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The Knysna Heads, Garden Route
The Cango Caves
Explore The Garden Route - 4 Days
Explore The Garden Route - 4 Days
Explore The Garden Route - 4 Days

Explore The Garden Route - 4 Days

By Explore South Africa
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Overview

We invite you to Explore the Garden Route. Join our awesome private / small group or singles tour with overnight stays in Knysna & Oudtshoorn.

Experience the spectacular Cango Caves and an Ostrich Ranch. View seals, whales and marine bird-life. Stroll along pristine beaches with no other footprints – only the endangered Oystercatcher. Visit ancient forests where elusive wild elephants and leopards lurk in the shadows. See Giant Yellowwood trees at Valley.

Take a boat cruise to the stunning Knysna Heads and delight in the shopping and fine culinary food at the Knysna Waterfront. Taste oysters and some of the regions finest wines, craft beers and fresh juices.
The tour is conducted by an experienced chauffeur driver/ guide / host who will remain with you throughout the tour.

Luxury accommodation is in four star Guest Houses, Lodges or Apartments and includes daily breakfasts. Also included are some Dinners, Lunches and entry fees to Activities / Attractions as per itinerary.

Activity location

  • Knysna Heads
    • Coney Glen Road,
    • 6571, Knysna, South Africa

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • George Airport
    • 6530, George, Western Cape, South Africa

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What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedBottled water
  • What's includedWhat's includedLunch Platter on Day 3
  • What's includedWhat's includedEntry fees to: Tenikwa Wildlife Centre, Cango Caves, Ostrich Ranch, Diaz Museum & Seal Island Cruise
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedOne Lunch and Dinners.
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedOptional Activities
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedAlcoholic drinks, tips, service charge and personal items
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedFlights and transfers to and from George

Know before you book

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Specialised infant seats are available
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Vegetarian or Halal option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
  • Passport name, number, expiry and country is required at time of booking for all participants

Activity itinerary

Day 1: Knysna, Situated in the Heart of the Garden Route, is South Africa's Favourite Town.
  • 2 stops
  • Meals: Not included
  • Accommodation: Accommodation is in a luxury Villa the Knysna Marina or at a Guest House in the Village. Breakfast is included
Knysna Heads
  • 2h
  • Admission ticket included
Depart from George Airport in the early afternoon. Journey to Knysna via the Wilderness. Here we stop for an optional craft Beer tasting.
The Waterfront Knysna Quays
  • 2h
  • Admission ticket not included
Our Guests can take an optional Boat or Yacht cruise. Options include a Ferry Boat or a cruiser which explore the Knysna Lagoon. Another options is a luxury Yacht which goes through the Knysna Heads and out into the Indian Ocean
Day 2: Tsitsikamma Forest, Natures Valley Beach and Plettenberg Bay
  • 3 stops
  • Meals: breakfast, lunch
  • Accommodation: Overnight in Knysna. You will return to the same accommodation as the previous night.
Plettenberg Bay
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
Explore the beaches of Plett, looking for Dolphins, and in the winter months, Southern Right Whales come close to the shore.
Natures Valley Beach
  • 2h
  • Admission ticket included
Enjoy a short walk in The Titsikamma Forest before spending some time at the beautiful Natures Valley Beach. We also stop to view giant Yellowwood Trees, over 500 yrs old.
Tenikwa Wildlife Awareness Centre
  • 2h
  • Admission ticket included
Join a tour of this famous Garden Route Attraction. Wildlife and Birds in distress from around South Africa are kept here to get rehabilitated and eventually released into a natural environment.
Day 3: Oudtshoorn
  • 2 stops
  • Meals: breakfast, lunch
  • Accommodation: Accommodation is in a 4 Star Guest House
The Cango Caves
  • 2h
  • Admission ticket included
Today you will visit one of the great wonders of Africa - the subterranean wonderland of Cango Caves for a tour of this vast sequence of caverns, each filled with astonishing formations of glittering stalagmites and stalactites.
Highgate Ostrich Show Farm
  • 2h
  • Admission ticket included
Oudtshoorn is the undisputed "Ostrich capital" of the world. Our itinerary includes a visit to a fascinating Ostrich Show Farm where, amidst enormous flocks of these strange birds, we are shown their development from the one kg egg to the 100 kg adult.
Day 4: Mossel Bay
  • 2 stops
  • Meals: breakfast, lunch
  • Accommodation: Not included
Mossel Bay Tourism
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
Enjoy a boat ride out to Seal Island to view seals, whales and sometimes the Great White Shark.
Bartolomeu Dias Museum Complex
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
Explore the Diaz Museum. Here you can see the Old Post Office Tree, the Shell museum and aquariam as well as a replica of the Carravele, a replica of the first sailing vessel to land in the Cape. Bartholomew Diaz, was a Portuguese navigator whose discovery in 1488 of the Cape of Good Hope showed Europeans there was a feasible route to India around the storm-driven southern tip of Africa

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESKnysna Heads
    • Coney Glen Road,
    • 6571, Knysna, South Africa

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEGeorge Airport
    • 6530, George, Western Cape, South Africa

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