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The Garden Route - 6 days

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Start and end in Cape Town
4.5 (897 reviews)
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Itinerary

  1. Intro

    Introduction

  2. Day 1

    Cape Town to Cape Agulhas

    Cape Town to Cape Agulhas
    Meals
    Dinner

    Included Activities

    • View African penguin colony at Betties Bay

    Optional Activities

    • Shark cage diving
    • Whale watching boat trip (in season, July - November)
    Landmarks
    Betties Bay
    Hermanus
    Cape Agulhas
  3. Day 2

    Cape Agulhas to Oudtshoorn

    Cape Agulhas to Oudtshoorn
    Meals
    Breakfast, Lunch (Wine tasting lunch at local winery), Dinner

    Included Activities

    • Local wine tasting at winery
    • Ostrich farm visit
    Landmarks
    Route 62
    Oudtshoorn
    Outeniqua Mountains
    Swartberg Mountains
  4. Day 3

    Oudtshoorn to Sedgefield

    Oudtshoorn to Sedgefield
    Meals
    Breakfast, Dinner

    Included Activities

    • Canoeing on Touw River in Wilderness National Park
    • Hiking on boardwalk to waterfall and rock pool in Wilderness National Park
    Landmarks
    Wilderness National Park
    Outeniqua Mountain Pass
    Touw River
    Sedgefield
  5. Day 4

    Sedgefield to Knysna to Addo

    Sedgefield to Knysna to Addo
    Meals
    Breakfast, Dinner

    Included Activities

    • Entrance to Tsitsikamma National Park
    • Suspension bridge walk in Tsitsikamma National Park

    Optional Activities

    • 216m Bloukrans bungee jump
    Landmarks
    Knysna
    Knysna River estuary
    Bloukrans Bridge
    Tsitsikamma National Park
    Addo
  6. Day 5

    Addo to Wilderness

    Addo to Wilderness

    Included Activities

    • Entrance to Addo Elephant National Park
    • 2-4 hour drive with tour vehicle in Addo Elephant National Park

    Optional Activities

    • 2-hour open vehicle game drive with Addo field guide
    Landmarks
    Addo Elephant National Park
    Wilderness
  7. Day 6

    Mossel Bay to Cape Town

    Mossel Bay to Cape Town
    Meals
    Breakfast

    Included Activities

    • Cape St. Blaize Trail hike

    Optional Activities

    • 10,000 foot tandem skydive (extra for video)
    • Sandboarding on South Africa's longest dune
    • World's longest ocean zipline
    Landmarks
    Mossel Bay
    Cape St. Blaize Trail
    Diaz Museum Complex
    Cape Town

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