6 Day Garden Route Tour

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1 6 Day Garden Route Tour INCLUDED IN PACKAGE: Tour Duration: Destinations: Accommodation: Meals: Transport: 5 Nights / 6 Days Montagu -1 night Oudtshoorn -1 night Mossel Bay 1 night Natures Valley 1 night Port Elizabeth 1 night 4 * Hotels & Lodges As per detailed Itinerary Luxury air-conditioned vehicles EXCLUDED FROM PACKAGE: All meals not mentioned in itinerary Beverages Items of personal nature Gratitude s Travel insurance Activities not mentioned above Visas if required Return Airfare Tickets to South Africa - 1 -

2 Day 1: Meet and greet by Pretvan Tours in Cape Town (Pick up point to be advised). Leave Cape Town on Route 62 to Montagu Route 62 - enjoy the longest wine route in the world. Beautiful drives: Koo Pass, Tradouw Pass, and R62 to Oudsthoorn. Sleep 1 night in 4* Montagu Country Hotel (B&B) The luxury rooms are substantially spacious, and are equipped with mini-bars enabling guests to stock up with drinks and fresh milk. All luxury rooms also have separate bath and shower The rooms have splendid views on the mountains and some overlook the beautiful garden. Accommodation 4* Hotel in Montagu. (B/B). Day 2: After breakfast we continue on R62 to Barrydale, Ladismith, & Calitzdorp for destination of Oudtshoorn (lunch en route). Oudtshoorn is the largest town in the Little Karoo region of South Africa. Visit the magnificent Cango Caves Ostrich Show Farm Tour Riding/sit on the Ostrich Shopping at Oudtshoorn - 2 -

3 Sleep 1 night 4* Oue Werf in Oudtshoorn (B/B) Oue Werf Guest Lodge Pool Bedroom Oue Werf Guest House is a peaceful homestead nestled in the charming Schoemanshoek valley near Oudtshoorn. Situated in a radius of 15km from all tourist attractions, example: We offer the ideal setting for exploring the Klein Karoo. Marius and Annelie invite you to spend some quality time at their ownermanaged guesthouse. Enjoy one of our eight (8) luxury or twin bedded rooms, furnished with antiques some rooms still with original reed ceilings. All rooms have private entrances and are set apart from the main house. See how the meet, leather & feathers are prepared on the Ostrich Farm Shopping experience on the R62 Accommodation Oue Werf Country Guest House (B/B) Day 3: Mossel Bay is a gentle seaside town on the Garden Route of the Western Cape Province of South Africa. For the historical enthusiast there is a feast of fascinating history preserved in the Bartolomeu Dias Museum Complex including South Africa s first post office a milkwood tree under which early explorers left their letters. Dias Museum Museum Park with guided tour Sleep 1 night 4* Point Hotel in Mossel Bay (B/B) The property has a unique location built on rocks above a huge rock pool and overlooks the endless blue expanse of the Indian Ocean

4 The four star hotel consisting of 52 sea facing en-suite rooms with private balconies and will offer you the most exhilarating views. Rooms are equipped with direct dial telephones, international plug points, TV with DSTV, ceiling fans, panel heaters, lock-up safes and internet access in every room. Accommodation 4* Hotel in Mossel Bay. (B/B). Dias Museum Guided Museum Park tour Day 4: Outeniqua Choo Tjoe: Experience a day down memory lane; visit the Outeniqua Transport Museum before you travel on South Africa s only remaining scheduled steam train. After breakfast at the hotel you will board the Outeniqua Choo Tjoe for your journey to George. From George we will travel to Knysna, one of the Southern Cape coasts best known holiday destinations that are situated between forests and the shores of the peaceful lagoon. The most well known attraction being the heads - two great sandstone cliffs guarding the mouth of the lagoon which connects the estuary with the sea. A lookout has been erected on the Eastern Head, commanding spectacular views of the lagoon, Leisure Isle and Knysna. The Western Head is a privately owned nature Reserve - Featherbed Bay.. Knysna Elephant Park: Get up-close-and-personal with nature at Knysna Elephant Park. With the help of our resident African elephants and our well-informed guides - you will learn about the sad and mystical story of the Knysna Elephants the world s Southern most elephants. Knysna Heads and Lagoon Outeniqua Choo Tjoe Knysna Elephant Park Visit Knysna Heads Visit the Garden of Eden and the Big Tree Choo-Tjoe steam train trip between Mossel Bay and George (Time permitting) Knysna Elephant Park (optional) - 4 -

5 Sleep 1 night in 3* Tranquility Guest Lodge in Knysna (B/B) True to its name, Tranquility Lodge a guest house that is a haven of peace and tranquility. Situated in the heart of the hamlet of Natures Valley, which is part of the Tsitsikamma National Park on the Garden Route, we are surrounded by the finest beaches and the sound of crashing waves is interspersed only with that of the garden s singing birds and trickling water features. We are approximately 50 m from the beach where you can lay soaking up the sun. Accommodation 3* Tranquility Guest Lodge in Knysna. (B/B). Entrance fees mentioned in itinerary. Day 5: After breakfast we head for Port Elizabeth which lies close to the Winterhoek Mountains. Port Elizabeth was founded as a town in 1820 to house British settlers as a way of strengthening the border region between the Cape Colony and the warlike Xhosa tribe. It now forms part of the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality which has a population of over 1 million. The city is in a friendship partnership with the Swedish City of Gothenburg and is a sister city to the American cities of Jacksonville, Florida and California. The area around what is now called Algoa Bay was first settled by indigenous tribes countless centuries ago. It is said that the San and Khoisan people were amongst the first inhabitants, and the Xhosa tribe came later. However, little is known as no written records are believed to exist from that time. Port Elizabeth Ocean View Bridge over Storms River - 5 -

6 Tsitsikamma and Storms River: Tsitsikamma is the Khoi-San word for a place of many waters. It is the perfect description of this exquisite area but does not do justice to the overwhelming experience the Tsitsikamma provides for those fortunate enough to visit it and to indulge in its unique pleasures. Tsitsikamma / Storms River Sleep 1 night in 4* Beach Hotel P.E.(B/B) The Beach Hotel offers homely comfort in its 58 spacious, en-suite bedrooms comprising 1 suite, executive rooms, sea-facing rooms, family rooms and large twin or double bedded rooms. When your work is done, or your day at the beach over you can relax in style on The Verandah and admire the sweeping view of Algoa Bay. Accommodation 4* Beach Hotel in Port Elizabeth. (B/B). Day 6: After Breakfast, transfer to East London TRANSPORTATION (depending on size of group) 7 Seater A/C 28 Seater Full Luxury 44 Seater Full Luxury...End of tour - 6 -