6-Day Safari to the Garden Route and Addo Elephant National Park
This popular trip is an exciting, yet peaceful and cost-effective way to visit South Africa’s Garden Route. Six days of touring major locations, enjoying nature, learning about the region’s culture, and participating in adventurous activities.
Tour overview
6 days safari in South Africa, this popular tour is an adventurous, yet relaxed and affordable way to explore South Africa’s Garden Route. Six days of touring major locations, enjoying nature, learning about the region’s culture, and participating in adventurous activities.
Tour itinerary
Day 1: Cape Town – Hermanus – Cape Agulhas
The journey begins in Cape Town and travels to Hermanus. Take the picturesque coastal route to Betty’s Bay to witness an endangered African penguin colony. Spend the afternoon at Hermanus, a beach resort town noted for hosting hundreds of Southern Right whales from July to November. There are also several stores, restaurants, and marketplaces in town. In the afternoon, you’ll continue on to Cape Agulhas, Africa’s southernmost point and the meeting point of the Indian and Atlantic seas.
Day 2:Cape Agulhas – Oudtshoorn
Go to Oudtshoorn in the Little Karoo, regarded as the world’s ostrich capital, via picturesque Route 62, South Africa’s longest wine road. Before taking a guided tour of the Cango Caves, sample local wines.
Day 3: Oudtshoorn – Knysna – Sedgefield
Following breakfast, go to Outeniqua Mountain Pass, where you will paddle through Wilderness National Park. Paddle along the Touw River through the indigenous forest, viewing the variety of native birds along the route. Leave your boat after around 40 minutes for a 2-kilometer climb along a boardwalk that leads to rock pools and a beautiful waterfall. Following that, go to the well-known town of Knysna via the scenic Garden Route Lake Region. Visit the well-known Knysna Heads observation point, which overlooks the Knysna estuary. Spend the late afternoon visiting Sedgefield’s beaches.
Day 4:Sedgefield- Tsitsikamma - Addo
Following breakfast, go for Tsitsikamma National Park. You’ll stop along the way at Bloukrans Bridge, the world’s highest bungee jump bridge, reaching 216 meters tall. You’ll spend the day at Tsitsikamma National Park, which has a rare blend of indigenous woodland and magnificent Indian Ocean shoreline. Hikes of varied durations are available, as well as swimming and a trip across a suspension bridge. Depart the Garden Road in the late afternoon for Addo.
Day 5: Addo-Wilderness/Mossel Bay
Explore Addo Elephant National Park in the morning. You’ll have up to 2-3 hours to explore the 28,000-hectare national reserve, which is home to 600 elephants and a variety of other species such as buffalo, lions, rhinos, warthogs, and many more. Following a thrilling morning on safari, we return to the Garden Route and spend the night in Wilderness/Mossel Bay.
Day 6: Wilderness –Mossel Bay - Cape Town
Following breakfast, visit Mossel Bay to relax on the beautiful beaches, trek the Cape St. Blaize route along the seashore cliffs, and see the famed Diaz Museum complex, which marks the first known European journey near Africa’s tip. The more daring can try a 10,000-foot tandem skydiving or sandboarding on South Africa’s longest dune. Return to Cape Town in the early evening.
Includes:
- Throughout, the transportation is air-conditioned.
- Accommodation for 5 nights is available in backpacker and guesthouse settings.
- Except on Day 5, all meals and breakfasts are included.
- Wine sampling in the area.
- Adventure excursion to the Cango Caves.
- Hiking and canoeing at Wilderness National Park.
- Addo Elephant National Park offers a wilderness viewing safari.
- Tsitsikamma National Park hiking.
Excludes:
- Gratuities.
- Optional activities include bungee jumping, tandem skydiving, a treetop canopy tour, sand boarding, whale and dolphin viewing throughout the season, shark cage diving, and an open vehicle Addo tour.
- Meals on Day 5.
- Lunches.
- Snacks.
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Tour highlights
- This popular trip is an exciting, yet peaceful and cost-effective way to visit South Africa's Garden Route.
- Your knowledgeable tour guides will take you to Hermanus, Mossel Bay, Wilderness, Knysna, Tsitsikamma, Addo, Sedgefield, Route 62, and other destinations.
- Activities such as kayaking and trekking in Wilderness National Park and wildlife watching in Addo Elephant National Park are available.
- Participate in a shark tank dive, bungee jumping, whale viewing, sand boarding, and an open vehicle safari trip to test your bravery.
- Pick-up from any hotel in Cape Town and its environs is included.
Important details
Not appropriate for:
- Children under the age of 14.
- Individuals with limited movement.
Point of convergence:
- On Monday, you will be picked up at your preferred location in Cape Town (central business district, Camps Bay, Sea Point, Green Point, Observatory, Rondebosch), the airport, or Somerset West. Pickup time in Cape Town is between 6:00 AM and 8:00 AM, and in Somerset West is about 8:00 AM. The local provider will contact you the weekend before your tour to schedule a pickup time. Please allow 15 minutes before and after your scheduled pickup time, since traffic on Monday mornings may be unpredictable!
Before you go, be aware of the following:
- Every Monday throughout the year, the tour departs.
- This is an ongoing tour. It is most suited to individuals who enjoy being on the go and can comfortably walk, carry luggage, and get in and out of the vehicle on a regular basis.
- The tour charge varies depending on the kind of lodging.
- Those who choose the shark cage diving option will be picked up by the diving operator extremely early in the morning on day 1 and will miss the first part of the day.
- Please keep in mind that the schedule may be followed in a different sequence at times.
- Visitors as young as 14 years old are welcome if accompanied by a parent or legal guardian.