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Garden Route Splendour By World Journeys

Garden Route Splendour By World Journeys

6 Days / 5 Nights from $2,395 Price Per Person

Sales from 27 October 2023 to 31 December 2026

**Day 1: Cape Town > Cape Agulhas > Oudtshoorn**
Today you will be met by your local guide and depart for a scenic Garden Route.

Travel along Sir Lowry’s Pass, with its magnificent views, to Grabouw and Elgin, a lush landscape surrounded by majestic mountains. Stop en route at a farmstall packed with locally produced products from the area. Continue to Cape Agulhas, the southernmost tip of Africa, where the Atlantic and Indian Oceans meet.

After this thrilling experience, we continue via historic Swellendam and the Tradouw Pass to Barrydale and the famous Route 62. Sample top quality port style wines in Calitzdorp, before continuing to Oudtshoorn, the ‘ostrich feather capital’ and centre of the world’s Ostrich farming industry. Enjoy dinner at an Ostrich Farm, dining on local specialities. Overnight in Oudtshoorn.

**Day 2: Oudtshoorn **
After a leisurely breakfast take a tour of the spectacular limestone caverns of the Cango Caves, one of the world’s great natural wonders, sculpted by nature through the ages. Afterwards enjoy a wine tasting at a local wine estate in the scenic Schoemanshoek Valley. Return to Oudtshoorn for a fun filled interactive guided tour at a working Ostrich Farm.

**Day 3: Oudtshoorn > Knysna **
After breakfast, travel to the Outeniqua Pass to George, the sixth oldest town in South Africa, with many historical landmarks. Visit the Outeniqua Transport Museum in George. This museum offers a unique experience of the Garden Route’s railway history, showcasing a vast collection of vintage vehicles, locomotives and other transport related artifacts.

Continue to Knysna, known as the oyster box of South Africa, nestling on the banks of a beautiful lagoon in the heart of the Garden Route. Enjoy a delicious lunch en route of traditional cuisine and local treats. The remainder of the day is at leisure until you join an afternoon sunset cruise on the Knysna Lagoon.

**Day 4: Knysna **
Today visit Monkeyland Primate Sanctuary, where you will see a variety of primates, roaming free in the forest. Later, enjoy spectacular views of the Knysna Heads (weather permitting) and Brenton on Sea. Enjoy the rest of the afternoon at leisure.

**Day 5: Knysna > Tsitsikamma **
Travel to Plettenberg Bay, considered the jewel of the Garden Route. En route, stop at Mungo, a family owned and managed textile mill, producing fine quality textiles, using antique looms alongside modern weaving technology. Afterwards travel to the Birds of Eden sanctuary, the biggest single free flight aviary in the world. The sanctuary was developed to create a safe environment in which to release a large collection of free-flight African birds.

Then continue on to Bloukrans Bridge and on to the beautiful Tsitsikamma Park and Storms River Mouth. The Tsitsikamma National Park incorporates 80 km of rocky coastline with spectacular sea and landscapes, a remote mountainous region with secluded valleys covered in mountain Fynbos and temperate high forests with deep river gorges leading down to the sea. Overnight in the Tsitsikamma area.

**Day 6: Tsitsikamma > Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth)**
Today head eastwards along the Tsitsikamma Forest en-route to your final stop, Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) where you will enjoy an orientation tour before your tour ends.


Type of Journey:

Small group journey (maximum 10 guests): Let us tailor-make further travel arrangements for you either side of this journey.

Inclusions

    • Small group journey (maximum 10 guests)
    • 5-nights’ accommodation
    • 5 breakfasts, 1 lunch, and 1 dinner
    • Professional English-speaking tour guide
    • Shared transportation in an air-conditioned vehicle
    • Shared sightseeing as per the itinerary
    • Entrance fees as per the itinerary
    • Porterage


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