Destination: South Africa: Cape Town & Winelands
Duration: 15 Days
Trip Type: Tailor Made, Self Drive
Price: from £3,060 / €3,220 per person including flights ex London

Price given is based on travel during the high season (Nov - April) and will be lower outside of these months. Call us for a quote or variation on this itinerary.

- Explore Cape Town: Cape Malay Cuisine, fresh seafood, local wines, live music – and the beautiful scenery from Table Mountain and the Cape Peninsula.
- Savour local produce at carefully selected lodges, where the focus is on food, wine and hospitality
- Cycle, canoe, walk or fish on a beautiful nature reserve just 1.5 hours from Cape Town
- Explore pretty villages along Route 62: take the local tractor ride and shop for arts and crafts produced locally
- Game Drives & Bush Walks on a Big 5 Reserve just 3 hours from Cape Town
- Take a 1 day cookery course in creating local dishes such as Bobotie and Cape Malay curries.
- Stay on a wine estate, where organic produce and wine tasting are par for the course!

To enquire about this trip, call us on 01342 834700 or email us.

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Cost is based on high season rates and includes international flight ex London, vehicle hire and luxury accommodation.

This trip uses some luxury boutique accommodations where the focus is on organically produced food, sustainable tourism initiatives and genuine hospitality. For instance, the Farmhouse is acknowledged as a member of South Africa’s Fair Trade in Tourism because of its 4 000 hectare fynbos nature reserve, with its many rare plant species, its important population of the endangered geometric tortoise, and its herds of eland, springbok, bontebok, black wildebeest and red hartebeest, as well as zebras from the world-famous Quagga Project. The farm’s enthusiastic nature conservation officer has encouraged the formation of an Eco-Schools Club at a nearby school, which makes regular visits, and leadership camps have been held in the reserve for local high school children.

The Game Reserve is recognised for its work in Reintroducing locally extinct hippo, elephant, buffalo, cheetah, lion and various indigenous antelope species to the reserve, conserving indigenous rock art heritage, and for initiating an ambitious rehabilitation programme that aims to introduce White Lions into the wild. This rare animal has been virtually wiped out in the Timbavati region, where they are endemic. The reserve has integrated some wild tawny lions with the white lions in order to increase the success of the white lions to be self-sustaining and free-ranging: this work is ongoing.

The wine estate in Franschhoek retains the comfort and warmth associated with a homestead, rather than the impersonal clinical nature of most commercial hotels and catering accommodations. Here, fresh produce is grown for the restaurant and chickens roam the estate – vital for the fresh morning eggs.

The route takes visitors to some less-travelled villages: many have drawn artists and craftspeople, and their work can be seen in the various markets and galleries along the route. Employment in these areas is scarce and income from visitors who purchase locally crafted items is much valued.