Sample Mellow Cape Self-drive

Day 1: Cape Town

Arrive in Cape Town, 3 nights

On arrival at Cape Town Airport you collect your rental car and drive to Four Rosmead for a three-night stay.

Sunset on Table Mountain Sunset on Table Mountain

Day 3: Cape Town

Activities and Services

Independent touring - perhaps enjoy a drive around the Cape Peninsula?

Day 4: Stellenbosch

2 nights Stellenbosch, Cape Winelands,

Only a short distance from Cape Town lies the Winelands region, an area of exquisite beauty with rocky mountains overlooking green vineyards; oak avenues leading to elegant Cape Dutch wine estates and some of the most charming towns and villages in South Africa.

Stellenbosch

Activities and Services

Drive to Stellenbosch to explore the Cape Winelands.

Day 5: Stellenbosch

Vines Fransch

Activities and Services

Day at Leisure

Day 6: Whale Coast

2 nights Hermanus lagoon area at Mosaic Lagoon Lodge

Today you drive over the mountains to the cosmopolitan former fishing village of Hermanus, which boasts some of the finest land-based whale-watching in the world from August to November, as well as spectacular mountain scenery and lovely sandy beaches for swimming and surfing

Activities and Services

Drive to the Whale Coast perhaps visiting Hermanus en route

Day 7: Whale Coast

Day 8: Oudtshoorn

1 night at Little Karoo,

Continue to the semi-desert rugged region of the Little Karoo via the spectacular Outeniqua Mountain pass. In the Victorian era, when ostrich feathers were the height of fashion in Europe, the ostrich boom centred on Oudtshoorn creating “feather barons” who built grandiose mansions here. Sample the excellent wines of the Little Karoo over lunch at a working ostrich farm or visit the Cango Caves, a spectacular series of limestone caverns, some of the most extensive in the world. (Approx drive time: 4 hours, 350km)

Activities and Services

Drive to the Little Karoo via Route 62

Day 9: Sedgefield

3 nights near Sedgefield Garden Route,

Head to the Garden Route for a three night stay.  It is still known for its superb beaches, watersports and also fantastic walking on the estate. (Approx drive time: 1.5 hours, 120km)

Activities and Services

Drive over Outeniqua Pass to Garden Route

Recommended

Day 10: Sedgefield

Activities and Services

At Leisure exploring around Plettenberg Bay

Day 11: Sedgefield

Bridge Bridge BLOUKRANS BUNGEE JUMP

Activities and Services

At Leisure exploring the Tsitsikamma area

Day 12: Kariega Private Game Reserve

2 nights on Safari in Eastern Cape,

Today you drive from the Garden Route to  Kariega River Lodge for a 2 night safari in a private game reserve.

Kariega male lions Kariega elephant Kariega zebra

Activities and Services

Drive to Eastern Cape for 3 nights on safari

Kariega Private Game Reserve

Day 13: Kariega Private Game Reserve

Morning and afternoon game drives.

Kariega lioness couple Kariega hippo's Kariega buffalo's

Activities and Services

Morning and Afternoon Game Drives & activities

Optional

Day 14: End of Itinerary

 

Return rental car to Port Elizabeth

Today you have the day at leisure to enjoy game drives before you drop off your rental car at Port Elizabeth Airport in time for your onward flight.

Activities and Services

Return rental car to Port Elizabeth Airport

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