Garden Route Tour - 3 Days, Cape Town to Port Elizabeth.

The Garden Route is the area that lies along the N2 highway that links Cape Town to Port Elizabeth. It meanders peacefully through Knysna, Plettenberg Bay, Sedgefield and Wilderness. Knysna the coastal town with everything on offer, a haven of natural tranquility with a bustling market. The town of Plettenberg bay woos one with it's natural beauty, situated between forest and sea. Our last stop before reaching Port Elizabeth is the Tsitsikamma forest, home of the gaint Outeniqua yellowwood tree with relaxing hiking trails and walks.

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The Tour departs from Cape Town and drive eastwards via Sir Lowry's Pass and the famous apple country of Grabouw to Swellendam and Mossel Bay. Here we visit arguably the oldest post office in Africa, the Post Office Tree and the site of the first landfall , made by the Portuguese explorer Bartholomeu Dias in 1488. Then we travel further over the Outeniqua Mountains to the Little Karoo to visit an ostrich show farm for some unique experiences, including possible ostrich racing. Overnight in Oudtshoorn, also called the "Feather Capital" of the world, as over ninety percent of the world's ostrich farms are found in the Garden Route area.
Overnight at La Plume Guest Lodge or similar.

During this exciting guided tour, we also visit the Cango Caves, regarded as one of South Africa's foremost natural wonders. The fascinating calcite caves comprises an underground wonderland of stalactites and stalagmites. We travel past Oudtshoorn and over the Outeniqua Mountains again to George and Wilderness for a visit to the Wilderness National Park lakes area. We skirt around the lakes to Knysna on the edge of the Knysna Lagoon with its entrance to the sea guarded by two promontories known as the "Heads". The area also falls within a National Park proclaimed to conserve the extraordinary natural beauty of the lakelands and adjacent indigenous forests. Knysna also offers shopping opportunities of unusual locally made art and craft.
Overnight at Fish Eagle Lodge or similar.

We also explore Knysna and travel further via Plettenberg Bay for a short visit. Then we traverse through magnificent scenic river valley passes. We visit the Tsitsikamma National Park (Khoisan for 'The place of much water') stretching over 100 km of wild and rocky coastline, characterized by massive cliffs, narrow isolated beaches and shady indigenous forests along the river valleys. Our next stop is Storms River with the impressive Paul Sauer Bridge across the valley, towering 139 m above the river. The final part of our journey takes us past a few coastal holiday villages to Port Elizabeth, also called the 'Friendly City' for a short city tour before the tour ends.

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The Garden Route is a mix of modern golf courses, ancient forests, secluded artist communities, retirement estates, modern malls, craft centres, mountain hideaways and beach holidays. While the Garden Route road is extremely scenic, it is the hidden destinations on its side roads that are the secret of this region. The Garden Route is famous for its hardy fynbos floral kingdom, its secluded little bays and its year-round holiday frame of mind. Don't forget to look seawards for the Southern Right whales, the humpback, bottlenose and common dolphins, and even killer whales that frolic close to shore, especially near Plettenberg Bay.