Accommodated Budget Garden Route Tour

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5-Day Garden Route Adventure Tour

CAPE TOWN to CAPE TOWN

Departures: Every Monday & Thursday

This 5 day, 4 night all inclusive adventure tour in the MALARIA FREE Garden Route, is perfect for those back- packers, professionals, and young at heart who wish to see the best of what the Garden Route has to offer.

Highlights:
• Rock Formations In Cango Caves
• Drive through a game farm boasting the BIG 5.
• Hiking 3 km underground through the awesome Cango Caves.
• Ride the world's largest bird (Ostrich).
• Visit a cheetah & crocodile breeding project.
• Travel the stunning coastline by steam train.
• See the world's highest bungy (plenty of time to jump if you're crazy enough!).(optional extra)
• Walk leisurely through South Africa's most beautiful forest.
• Tasting wine at one of SA's premier wine farms.
• Dive with the Great White Sharks off Gans Baai. (optional extra)

Tour Cost:
R3950 per person sharing Backpacker (standard dorm) plus a R300 upgrade supplement to the Game Lodge. OR
R4450 per person sharing Backpacker (private room) plus a R200 upgrade supplement to the Game Lodge. OR
R5250 per person Guest House, including the Game Lodge..

Included:
The tour includes dinner bed and breakfast, except for dinner on Day 3 in Plettenberg Bay.
All entrance fees are catered for.
Big Five Game Viewing and Jacuzzi under the stars
Ostrich Farm
Crocodile and Cheetah Farm
Cango Caves
Tsitsikamma National Forest
River Canoeing in the Wilderness

Excluded: (Optional Extras)
(The rates listed below might fluctuate from time to time.)
• Outeniqua ChooTjoe, catch an original Steam Train, the Outeniqua • ChooTjoe to Knysna. R65.00 for 2 hours
• Gliding, fixed wing gliding over the magical coastline of Plettenberg Bay. R350.00 / 30 minutes
• Bungy Jumping, experience pure madness and pure thrill - jump the world's HIGHEST Bungy at Storms River. R580.00
• Foefie Slide (ask any South African), the biggest in the world! R50.00
• Shark Cage Diving, experience these beautiful monsters of the deep up close and personal. R1000.00


Itinerary:
DAY 1 CAPE TOWN TO GAME LODGE
Depart from Cape Town and drive along N2 through Swellendam and on to Albertinia and the Garden Route Game Lodge.Enjoy Big 5 sunset game drive, dinner and hotspring under the stars. Tonight you’ll have the option of staying at this magnificent Game Lodge simply by paying nominal upgrade fee (Guest House option includes Game Lodge Accommodation). Alternatively we stay at a lovely homely backpackers 10 min. away from gamelodge. (D)

DAY 2 GAME LODGE TO OUDTSHOORN
Early morning Game drive to see some animals you perhaps didn’t see the evening before followed by a scrumptious breakfast! Depart for Oudtshoorn and drive over the spectacular Robinson Pass. Spend the afternoon at the Cango Caves and ride ostriches at the Cango Ostrich Farm before retiring to Backpackers Paradise where we will stay tonight. (B,D)

DAY 3 OUDTSHOORN TO STORMS RIVER VILLAGE
On departure we’ll head over the stunning Outiniqua pass down to the coast. Once in Wilderness you’ll have the choice of doing either canoeing on the Wilderness lagoon or catch the Outeniqua Choo-Tjoe steam train from George to Knynsa Try to spot the 200 different species of birds on the lagoon or enjoy the scenic splendour on route from the window of the cho-tjoe train. Visit the World’s highest Bungy at Bloukrantz (plenty of time to jump for those thrill seekers) as well as walk hanging bridge over Storms River Mouth in the Tsitsikamma National Park. Overnight at Didge backpackers in Stormsriver Village. (B)

DAY 4 STORMS RIVER VILLAGE TO SWELLENDAM
Today you have the option of an ocean adventure by spotting dolphins and Whales (in season) from a boat in Plettenberg Bay. After the boat cruise we head to Knysna for lunch and to explore the Knysna heads. On route to Swellendam we visit an aloe factory in Albertinia before arriving at the Buffeljagts Dam where we will on a private guest farm. There is also the option of going on the longest foefie-slide in Africa! (B, D)

DAY 5 SWELLENDAM TO CAPE TOWN
Depart Swellendam and follow the coastal route towards Hermanus. There is time for an optional extra of Shark Cage Diving if any one so wishes. We explore Hermanus including whale watching (in season) and visit a winery for some wine tasting. From Hemanus to Betty's Bay where we visit the penguins at Stony Point. Return to Cape Town late afternoon via the stunning False Bay coastline where hopefully we'll see more whales or dolphins. (B)

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