Activity Description

PRIVATE GARDEN ROUTE CLASSIC SAFARI from Cape Town

5 Day all inclusive private safari along the famous Garden Route, from Cape Town. See some of South Africa’s most impressive natural beauty.

Spend 5 days exploring the Garden Route of South Africa and the Great Karoo with one of our expert local guides!
Visit Cape Point. Head to the southernmost tip of Africa at Cape Agulhas. Take a guided tour through the Cango Caves. Sip local beer and wine. Soak up the sun on the beaches of the southern coast of South Africa. Experience a personal encounter with orphan elephants. Go on Giraffe Tracking experience in the Great Karoo. Go on a game drive in Addo Elephant National Park.

ITINERARY
DAY 1:
Cape Point – Betty’s Bay – Hermanus
Meet and greet at 07h30 at your place of residence in Cape Town.
We depart along the coast towards Cape Point. Arriving at Cape Point we take a walk around Cape Point with it’s spectacular views of The Tip of Africa. We enjoy a heartly lunch en-route towards Betty’s Bay.
Betty’s Bay is next on the list. Here we stop and spend time with the African Jackass Penguins that can be viewed up close. We head towards Hermanus for our overnight stop. The evening we dine out in one of the many delicious restaurants in Hermanus.

Activities: (Included)
Cape Point
Betty’s Bay Penguins

Accommodation: B&B (3-4 star)
Meals: Lunch/ Dinner

DAY 2:
Hermanus – Cape Aghulas – Mossel Bay
After a delicious breakfast, we check out. We start the day with a Boat Cruise viewing the seasonal Southern Right Whales that are breeding along our shores from May to Nov, or go on a Shark, Dolphin viewing boat cruise (Weather Dependent).
After our Boat Cruise we depart for Cape Agulhas. Cape Agulhas is the most Southern Tip of Africa we stop and take photo’s at this landmark.
We enjoy lunch en-route. Mossel Bay is next, if time allows we visit the site of the first European landfall in South Africa on their successful quest to circumnavigate the African continent. We visit the oldest post office, a tree, in Africa and the site of the first landing of Bartholomew Dias in 1488.
The rest of the evening in Mossel Bay may be spend at your own leisure time, to explore and have fun. Dinner will be surfed in Mossel Bay at one of their many restaurants to choose from.

Activities: (Included)
Whale Watching Boat Cruise (Weather dependent) or
Visit Cape Agulhas & Diaz Museum

Accommodation: B&B (3-4 star)
Meals: Breakfast/ Lunch/ Dinner

DAY 3:
Oudtshoorn
After a delicious breakfast, we check out and depart for Oudtshoorn, a Karoo town.
In Oudtshoorn we visit Buffelsdrift Game Lodge and enjoy a amazing personal encounter with their orphan Elephants.
Lunch time we stop at Karusa Wine Farm for some wine tasting and lunch.
Then we take a guided tour through the Cango Caves with all the stalagmites and stalactites. This landmark was discovered in the 1780 and have a rich history.
After our Cango Cave experience we head for our overnight destination, where we can relax.
Tonight we dine out in Oudtshoorn.

Activities: (Included)
Orphaned Elephant Encounter
Wine Tasting
Guided Cango Caves Tour

Accommodation: B&B (3-4 star)
Meals: Breakfast/ Lunch/ Dinner

DAY 4:
Oudtshoorn – Prince Albert – Willomore – Bhejane Game Reserve
We wake early to the morning bird chorus for a cup of hot coffee and a rusk before heading out on the Swartberg Mountain Pass towards Prince Albert. We drive the Famous Swartberg Pass and take in all the beautiful scenery.
Stopping in Price Albert for breakfast. Leaving Prince Albert we drive through the most beautiful valleys, the Meiringspoort valley and waterfall, were we stop, take a walk and swim in the cool mountain pools.
Leaving Meiringspoort behind we travel north east wards towards Willomore. In Willomore we stop at a small coffee shop for lunch.
Arriving at Bhejane Game Reserve we book in and freshen up for the afternoons guided Giraffe Tracking experience.
The evening we spend around a campfire at the Lodge of Bhejane, relaxing and taking in the Karoo atmosphere, the host’s will cook us a delicious dinner, we overnight at Bhejane Game Reserve.

Activities: (Included)
Swartberg Pass
Meiringspoort Waterfall
Giraffe Tracking On Foot

Accommodation: Chalet (4 star)
Meals: Breakfast/ Lunch/ Dinner

DAY 5:
Bhejane Game Reserve – Steytlerville – Addo Elephant National Park
We check out after breakfast making our way towards Addo Elephant National Park. Exploring Addo Elephant National Park in our tour vehicle.
We will spend up to 2-3 hours exploring the 48,000 hectare National reserve with approximately 700 elephant and some Cape buffalo, lion, black rhino, warthog, zebra, eland, kudu, hartebeest and many more animals.
We stop en-route for lunch.

The tour concludes in Port Elizabeth at approximately 17h00 – 18h00 in the afternoon.
We can drop you off at the airport for further flights or any accommodation in Port Elizabeth, of your choice.

Activities: (Included)
Addo Elephant National Park

Accommodation: No Accommodation
Meals: Breakfast/ Lunch

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