Price
RFrom R61'375 per person
Duration
14 days / 13 nights
Destination
South Africa
Travellers
2 - 10
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Destination
South Africa Discover South Africa
Tour Dates
6th June 2026
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Additional Information
Includes: 13 breakfasts | 1 lunch | 4 dinners | accommodation | transportation | porterage | sightseeing
Excludes: Flight and departure tax between Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) and Johannesburg Recommended flight – FA374 departing Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) at 15h25, arriving in Johannesburg at 17h05
Language: All departures are in English.
Optional Excursions: Enhance the journey with optional excursions on the tour, available for pre-booking, subject to availability and a minimum of 2 adults travelling
- Day 1 – Saturday
- Day 2 – Sunday
- Day 3 – Monday
- Day 4 – Tuesday
- Day 5 – Wednesday
- Day 6 – Thursday
- Day 7 – Friday
- Day 8 – Saturday
- Day 9 – Sunday
- Day 10 – Monday
- Day 11 – Tuesday
- Day 12 – Wednesday
- Day 13 - Thursday
- Day 14 - Friday
- South Africa Explorer
Day 1 – Saturday
Cape Town
On arrival in Cape Town at Cape Town International Airport, you’ll be met by your representative and transferred to your hotel. South Africa’s Mother City is consistently voted one of the world’s best cities to visit. The remainder of the day is at leisure and unescorted to enjoy the vibrant culture, scenic beauty, and award-winning cuisine.
Overnight in Cape Town.
Day 2 – Sunday
Cape Town (unescorted)
Enjoy a full day at leisure. Perhaps join a sightseeing tour including Table Mountain, the Cape Peninsula and Constantia Winelands (optional and for own account) or join an authentic, local experience on a day out at Babylonstoren Wine Farm in the picturesque Cape Winelands (optional and for own account). Alternatively relax on one of Cape Town’s many pristine beaches. Although a small city, Cape Town is packed with sightseeing attractions, excellent bars, cafes, and restaurants as well as colourful craft markets.
Overnight in Cape Town. [Breakfast]
Day 3 – Monday
Cape Town - Cape Agulhas - Oudtshoorn
This morning you will be met by your local tour guide and depart for the 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. Our journey continues to Cape Agulhas, the southernmost tip of Africa, where the Atlantic and Indian Oceans meet. The area has largely been untouched and unexplored with its rugged coastline being the graveyard for many a ship. The historic Cape Agulhas Lighthouse is considered the icon that signifies the tip of Africa. After this thrilling experience, we continue via historic Swellendam and the Tradouw Pass to Barrydale and the famous Route 62. Continue to Oudtshoorn, known as the ‘ostrich feather capital’ and centre of the world’s Ostrich farming industry. Enjoy dinner at an Ostrich Farm, dining on local specialities such as Ostrich Steak.
Overnight in Oudtshoorn. [Breakfast & Dinner]
Distance travelled today: 550 kms
Day 4 – Tuesday
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. Join a fun filled interactive guided tractor tour at a working Ostrich Farm, followed by a wine tasting, sampling top quality wines of the region.
Overnight in Oudtshoorn. [Breakfast]
Distance travelled today: 90 kms
Day 5 – Wednesday
Oudtshoorn - Knysna
After breakfast, travel over the Outeniqua Pass to George, the sixth oldest town in South Africa, with many historical landmarks like the Slave Tree and King Edward VII Library building; said to be the best example of Edwardian architecture in the town. The tour travels via Wilderness, an attractive holiday resort, 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.
Overnight in Knysna. [Breakfast & Lunch]
Distance travelled today: 170 kms
Day 6 – Thursday
Knysna
oday you’ll have the opportunity to further explore the natural beauty of the Garden Route. Visit Monkeyland Primate Sanctuary, where you will be able to see a variety of primates, roaming free in the forest. This award-winning sanctuary is well known for its efforts to rehabilitate and free previously caged primates. A portion of the trip price of this TRAVEL WITH A PURPOSE Activity, goes towards ensuring that these already endangered species can survive and reproduce for a future reintroduction into the wild. The tour continues to the famous Eastern Head, where you will enjoy spectacular views of the Knysna Heads (weather permitting). Afterwards you’ll travel to Brenton on Sea, a breath-taking holiday location and a nature lover’s paradise with its unspoilt beaches and peaceful surroundings. The remainder of the afternoon will be at leisure.
Overnight in Knysna. [Breakfast]
Distance travelled today: 110 kms
Day 7 – Friday
Knysna - Tsitsikamma
Travel to Plettenberg Bay, considered the jewel of the Garden Route, for a visit 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. A portion of the trip price of this TRAVEL WITH A PURPOSE Activity goes towards protecting genetically pure species of various Taxa in a semi-wild state and to hold the seeds of these Taxa for future reintroduction into the wild. Our journey continues to Bloukrans Bridge, currently offering the highest commercially operated Bungy Jump in the world. Visit the Tsitsikamma National Park and Storms River Mouth (weather permitting). 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. [Breakfast]
Distance travelled today: 100 kms
Day 8 – Saturday
Tsitsikamma - Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) - Johannesburg
Head eastwards along the Tsitsikamma Forest to Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), affectionately known as the “friendly city”. Travel to Chief Dawid Stuurman Airport for an onward flight to Johannesburg, where you’ll be met and transferred to your hotel. The remainder of the day is yours to relax (unescorted).
Overnight in Johannesburg. [Breakfast]
Distance travelled today: 185 kms
Day 9 – Sunday
Johannesburg
Spend a full day exploring Soweto and surrounds, where some of the watershed events in the struggle against apartheid occurred. The tour starts with a drive past the FNB Stadium, also known as Soccer City and the venue for the 2010 FIFA World Cup Final. It was the site of Nelson Mandela’s first speech in Johannesburg after his release from prison in 1990. The drive continues through Diepkloof, home to Soweto’s richest and then to Kliptown, where the Freedom Charter was officially adopted in 1955. Drive past the Regina Mundi Church that played a pivotal role in the township’s history of resistance against apartheid. Then onto Vilakazi Street, the most famous street in Soweto, where two Nobel Prize winners once lived, Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu. The afternoon will conclude with visits to the Hector Pieterson Memorial and Museum that commemorate the role of the country’s students in the struggle against apartheid and the prestigious Apartheid Museum, that covers the full history of the Apartheid era in South Africa.
Return to your hotel for overnight in Johannesburg. [Breakfast]
Distance travelled today: 100 kms
Day 10 – Monday
Johannesburg
Enjoy a full day at leisure and unescorted. Perhaps join a tour to Maropeng, the Cradle of Mankind (optional and for own account) or enjoy some shopping at Nelson Mandela Square, home to a variety of shops and boutiques catering for all tastes and budgets.
Overnight in Johannesburg. [Breakfast]
Day 11 – Tuesday
Johannesburg - Kruger National Park
This morning you will be collected from your hotel, heading east to the Mpumalanga region. After freshening up at your lodge enter the world-famous Kruger National Park and spend the afternoon game viewing in your closed touring vehicle. The Park offers some of the best game viewing and wildlife opportunities in the world – and you’ll soon appreciate the challenges of managing this unique reserve. After an action-packed afternoon in the Kruger Park, enjoy authentic cuisine from the region at your hotel. [Breakfast & Dinner]
Distance travelled today: 430 kms
Day 12 – Wednesday
Kruger National Park
The day begins with early morning coffee or tea, followed by a thrilling open vehicle game drive (with English speaking game ranger) through the Kruger National Park with pre-packed breakfast. Your guide will endeavour to spoil you with sightings of the “Big Five”, general game and prolific bird life. There is an option (for own account and subject to availability) to learn more about the Kruger Park Anti-Poaching Dog Unit. This specialist unit trains dogs to track poachers in the field, detect firearms, ammunition and wildlife products that enter and exit through the Kruger National Park gates. A portion of the trip price of this TRAVEL WITH A PURPOSE Activity goes towards ensuring that these dogs receive the best possible care in support of the vital work they do. Return to the lodge for lunch (own account) and a short siesta. In the afternoon we will journey once again through the magnificent expanses of the Kruger National Park, unrivalled in its diversity of flora and fauna. Enjoy an afternoon of game viewing in your closed touring vehicle pursuing the Big Five and other rare and endangered species. Optional (own account) open vehicle game drives are available.
Return to your hotel for dinner and overnight. [Breakfast & Dinner]
Distance travelled today: 250 kms
Day 13 - Thursday
Mpumalanga
Enjoy breakfast before setting out to explore the magnificent Panorama Route, one of the most scenic routes in the region, offering glorious views, spectacular landscapes, and exquisite waterfalls. Visit majestic sights including God’s Window, the Three Rondavels and Blyde River Canyon – the third largest canyon of its kind in the world, Bourke’s Luck Potholes, and the charming village of Graskop, one of the first gold mining camps in the country. Optional (own account) open vehicle game drives are available, should you prefer not to join the Panorama Route tour.
Return for a delectable dinner at your hotel. [Breakfast & Dinner]
Distance travelled today: 260 kms
Day 14 - Friday
Mpumalanga - Johannesburg
Enjoy breakfast before starting the return journey to Johannesburg. Arrive in Johannesburg, at OR Tambo International Airport, at approximately 14h30, where the tour ends on arrival. [Breakfast]
Distance travelled today: 400 kms
South Africa Explorer
OPTIONAL EXCURSIONS
Enhance the journey with optional excursions on the tour, available for pre-booking, subject to availability and a minimum of 2 adults travelling.
DAY 2 – SUNDAY – CAPE TOWN
Full Day Cape Highlights with Table Mountain, Cape Peninsula & Constantia Winelands Experience
2026: R 2 350.00 per person | 2027: R 2 585.00 per person
Full Day Cape Highlights with Table Mountain, Cape Peninsula & Constantia Winelands Experience
2026: R 2 350.00 per person | 2027: R 2 585.00 per person
Meet your local guide, who will show you where to snap the best photos of Cape Town’s most iconic sights. First stop is Table Mountain, named one of the ‘New 7 Wonders of Nature’, for a cable car ride to the top of the mountain (excluding cost of cable way ticket & weather permitting). Travel via the scenic Chapman’s Peak drive (if open) to Cape Point Nature Reserve, for a picture of the famous Cape Point lighthouse dating back to 1859. Visit Boulders Beach (entrance fee for own account), home to a colony of African Penguins and then to Muizenberg Beach, one of the most popular Cape Town beaches, dotted with colourful beach huts along the sand and locally known as ‘surfers paradise’. Head to Groot Constantia Wine Estate, for a wine tasting and wander through the scenic vineyards. Return to Cape Town, passing the University of Cape Town and the Groote Schuur Hospital.
DAY 2 – SUNDAY – CAPE TOWN
Full Day Cape Winelands with Fairview Wine Estate & Babylonstoren Wine Farm Experience
2026: R 1 840.00 per person | 2027: R 1 970.00 per person
Full Day Cape Winelands with Fairview Wine Estate & Babylonstoren Wine Farm Experience
2026: R 1 840.00 per person | 2027: R 1 970.00 per person
Join us for an authentic, local experience on a day out in the picturesque Cape Winelands. Visit Fairview wine estate, a local cheesery and working wine farm that specializes in the production of handmade, full-flavoured cheeses paired with a wine tasting, followed by a visit to Babylonstoren wine farm with its botanically diverse fruit and vegetable garden, incredible scenery, and warm hospitality for a second wine tasting.
DAY 10 – MONDAY – JOHANNESBURG
Morning Maropeng, Cradle of Humankind Tour
2026: R 3 270.00 per person
2026: R 3 350.00 per person
Morning Maropeng, Cradle of Humankind Tour
2026: R 3 270.00 per person
Experience the birthplace of human life at the Cradle of Humankind, visit the Maropeng Museum and take a journey through time. See fossils and discover how humankind was born.
Afternoon Pretoria Tour2026: R 3 350.00 per person
Explore the highlights of Pretoria, including Paul Kruger House, Church Square, the Voortrekker Monument, Union Buildings and City Hall.
** DAY 12 – WEDNESDAY - KRUGER NATIONAL PARK
Travel With a Purpose Activity – Presentation of The Anti-Poaching Dog Unit
2026: R 250.00 per person | 2027: R 250.00 per person
Travel With a Purpose Activity – Presentation of The Anti-Poaching Dog Unit
2026: R 250.00 per person | 2027: R 250.00 per person
After the early morning open vehicle game safari, a presentation of the Kruger Park Anti-Poaching Dog Unit (Project Watchdog), that was established because of the increase in rhino poaching worldwide. Learn about the dogs that are trained to track poachers in the field, detect firearms, ammunition and wildlife products that enter and exit through the Kruger National Park gates. A portion of the trip price of this TRAVEL WITH A PURPOSE Activity goes towards ensuring that these dogs receive the best possible care in support of the vital work they do.
DAY 12 – WEDNESDAY – KRUGER NATIONAL PARK
Afternoon Open Vehicle Game Safari
2026: R 1 115.00 per person | 2027: R 1 185.00 per person
Afternoon Open Vehicle Game Safari
2026: R 1 115.00 per person | 2027: R 1 185.00 per person
For the wildlife enthusiasts, a second open vehicle safari, as an extension to the morning safari, in one of the world’s most renowned game reserves.
DAY 13 – THURSDAY - KRUGER NATIONAL PARK
Full Day Open Vehicle Game Safari
2026: R 2 965.00 per person | 2027: R 3 145.00 per person
Full Day Open Vehicle Game Safari
2026: R 2 965.00 per person | 2027: R 3 145.00 per person
Join a full-day open vehicle safari with a highly qualified field guide who is eager to share their knowledge and passion for this unique wilderness area.
| TOUR RATES 2026 |
| 01 Jan 2026 - 30 Apr 2026 |
| R 62 130.00 per person sharing twin/double accommodation |
| R 75 425.00 per single person |
| 01 May 2026 - 30 Sept 2026 |
| R 61 375.00 per person sharing twin/double accommodation |
| R 73 795.00 per single person |
| 01 Oct 2026 - 31 Dec 2026 |
| R 63 490.00 per person sharing twin/double accommodation |
| R 77 435.00 per single person |
Accommodation used:
The President Hotel in Cape Town or similar x 2 nights
La Plume Boutique Guest House in Oudtshoorn or similar x 2 nights
Rex Hotel in Knysna or similar x 2 nights
Tsitsikamma Village Inn in Storms River or similar x 1 night
Southern Sun Sandton in Johannesburg or similar x 3 nights
Hippo Hollow Country Estate in Hazyview or similar x 3 nights
| TOUR RATES 2027 |
| 01 Jan 2027 - 10 Jan 2027 & 25 Jan 2027 - 28 Feb 2027 |
| R 68 810.00 per person sharing twin/double accommodation |
| R 85 810.00 per single person |
| 11 Jan 2027 - 24 Jan 2027 & 01 Mar 2027 - 30 Apr 2027 |
| R 66 360.00 per person sharing twin/double accommodation |
| R 80 990.00 per single person |
| 01 May 2027 - 31 Aug 2027 |
| R 65 360.00 per person sharing twin/double accommodation |
| R 78 080.00 per single person |
| 01 Sept 2027 - 31 Dec 2027 |
| R 67 810.00 per person sharing twin/double accommodation |
| R 82 820.00 per single person |
