Garden Route & Cape Town
Self drive Port Elizabeth to Cape Town
Enjoy Pre-Booked Accommodation with the Backup and Service of
an AVIS Vehicle.
Tailor your itinerary based on your time available and
personal interests.
Itinerary for a self drive tour
Port Elizabeth, the Friendly City
Collect your AVIS vehicle from the Port Elizabeth Airport and start
your leisurely drive down the Garden Route. Familiarize yourself with the
points of interest in Port Elizabeth with an optional visit to the Addo
Elephant National Park.
Overnight: Port Elizabeth Guesthouse
Meals: Breakfast
Tsitsikama Forest
Visit the impressive Storms River Bridge,
the highest cantilever bridge of its kind, and the Tsitsikama Forest with
its giant yellowwood trees and varied bird life.
Optionally, stay a night here or continue the same day onto Knysna.
Overnight: Tsitsikama Nature Reserve
Meals: self catering
Knysna Lagoon
The quaint village of Knysna with its
attractive lagoon is well worth a stay of two or three nights.
The Knysna Five
- ferry with Rivercats out to the Featherbed Nature Reserve
- drive to the top of Knysna Heads and enjoy a bird's eye view of the lagoon
- walk in the indigenous forests of Knysna
- steam train from Knysna to Wilderness or George
- visit the Oyster Factory on Thesen's Island
Overnight: Knysna Guesthouse
Meals: Breakfast
Oudtshoorn, Ostriches Galore !
Travel onto Oudtshoorn, the Ostrich Capital of South Africa. Visit an
Ostrich Farm, the Cheetah Farm and the Cango Caves. Your Oudtshoorn
Guesthouse is renowned for their superb Ostrich dinners. Unrivalled in
South Africa !
Overnight: Oudtshoorn Guesthouse.
Meals: Breakfast and Dinner
Whale Watching in Hermanus
Depart the Karoo via a beautiful mountain pass and drive to Hermanus,
an old whaling station. Whale watching season is from July to December.
Hermanus offers the best land based whale watching in the world ! From
the shores watch the antics of these magnificent creatures. Browse the
delightful village of Hermanus.
During whale watching season you may wish to spend two nights here.
Overnight: Hermanus Guesthouse.
Meals: Breakfast
Cape Winelands
Drive through the Cape Winelands tasting wine produced in some of South
Africa's best cellars. Lunch stop in Stellenbosch or Franschoek. Purchase
wine directly from the vineyards.
Overnight: Cape Winelands Guesthouse
Meals: Breakfast
Cape Town
Highlights to visit :
- The V&A Waterfront, where you can enjoy a leisurely drink watching the habour
activity.
- From the Waterfront join the ferry out to Robben Island. Your
guide, himself a former prisoner, will tell you his story of many years spent
on this barren island.
- Ride the cable way to the top of Table Mountain from where you
can savour views of The Mother City.
- Drive around the Cape Peninsula, including Cape Point where the two
oceans meet, Simonstown, with its comical penguin colony and over the
dramatic Chapmans Peak.
- On request, a guided tour of Cape Town can be arranged
for you, where you will be taken
into the Castle and learn more about the history of this colourful colony.
Overnight: Cape Guesthouse
Meals: Breakfast
Suggestion :
Join the Essence
of Africa tour including the Kruger National Park and ending in
Durban. From there fly to Port Elizabeth where you collect your hired
vehicle and begin your self drive tour down the Garden Route ending
with a few days at your leisure in Cape Town.
Note on the accommodation :
Guesthouse accommodation offers an intimate experience where you will
meet South Africans, get to know the people and their culture and enjoy
some local cuisine.
Every guesthouse which we recommend has been personally vetted by
ourselves. They all offer high quality rooms, with en suite bathrooms, a
South African breakfast and plenty of comfort.
Click here to
request a quotation for your self drive down the Garden Route
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