3 Day Garden Route's Best Highlights with Safari from Cape Town
Spend three days exploring South Africa’s famed Garden Route from Cape Town. This fast paced tour focus on visiting a vast variety of highlights along the Garden Route - in total you'll cover about 1200 kilometres (about 4 to 6 hours driving per day). Explore this piece of paradise on the southeastern coast of South Africa where many adventures awaits.. canoe along a calm river in the Wilderness area, keeping an eye out for the abundant birdlife. Explore the Cango Caves, and enjoy an included 4x4 safari with a game ranger as you set out to spot some members of Africa’s Big Five, and connect with closely with nature in a private game reserve.
This action-packed itinerary is ideal for the young at heart with the option to join optional activities scheduled for even more fun: eg. Observe orphaned elephants as they roam freely in a natural bushvelt habitat, and face your fears if you choose to partake in the optional world’s highest bridge bungy jump.
Options
Backpack Dorm Stay- Join Group
Backpacker Dorm Room - Group: Overnight in unisex dorm accommodation. Up to12 persons per room with shared bathroom facilities. No under 18 or over 45 yrs
Pickup included
What's included in 3 Day Garden Route's Best Highlights with Safari from Cape Town
(Subject to Option Inclusions)Itinerary
Day 1 | Cape Town - Oudtshoorn
Cango Caves
Accommodation
Day 2 | Oudtshoorn - Sedgefield
Buffelsdrift Game Lodge - Activities
Kaaiman's Adventures
Bloukrans Bridge
Sedgefield Lagoon Mouth
Food and Drinks
Accommodation
Inclusions
- Hotel pickup within 10km radius of Cape Town central or Stellenbosch town
- A portion of your trip fee is donated to help fund 2Cchange non-profit local charity projects
- Transfers in mini van vehicle (about 4 to 6 hours travel daily)
- Local English-speaking professional tour guide
- 4x4 Game drive safari shared with group
- Drop-off after tour to your original pickup location
- Kayak in Wilderness region shared with group
- Accommodation for 2 nights
- Meals and drinks if not mentioned. Can buy during tour.
- Optional Bungy jump + Zipline shared activity
- Optional Elephant Observation in Nature shared activity
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- Note that this tour has a packed pace with many activities and stops a day. It is advised to book a longer or private Garden Route tour if you prefer to have a more relaxed journey.
- Minimum age is 8 years. Children from 8 to 18 years of age must be accompanied by a responsible adult, legal guardian or parent and cannot stay in dorm rooms.
- According to availability, the itinerary can run in reverse or different route.
- Daily drive time: about 4 to 6 hours / in total 1200 km distance route. This packed, fast-paced itinerary is filled with many of the best highlights of the region and ideal for the young-at-heart traveller that wants to explore this vast region with limited time available.
- Personal comprehensive travel insurance is excluded and recommended
- The tour operator already pre-booked space at all optional activities for the group and you can simply decide on the first day of the tour if you'll partake. Optional activities can only be paid on the tour directly to the supplier. Bungy jump optional activity waiting time can vary from 1 to 2 hours and is subject to group size and how busy it is during the time visited. Optional activities are subject to weather conditions and cannot be guaranteed.
- According to availability at time of booking, accommodation will be in the mentioned hotel or in one of a similar standard and star rating in a similar area. Sedgefield accommodation will occasionally be sold out and then your accommodation will be in nearby town of Wilderness or Knysna.
- Some meals and drinks are not included on most tours; giving the ideal opportunity to experience typical South African meals (or your own preference) at local restaurants, shops or eating spots. Do check your tour's specific included and excluded section to verify the included meals for your tour package. You'll have free time scheduled daily to buy and enjoy meals. – Breakfast is mostly enjoyed at the accommodation's breakfast room/restaurant in the morning. Bed & Breakfast multi-day packages include breakfast for each overnight stay. – Lunch will be en-route with limited time & limited options to choose from. – Dinner-time during multi-day tours is scheduled in free-time after each day’s tour schedule. You can dine out at leisure; or book meals with your guide at the overnight accommodation that day. Your guide can recommend the best local restaurants, or most backpackers even have communal kitchens to prepare your own food - should you wish to buy the ingredients after the tour to prepare your own meals.
Meet
Pickup and Dropoff
Choose to be picked up from a list of locations
Please arrive at the pick up point 90 minutes before departure time.
Additional Information
Pick-up included from any hotel, guesthouse, backpackers or street address within 10km radius of Cape Town or Stellenbosch central. If your hotel is not listed, simply select "my hotel is not listed" on the drop-down menu and message us your preferred pickup address for consideration.
