and bumpy road, but only 1 km in total.
At the sign, turn left. Drive a few hundred metres till there is a T-Junction. Turn Right at the T-Junction.
Drive another few hundred metres. Turn first right.
There is an old building with a DSTV dish on the top, with a few cars parked in front of the building. This is the police station.
Please find the location on the following Tracks 4 Africa app: Matedile Police Station.
Distance Lesotho Border Post to Matedile police station.
This distance is 63kms.
It is also best to note the distance between Motsekuoa and the Police station is 22km. It is at this main junction that your clients can phone the lodge. +266 5883 9646 - Bokang, also known as Bob. This will give the driver enough time to meet your clients at the police station.
Contact number for their transport from Police Station to the lodge.
Contact numbers:
Bokang (Bob) +266 5883 9646
Jackie + 266 5323 0295
+27 775 5560
Debbie (In case of emergency) +27 82 467 1640
For more information regarding changes at the border and detailed directions, please look at the following link: Directions and border information
Malealea Lodge is nestled in the Makhomalong Valley and surrounded by the beautiful Maloti Mountains. Malealea Lodge dates back to 1905 when it was established as a Trading Post by Mervyn Bosworth Smith. Educated at Oxford, this charismatic, colonial character fought in both the Anglo Boer and First World Wars. He fell in love with Basutoland and lived there for over 40 years.
The small village at Malealea developed around the Trading Store, and since Mervyn's death in 1950, the latter changed hands several times. Mick and Di Jones bought Malealea Lodge in 1986, back when it was a trading post with a mere few beds. Since then, it has grown into a solar-powered 90-bed complex famous for pony trekking & mountain biking.
Accommodation: Malea Lea Lodge
Meals: N/A
Lesotho
24/09/2024
Enjoy a full day of optional activities with a strong focus on hiking and natural beauty.
Accommodation: Malea Lea Lodge
Meals: B
Clarens
25/09/2024
Full day drive (and border crossing) to arrive late afternoon in Clarens.
Accommodation: Mont Cheri Guest House
Meals: B
Clarens
26/09/2024
Full day opportunity to explore the Golden Gate National Park and surrounding area.
PS: It is a good idea to go shopping today for your stay at Thendele Self Catering Lodge. Buy some fire wood and traditional Boerewors and make a braai tomorrow night.
Include snacks and water for your hike towards the Amphitheatre on day 14.
Accommodation: Mont Cheri Guest House
Meals: B
Drakensberg
27/09/2024
We suggest to leave after breakfast towards Royal Natal National Park. A four-hour drive,
BUT the road is very bad and full of pot holes, so take it easy today and enjoy the scenery to get yourself at the foothills of the Drakensberg Mountains.
Your are booked in the UPPER RESORT The Reservation number is 577813
Accommodation: Royal Natal Nat Park - Thendele Self Catering Lodge
Meals: N/A
Drakensberg
28/09/2024
Enjoy a full day hike towards the famous amphitheatre. (The Tugela Gorge Hike)
Take water and a lunch pack with you.
Accommodation: Royal natal Nat Park - Thendele self Catering Lodge
Meals: N/A
St.Lucia
29/09/2024
Make sure to plan your route and driving time to reach your destination in time for the hippo and croc sunset cruise late afternoon.
Optional Activities: Hippo Croc Tour Lake St.Lucia
Accommodation: Amazulu Lodge
Meals: N/A
St.Lucia
30/09/2024
Optional open vehicle game drive to Hluhluwe Imfolozi Park.
Accommodation: Amazulu Lodge
Meals: B
Swaziland
01/10/2024
Travel day towards Winterton.
Suggestion: Leave VERY EARLY from St.Lucia so that you will arrive early afternoon at your lodge to enjoy the view and have a relaxed afternoon.
Accommodation: Winterton Country Lodge
Meals: B
Flight Home
03/10/2024
Say goodbye to your guests at Winterton Country Lodge and head straight to Johannesburg for your flight home.
Sadly it is the end of your adventure and we are looking forward to your next visit.
Meals B
