$7,510 to $8,284 pp (USD)
This tour is offered in ZAR.
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Arrival
Arrival
Day 1
Welcome to Cape Town
Welcome to Cape Town
Your private driver meets you at Cape Town International Airport for the 25-minute transfer to The Cape Milner in leafy Tamboerskloof, at the foot of Table Mountain. Check in to your Luxury Room and unwind on the pool deck. If the weather is clear, ride the cableway up Table Mountain for sunset (own cost), or stroll to the cafés and restaurants of nearby Kloof Street. Finish your first evening with cocktails in the hotel's Glass Lounge; dinner is at your own arrangement.
- Main Destination:
- Cape Town (City)
- Activities:
- Accommodation:
- The Cape Milner
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Private Cape Peninsula Tour
Private Cape Peninsula Tour
Spend the day with a private guide on one of the world's great coastal drives. Follow the Atlantic seaboard through Camps Bay and over Chapman's Peak to Hout Bay, then on to the Cape of Good Hope and Cape Point in Table Mountain National Park, where the cliffs plunge into the ocean (entry fee included). Return via Simon's Town on the warmer waters of False Bay, with time to stop at the viewpoints along the way. Lunch along the way and dinner are at your own expense.
- Main Destination:
- Cape of Good Hope (Cape Peninsula)
- Activities:
- Accommodation:
- The Cape Milner
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Cape Town at Your Own Pace
Cape Town at Your Own Pace
A free day to explore the Mother City as you please. Wander the V&A Waterfront, photograph the colourful houses of the Bo-Kaap, see contemporary African art at Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa, take the ferry to Robben Island (book ahead) or picnic at Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden on the slopes of Table Mountain. We can arrange any of these at extra cost. Return to The Cape Milner in the evening, with dinner at your own choice of the city's excellent restaurants.
- Main Destination:
- Cape Town (City)
- Activities:
- Accommodation:
- The Cape Milner
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Into the Franschhoek Winelands
Into the Franschhoek Winelands
After breakfast your private driver takes you inland to Franschhoek, about an hour and a quarter away, through vineyards ringed by mountains. Check in at Le Quartier Francais in the heart of the village, where rooms and suites are set in scented gardens. Spend the afternoon browsing galleries, including the Everard Read gallery next door, and wine shops. In the evening, dine at Protégé or Épice, the hotel's restaurants from the La Colombe team (own cost).
- Main Destination:
- Franschhoek (Winelands)
- Activities:
- Accommodation:
- Le Quartier Francais
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
Franschhoek Wine Tram
Franschhoek Wine Tram
Today you ride the Franschhoek Wine Tram, a hop-on hop-off tram and open-air bus that loops through the valley to a selection of wine estates. Hop off for tastings, cellar tours and a long vineyard lunch wherever you like (tastings and meals at your own cost), then return to the village in the late afternoon. Round off the day with a private tasting at the Great Heart Wines boutique or a treatment at Leeu Spa (own cost).
- Main Destination:
- Franschhoek (Winelands)
- Activities:
- Accommodation:
- Le Quartier Francais
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 6
Along the Garden Route to Plettenberg Bay
Along the Garden Route to Plettenberg Bay
A scenic travel day with your private driver along the N2 through the Overberg and onto the Garden Route, stopping for coffee and the coastal views at Wilderness and Knysna. In the late afternoon you arrive at Hog Hollow Country Lodge, in a private nature reserve in The Crags where indigenous forest meets the Tsitsikamma Mountains. Join the other guests at the Boma for sundowners as the light turns copper over the Matjies River Gorge.
- Main Destination:
- Plettenberg Bay (Garden Route)
- Activities:
- Accommodation:
- Hog Hollow Country Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 7
Plettenberg Bay at Leisure
Plettenberg Bay at Leisure
A free day on the Garden Route. Walk the dramatic Robberg Nature Reserve peninsula, relax on Plettenberg Bay's beaches, or book optional extras such as a marine boat trip, Monkeyland and Birds of Eden, or a forest canopy tour in Tsitsikamma (all at extra cost). Back at Hog Hollow, the pool deck looks across the valley to the mountains, and your Forest Suite's fireplace and deck make for a cosy evening.
- Main Destination:
- Plettenberg Bay (Garden Route)
- Activities:
- Accommodation:
- Hog Hollow Country Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 8
To Shamwari & Sundowner Game Drive
To Shamwari & Sundowner Game Drive
After breakfast your private driver takes you east past Tsitsikamma and Port Elizabeth to Shamwari Private Game Reserve, about three hours. Check in at Sindile, a secluded camp of just nine free-standing tents raised above the bush, with views over the Bushman's River and the plains. After lunch, if you arrive in time, set out on an afternoon game drive in an open safari vehicle in this malaria-free Big Five reserve, with sundowners as the sun sets before dinner at the harvest table.
- Main Destination:
- Shamwari Private Game Reserve
- Activities:
- Accommodation:
- Shamwari Sindile Lodge
Wildlife in Shamwari GR
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 9
Big Five on Shamwari
Big Five on Shamwari
Early-morning coffee, then an early-morning game drive in an open safari vehicle with your ranger in search of lion, elephant, buffalo, rhino and leopard across Shamwari's valleys and grasslands. Return for breakfast and a lazy midday at Sindile, on your private deck or at the pool, with the river below. In the late afternoon an afternoon game drive in an open safari vehicle heads out again, ending with sundowners in the bush and a return to camp for dinner beside the fire pit.
- Main Destination:
- Shamwari Private Game Reserve
- Activities:
- Accommodation:
- Shamwari Sindile Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 10
Bush Walk & Conservation
Bush Walk & Conservation
After an early-morning game drive in an open safari vehicle, join a guided bush walk to learn the tracks and plants of the reserve, or visit Shamwari's wildlife rehabilitation centre by arrangement, a chance to see the reserve's conservation work first-hand. The midday is free to relax at camp. As the afternoon cools, set off on an afternoon game drive in an open safari vehicle, with sundowners in the bush, then enjoy a farewell dinner beneath skies free of light pollution.
- Main Destination:
- Shamwari Private Game Reserve
- Activities:
- Accommodation:
- Shamwari Sindile Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 11
Morning Drive & Departure from Port Elizabeth
Morning Drive & Departure from Port Elizabeth
Enjoy a final early-morning game drive in an open safari vehicle and breakfast at Sindile, then take your private transfer to Port Elizabeth (Gqeberha) Airport, about an hour and a quarter, for your flight home or onward travel (flights not included). From Table Mountain and the Winelands to the forests of the Garden Route and the Big Five of the Eastern Cape, your South African journey ends here, travelling privately every step of the way.
- Main Destination:
- Gqeberha / Port Elizabeth (City)
- Activities:
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks:
