Group Size: Maximum 10 people

Type of Safari: Non-participation adventure tour

Accommodation: Value for money backpackers accommodation

Includes: All transports, meals as per itinerary, accommodation, entrance fees, activities stated in the itinerary, 4 breakfasts, 3 dinners.

Excludes: Meals not mentioned in the itinerary, all personal expenses, insurance for luggage, tips, drinks, laundry.

Cape Town add-on: Before or after the tour we offer you a three-day package. On day 1 you'll be picked up to the airport and transferred to your accommodation, the next day you'll participate in a Cape Point Tour. The following day you'll be picked up for your Garden Route Experience. This includes 2 nights accommodation B&B, airport transfer and a Cape Point Tour.

This tour is an action-packed 5-day adventure and a "must do" for all thrill seekers. Thrilling outdoor activities are waiting for you like: canoeing, river gorge hikes, Great White Shark diving, quad biking, waterfalls, forest, whales, wine, beaches and wildlife - the itinerary has something in it for everyone.
 

Day 1: Mossel Bay. Depart from Cape Town and drive along N2 towards Swellendam, heading for Mossel Bay where we have time to visit The Diaz Museum, The Post Office Tree and other attractions of Mossel Bay. Late afternoon drive back towards Albertinia on the way to a Sunset BIG 5 Game Drive at the Garden Route Game Lodge. Dinner at the Game Lodge and enjoy a Hot Spring under the stars. [D]

Day 2: Oudtshoorn. Depart from Mossel Bay and drive over the spectacular Robinson Pass on the way to Oudtshoorn. Spend the day at the Cango Caves; ride ostriches at the Cango Ostrich Farm and view Cheetahs, Crocodiles and many other cats at the Crocodile Farm. Overnight in Wilderness at the Fairy Knowe Backpackers situated in a forest of old Milkwood trees. [BD]

Day 3: Plettenberg Bay. Depart Fairy Knowe and do canoeing on the lagoon spotting 200 different species of birds. As an optional extra, catch the Outeniqua Choo-Tjoe steam train to from George to Knysna instead of canoeing on the river. Thereafter we visit World's highest Bungee at Bloukrantz (plenty of time to jump for those thrill seekers) as well as walk the hanging bridge over Storms River Mouth in the Tsitsikamma National Park. Overnight at Stanley Island (SA's only privately owned island. Dinner at own expense this evening on Stanley Island or in Plettenberg Bay. [B]

Day 4: Swellendam. Today you have the Option of gliding effortlessly with qualified pilot over Plettenberg beaches spotting dolphins and whales, or else try a flip in a microlight. Depart Plettenberg Bay and we head to Knysna for lunch and to explore the Knysna Heads. Thereafter we tour an aloe factory outside Albertina and overnight at the Buffeljagts Dam just outside Swellendam with the option of going on the longest foefie-slide in Africa. [BD]

Day 5: Cape Town. Depart Swellendam and follow the coastal route towards Hermanus. There is time for an optional extra of Shark Cage Diving if any one so wishes. We explore Hermanus including whale watching (in season) and wine tasting at Hamilton Russell. From Hermanus to Betty's Bay where we visit the Penguins at the Penguin colony. Return to Cape Town late afternoon via the stunning False Bay coastline where hopefully we'll see more whales or dolphins. [B]