Garden Route: Healthy Cuisine - Spa - Wellness: 5 Days

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

Day 1
Cape Winelands
1 stop
1
Stellenbosch Vineyards
Leaving Cape Town we drive to the Cape's famed wine-lands. The first stop is the historic Lanzerac Estate. Here you can join a cellar tour followed by a wine tasting. Our next stop is Babylonstoren - one of the oldest Cape Dutch farms in the Winelands. It has a fruit and vegetable garden of beauty, fine food & wine and a sense of wellbeing. Lunch will be served in the Greenhouse Restaurant. All food is served picnic-style in wooden crates with the preserves, jams and salads served in weck jars, while fresh bread from a wood-fired oven is wrapped in the iconic blue-and-white Babylonstoren paper. We have a farm-to-fork philosophy which means we like to serve food that is seasonal. After lunch visit some of the area's most elegant wine estates for optional tasting of their superb wines. Overnight at the Montagu Country Hotel & Spa. Flowing from a fissure in the rock face, the spa bath contains minerals that have healing powers. Guests are free to enjoy a visit to the Health Spa.
3 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 2
Wine Tasting and Ostriches
3 stops
2
Leaving the Winelands, we head through the unique and scenically spectacular Klein Karoo Route 62 to arrive in Oudtshoorn, the "ostrich capital" of the world. Great flocks of ostriches provide a spectacle to be seen nowhere else. Enjoy a wine-tasting with bread & cheese platter at De Krans Wine Estate - an award winning wine estate at Calitzdorp.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
3
The ostrich is surely one of the world's most peculiar birds and you will experience a visit to a fascinating Ostrich Show Farm.  
1 hour • Admission ticket included
4
Overnight in Oudtshoorn at Buffelsdrift Private Game Reserve. Their Bush Spa offers a wellness haven that restores peace to body & soul. Various treatments are available to promote health & beauty. Optional Game drives are available. Free for Dinner at the exquisite Buffelsdrift Game dining Room and enjoy a memorable culinary experience. Vegetarian dishes are available.
18 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 3
Cango Caves - Wildlife Safari - Wine tasting
3 stops
5
Cango Caves
After a leisurely breakfast, we proceed to one of Africa's great wonders - the subterranean wonderland of the Cango Caves. The largely unexplored sequence of vast caverns are filled with amazing formations of glittering dripstone. Lunch is enjoyed along with a tasting of Klein Karoo Wines or Juices.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
6
Crossing the magnificent Outeniqua Mountains, we descend into the Garden Route. Our first Stop is the Wilderness where we stop for optional Craft Beer and Gin Tasting. (Juice and non-alcoholic beer available)
1 hour • Admission ticket free
7
Knysna
Arriving in Knysna, we begin to explore this charming village with its myriad attractions for visitors. Overnight at the Knysna Waterfront or a nearby Guest House. Free for dinner at the Waterfront.
1 day • Admission ticket free
Day 4
Tsitsikamma Forest Region. Natures Valley and Plettenberg Bay
4 stops
8
Plettenberg Bay
Today you will explore Plettenberg Bay and the Tsitsikamma forest region. Originally named Bahia Formosa (Beautiful Bay) by the first Portuguese explorers, Plettenberg Bay more than lives up to its name as you spend time in its environs. We will do some whale and dolphin spotting. In the winter months there will be plenty of whales to view close to the shore. Lunch can be enjoyed at Rare Earth Restaurant. Alternatively a fresh sea-food lunch can be taken right on the beach at Plettenberg Bay. We visit the tiny settlement of Nature's Valley, one of the loveliest havens of tranquillity along the Garden Route. Our exploration of this ancient forest leads to gigantic Outeniqua Yellowwood trees. An optional tour of Monkeyland or the Birds of Eden or the Tenikwa Wildlife center is available before departing back to Knysna. There will be time to visit the award winning Le Spa Tranquille, situated on the edge of the scenic Knysna Lagoon in Thesen Island Harbour Town.
4 hours • Admission ticket free
9
The coastal road we follow wends it's way along steep river gorges, over spectacular mountain passes and through dense indigenous forests and ferns. We visit the tiny settlement of Nature's Valley, one of the loveliest havens of tranquillity along the Garden Route. Our exploration of this ancient forest leads through the tangle of trees, ferns and creepers to the undisputed monarch of the forest - gigantic Outeniqua Yellowwood trees. An optional tour of Monkeyland or the Birds of Eden or the Knysna Elephant Park is available before departing back to Knysna.
2 hours • Admission ticket free
10
Visit the award winning Le Spa Tranquille, situated on the edge of the scenic Knysna Lagoon in Thesen Island Harbour Town. The therapy rooms have picturesque views of the lagoon which, combined with our therapists expert touch, guarantee a soothing experience leaving you feeling rejuvenated and de-stressed. Restore your well-being by indulging in treatments on offer from vichy shower scrubs, massage, hot stone therapy, reflexology, body wraps, specialised Clarins and Guinot facials and bridal treats to OPI manicures and pedicures.
2 hours • Admission ticket not included
11
Knysna Lagoon
Optional sunset cruise on the Knysna Lagoon. There is a choice of yachts, ferries and cruisers. Free for dinner at the Knysna Waterfront.
2 hours • Admission ticket not included
Day 5
Knysna - South Africa's Favorite Town
1 stop
12
The Waterfront Knysna Quays
After breakfast guests may visit the  Le Spa Tranquille. Alternative optional activities include Yoga, Whale & Dolphin Watching, a forest or beach walk or a round of golf at a Championship Course. There will be an opportunity to do some last minute shopping or enjoy lunch at the seaside at Victoria bay. We drop off our guests in the mid afternoon at George Airport. This tour can begin in George and end in Cape Town with slight changes to the itinerary. If the above mentioned accommodation is not available we will replace it with alternative accommodation of a similar nature.
3 hours • Admission ticket not included

Additional info

• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Specialized infant seats are available
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
• Guests can be picked up at Cape Town Hotels at the start of the tour

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