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The Garden Route - 6 days

6 days
Start and end in Cape Town
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Explorer
Curated to ignite your sense of adventure
Fully Guided
An experienced guide will be with you for the entire tour
Low Intensity
Travelers can expect some light physical activities
Guided in English
Group Size 4 - 12
All Ages Welcome
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Itinerary

  1. Day 1

    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
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  2. Day 2

    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
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  3. Day 3

    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
  4. Day 4

    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
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  5. Day 5

    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
  6. Day 6

    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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Rating
4.5(906 reviews)
Response time
11 hours
Response rate
94%
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Reviews from other tours by Encounters Travel

  • KIM
    July 16th, 2025
    It was awhile ago that I took this tour but it was absolutely FANTASTIC! Wonderful guide and driver. He was...
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  • Shannon
    October 5th, 2023
    As a first time sole female traveler, my trip was absolutely incredible. My tour guide, Gareth, was so knowledgable...
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  • Brian
    January 7th, 2020
    Beyond expectations. Tour was flawless from the airport connections to the backpackers lodges. Our guide Wendy with...
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