TOURISM
Garden Route Splendour · Small Group Classic Tour
Six days from Cape Town to Gqeberha by way of Cape Agulhas, the Tradouw Pass, Oudtshoorn, Knysna and two nights in the Tsitsikamma. Maximum ten guests.
The journey
The Garden Route begins a few hours east of Cape Town and this itinerary takes it slowly: the southernmost tip of Africa at Cape Agulhas, the Tradouw Pass into the Little Karoo, two nights in Oudtshoorn for the Cango Caves and an ostrich farm, Knysna and the Heads, then two nights in the Tsitsikamma for Monkeyland, Birds of Eden, the national park and Storms River Mouth.
The tour ends with a city orientation in Gqeberha, where you can be dropped at Chief Dawid Stuurman Airport on request. The first four days are shared with the four-day Magnificent Garden Route tour.
Scheduled small-group departure (minimum 2, maximum 10 guests). Accommodation is as named or a similar standard; the exact hotel is confirmed at booking. Two guests travel in a sedan; three to ten guests travel in a 13-seater vehicle.
YOUR JOURNEY AT A GLANCE
An early start over Sir Lowry's Pass to Grabouw and Elgin, with a stop at a farm stall of Overberg produce. On to Cape Agulhas, where the Atlantic and Indian Oceans meet, and its historic lighthouse. Via Swellendam and the Tradouw Pass to Barrydale and Route 62, roosterkoek cooked over the fire, and Oudtshoorn for dinner at an ostrich farm. — Meals: light lunch, dinner · Accommodation: La Plume Boutique Hotel (4-star) or similar · About 550 km (departs ±07h30, arrives ±17h30)
A guided tour of the Cango Caves, an interactive tractor tour of a working ostrich farm and a tasting of Klein Karoo wines. — Meals: breakfast · Accommodation: La Plume Boutique Hotel or similar · About 90 km
Over the Outeniqua Pass to George and the Outeniqua Transport Museum, then via Wilderness to Knysna. Lunch of local dishes en route, and the Eastern Head for the view over the Knysna Heads (weather permitting). — Meals: breakfast, lunch · Accommodation: Rex Hotel (4-star) or similar · About 170 km
To Plettenberg Bay, with a stop at Mungo, a family textile mill weaving on antique looms. A visit to Monkeyland primate sanctuary and to Birds of Eden, the world's largest single free-flight aviary, then on to the Tsitsikamma. — Meals: breakfast · Accommodation: Tsitsikamma Village Inn (3-star) or similar · About 100 km
Tsitsikamma National Park and Storms River Mouth (weather permitting): 80 km of rocky coastline, fynbos valleys and forest gorges running down to the sea. Afternoon at leisure; dinner in Storms River village. — Meals: breakfast, dinner · Accommodation: Tsitsikamma Village Inn or similar · About 50 km
East through the Tsitsikamma forest to Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) for a city orientation, where the tour ends. Drop-off at Chief Dawid Stuurman Airport on request. — Meals: breakfast · About 185 km (departs ±08h30, arrives ±13h00)
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