This Budget Tour starts in Cape Town, tours the Karoo, the Garden Route, finishing in Port Elizabeth with safaris to the Addo Elephant National Park, and has a number of optional adventure activities.
Our Company was established in 1998 to show guests, less visited and magical parts of Southern Africa, we specialize in tailor made tours often for as little as two people, this allows great personal service from our knowledgeable guides and enables guests to do as they please.
We are not time bound and can spend extra time at a waterhole to get that special photograph.
We are members of SATSA (South African Touring Services Association) which requires, stringent insurance, financial and ethical controls.
We have devised this tour to show the region to budget travelers, we use a mixture of excellent backpackers, with private rooms and Guest Houses.Transport from Cape Town to Port Elizabeth is on the Baz Bus a specialist in safe reliable budget travel.
I T I N E R A R Y
Day 1. Transfer from your Cape Town flight. We will collect you and take you to Sunflower Stop , located in Green Point a few minutes walk from the City Centre and the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront.
Day 2. At leisure in Cape Town. Cape town is one of the world’s greatest cities and has a great nightlife and excellent inexpensive restaurants. You can hike or take the cable car up Table Mountain, go to the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront or take a boat trip to Robben Island, where Nelson Mandela was held prisoner for 27 years.
Day 3. We include a day trip to the fishing village of Hout Bay and the Cape of Good Hope Nature reserve.
Day 4. A further day at leisure in Cape Town.
Day 5. We take you to Mossel Bay where you can take a walk round the fishing boats in the harbour, visit the Diaz museum or take a cage dive, where you would be lowered into the water wearing breathing apparatus, you should then come face to face with a great white. Rather you than me !!!! You will stay at the Santos Express a converted train stationed right on the beach.
Day 6-7. Travel on to Oudtshoorn located in the semi desert Karoo. Stay at Paradise Backpackers in a private en suite room, there is a sparkling swimming pool and it is a short walk away from the Town Centre.
We include a 54 km downhill cycle ride starting at the top of the Swartberg pass with hairpin bends waterfalls and rock pools, you will cycle back to Oudtshoorn via the Cango Caves, an ostrich farm (ride an ostrich) wildlife ranch and camel farm.
Day 8 You will take the Outinequa Choo Tjoe, one of South Africa's few remaining steam trains, on the spectacular route from George to Knysna. You will stay overnight in Knysna which is in the heart of the South African Lake District.
Day 9 Spend the day in Knysna which is a great town on a huge lagoon, take a boat trip or wander round the craft stalls,depart for our overnight stop at Storms River at 5pm
Day 10 Choose form a number of optional activities, for those brave enough, the world's highest bungee jump with a drop of 216 metres, enjoy some of the magic walks in the Tsitsikamma National Park, take a tree top canopy tour suspended in the giant Outinequa Yellowwood trees, or go abseiling, mountain biking, horse riding, snorkeling or just take afternoon tea at the rest camp in the Tsitsikamma National Park and enjoy the stunning views.
We will then depart for Port Elizabeth where you will stay at Beach House, in an en-suite room it is located 50 meters from Port Elizabeth's Hobie Beach and is a short walk to the Boardwalk, which has good restaurants, and a Casino
Day 11 At leisure in Port Elizabeth.
Day 12 Day trip to the Addo Elephant National Park. This is the densest population of elephants in Africa and had lions reintroduced in 2003. The park is home to numerous other species, including zebra, wilderbeest, rhino, water buffalo, kudu, numerous antelope species, monkeys, aardvark, jackal, meerkats and the flightless dung beetle.
Day 13. Further day of leisure in Port Elizabeth, in the evening we include a township Shebben tour, this will be with Wiclif our specialist township guide who will take you to see the other side of Africa.
Frommers Guide
"Take a Township Tour -- To gain real insight into the city"
Wiclif "( Mzolifi Quza) , offers one of the best township tours in the country
Day 14 Final morning, in Port Elizabeth we will provide your transfer to Port Elizabeth airport.
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Included in the tour price:
Day 1 Collection from Cape Town airport, accommodation at Sunflower Stop
Day 2 Breakfast, and overnight accommodation at Sunflower Stop.
Day 3 Breakfast at Sunflower Stop. Escorted tour of Hout Bay and the Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve including entrance fee to the reserve.
Day 4 Breakfast at Sunflower Stop.
Day 5 Breakfast at Sunflower Stop. Baz bus to Mossel Bay, accommodation at the Santos Express.
Day 6 Breakfast in Mossel Bay, Baz bus to George collection in George and onward to Oudtshoorn, accommodation in en-suite room at Paradise Backpackers.
Day 7 Breakfast at Lodge in Oudtshoorn, 54 km downhill cycle ride. accommodation in ensuite room at Paradise Backpackers
Day 8. Breakfast at Lodge in Oudtshoorn, trip on the Outinequa Choo Tjoe from George to Knysna, accommodation in Knysna.
Day 9 Breakfast in Knysna, Baz bus from Knysna to Storms River, accommodation in Storms River.
Day 10 Breakfast at the Lodge in Storms River, Baz bus to Port Elizabeth. Accommodation in en-suite room at Beach House.
Day 11 Breakfast at Beach House Port Elizabeth. Accommodation in en-suite room at Beach House.
Day 12 Breakfast and escorted tour of the Addo Elephant National Park including entrance fees and picnic lunch, and cold drinks in the vehicle. Accommodation in en-suite room at Beach House.
Day 13 Breakfast and escorted evening township tour including traditional meal.Accommodation in en-suite room at Beach House.
Day 14 Breakfast and transfer to Port Elizabeth airport.
Excluded: Telephone calls Bar account Items of a personal nature Gratuities Items not mentioned above Allow 40-60 ZAR for lunch and 80-140 ZAR for evening meals.
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I would like to say that my wife Anna and I experienced a fantastic time in my recent trip to South Africa. The country and the places I visited in particular (Cape Town/Garden Route/Port Elizabeth/Idwala Lodge were brilliant and better than I expected. My accommodation was well thought out and the tourist guidance by Colin was first class.
Colin would bend backwards in making sure that everything was fine, and I would not hesitate in using him again, for a country that I will definately be returning to sometime.
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Client:
Paul Egerton - from United Kingdom
Trip:
currently unavailable
Rating:
rating 10/10
Comment:
Our holiday was excellent, it went very smoothly.
We had no issues with any of the bookings, the accomodation was as described and the people very friendly and accomodatiing. All details were as agreed and the operator was always helpful.
We thoroughly enjoyed our trip to South Africa and felt that the 11-day itinerary arranged for us was excellent and gave us a the opportunity to see so many different places of interest, beautiful landscapes and memorable experiences. The accommodation was simply first class, and all the "optional" suggestions we found very useful. We loved the South African people - so friendly and courteous, the weather, and the delicious food.
A couple of things which were disappointing - Bush Sands no longer has predators, so although the safari was enjoyable, my much anticipated chance to see big cats in the wild did not materialise. Bush Sands removed the predators back in May 2005. Also, in Storms River, they were not doing the black water rafting - something to do with their licence, but again, this had been the case for some while, and my husband was very disappointed to miss the opportunity to experience that.
At the vineyard in Franshoek, they had a large function on the only day we were there, so we were unable to eat in their highly recommended restaurant overlooking the valley or to tour the vineyard and sample the wine.
These are disappointments which could be avoided if the operator regularly check that everything on offer is currently available.
However, overall we had a wonderful holiday and would certainly recommend this operator to our friends back in the UK.
