8-Day Cape Town and West Coast Experience

• You'll be collected from the airport.
• Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost.

Arrive at Belle Maroc

Upon arriving at Cape Town International Airport, you will be whisked out along the shores of Table Bay to your hotel in the seaside resort town of Bloubergstrand. Belle Maroc Blouberg is set on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean and offers magnificent views across the bay of Table Mountain. That evening, enjoy the lazy sunset over the ocean while having a scrumptious dinner then later take a leisurely stroll along the beach - a great way to mark your arrival in South Africa's Mother City and the start of your new adventure.

Main Destination:

Cape Town (City)

Accommodation:

Belle Maroc

• Luxury hotel located in Cape Town (City)

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Meals & Drinks:

• Dinner (Breakfast & lunch not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Table Mountain, Hop On-Hop Off Tour, Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, Diamond Museum

After an early breakfast, you will be transferred to the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront (V&A), where you will hop onto the Hop-On-Hop-Off bus which will take you to Table Mountain and back again. Along the way, you are shown all that cosmopolitan Cape Town has to offer. When you hop off at Table Mountain, you rise above the city in a rotating cable car to the top of Cape Town’s most iconic natural landmark. At 3563 feet above sea-level, it’s one of the New 7 Wonders of Nature. Settled within the Cape Floral Kingdom, one of only 6 Floral Kingdoms in the world, and the most diverse, Table Mountain is a place of myth, legend, and spectacular views! On your return to the V&A, it's lunch and shopping. Discover a diamond’s journey from the Earth’s core to a sparkling gem during the Shimansky Diamond Experience. Dinner that evening will be at GOLD Restaurant - complete with a djembe drum performance and a 14-dish tasting menu. Each dish is based on African culinary traditions and storytelling.

Main Destination:

Cape Town (City)

Accommodation:

Belle Maroc

• Luxury hotel located in Cape Town (City)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Cultural Township Tour, and departure to Shark Bay Hotel

Today's tour is unique. Living with the consequences of apartheid policies, the people you’ll meet have created singular communities in the townships you will explore. The 5 townships on the itinerary are District Six, Langa, Khayelitsha, Bonteheuwal and Gugulethu. Each one has a history and flavour unique unto itself. District Six, a vibrant community of different races and beliefs created by former slaves in 1833, saw the destruction of homes and the forcible removal of 60,000 residents in the 1970s to the barren outlying areas of the Cape Flats. Langa, the oldest black township in South Africa welcomes you to visit a school creche to meet the children and discover their challenges and victories despite their circumstances. A local family in Khayelitsha will be your hosts for lunch. This afternoon, your next adventure begins by heading north along South Africa’s iconic West Coast. After check in at your hotel, relax before dinner at your hotel overlooking the lagoon.

Main Destination:

West Coast National Park

Accommodation:

Shark Bay Hotel

• Luxury hotel bordering West Coast NP without fences

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Columbine Nature Reserve, Paternoster and West Coast Fossil Park

To start the day, a morning cruise on the lagoon and part of Saldanha Bay will allow you to experience a unique perspective of this West Coast area. Then it’s time to travel back 5 million years at the West Coast Fossil Park, a National Heritage site. It’s one of the most diverse Mio-Pliocene records in the world. Fossils from bears, saber-tooth cats, short-necked giraffes, and early mammoths have been found here. Next is Paternoster, where you will lunch. It's a town famous for its unique architecture, pristine white beaches, the challenging-to-harvest rock lobster and other straight-from-the-ocean seafood. After lunch, Bokkomlaan in Velddrif is the place to find Bokkoms, a West Coast specialty. Salted, silvery mullet is strung into bunches and hung to dry. This old, timeless, and quaint fishing village of Velddrif is so inspiring the West Coast Gallery displays art from over 100 local artists. Back in Langebaan, relax and freshen up before dinner.

Main Destination:

Paternoster (Town)

Accommodation:

Shark Bay Hotel

• Luxury hotel located Paternoster (Town)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Nature Reserve and Khwa ttu San Guided Tour

This morning you leave the beauty of the West Coast National Park's tough vegetation and wide stretches of beach which line the Atlantic shoreline. In Spring, which in South Africa is between September and December, you can wander through fields of dazzlingly multi-coloured wildflowers and encounter a myriad of wildlife. Then it's time you travel back in time at the Khwattu San Culture And Education Centre, located within an exceptionally significant historical and archaeological landscape, on an 850 hectare Nature Reserve. The Centre, an Award-Winning Heritage Centre, a very different kind of museum, tells not only the story of the San, but of mankind as well. Your hotel, a classic Cape Dutch manor house amidst the beautiful vineyards and forests of Constantia Valley, is just over an hour away. After check in, enjoy the lazy sunset over the stunning views of both mountain and valley (or maybe some more spa time) before your scrumptious dinner.

Main Destination:

Cape Town (City)

Accommodation:

Stillness Manor & Spa

• Luxury hotel located Cape Town (City)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Boulders Penguin Colony, Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve, Chapman's Peak, Duiker Island Seal Colony

Today's full-day tour of the Cape Peninsula begins near Simon's Town, at Boulders Beach. Then, take in the countryside en route to the southern point of the Cape Peninsula. Here three promontories tower over 200 metres above the sea - Cape of Good Hope, Cape Maclear and Cape Point. For lunch you journey to Hout Bay, a quaint village with a fishing harbour, which includes a photo-stop at Chapman's Peak. From Hout Bay, a 40-minute cruise charter takes you past the famous Maori Bay Wreck, to the protected home of thousands of wild Cape Fur Seals - Duiker Island Seal Colony. Just outside Hout Bay, you explore the largest bird park in Africa. Driving the route of breath-taking scenery that is the Atlantic Seaboard and which stretches from Hout Bay to the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront (V&A), dinner that evening will be at GOLD Restaurant - complete with a djembe drum performance and a 14-dish tasting menu. Each dish is based on African culinary traditions and storytelling.

Main Destination:

Boulder's Beach (Penguins)

Accommodation:

Stillness Manor & Spa

• Luxury hotel located Boulder's Beach (Penguins)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Neethlingshof Wine Tasting, Fairview Cheese and Wine Tasting, Explore Franschoek

What better way to start your last day after a scrumptious breakfast than by heading into the Winelands surrounded by the breathtaking views of the Stellenbosch Hills. The relaxed atmosphere sets you up for a delicious day of food, cheese, and wine, all produced on the centuries-old vineyards of the region. Here is where you will find some of South Africa’s finest wines and beautiful architecture. Nestled among the green and fruitful vines are stunning examples of the area’s Cape Dutch homes. If you like cheese, then you’ll find the cheese tasting opportunities a delight as the region produces a vast range of both cow and goat milk cheeses. Following trails of flowers and wildlife winding their way through the Mont Rochelle Nature Reserve overlooking the Franschhoek Valley will help you build up your appetite once more as they lead to another foodie delight for dinner in a wine estate setting.

Main Destination:

Franschhoek (Cape Winelands)

Accommodation:

Stillness Manor & Spa

• Luxury hotel located Franschhoek (Cape Winelands)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Depart to the airport for your flight home or to the next leg of your vacation

Depending on your schedule, enjoy a healthy and filling breakfast at the hotel or at the Cape Town International Airport before flying home or onward to another adventure on your vacation.

Main Destination:

Cape Town International Airport (Cape Town)

Accommodation:

No accommodation (End of tour)

Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast (Lunch & dinner not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

• Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
• You'll be dropped off at the airport.