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Exploring the Garden Route
From
$2,215
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Exploring the Garden Route
From
$2,215
Follow South Africa’s Garden Route on an eight-day self-drive from Gqeberha to Cape Town, with coastal stays and time in the Klein Karoo and Franschhoek.
Follow South Africa’s coast from Gqeberha to Jeffreys Bay, then travel west through the Garden Route to Knysna on this eight-day self-drive journey. Stay beside the Indian Ocean and on Knysna’s Thesen Island, where a former boatshed connects your accommodation with the town’s maritime past. Cross the Outeniqua Mountains into the Klein Karoo for two nights at Swartberg Country Manor in the Cango Valley. Continue along Route 62 through country towns and changing mountain scenery to Franschhoek, your base for two nights in the Cape Winelands. With your hire car, seven nights’ accommodation and breakfasts arranged, choose how to spend each day before finishing in Cape Town.
This itinerary departs daily and can be customised to suit you by our Destination Specialists.
Includes
Meals
7 Breakfasts.
Accommodation
7 nights hotel and guest house accommodation.
Transportation
8 days car hire.
Why we love it
Follow South Africa’s coast from Jeffreys Bay to Knysna, with time to enjoy the Indian Ocean, forested shores and lagoon scenery between overnight stays along the Garden Route.
Stay on Knysna’s Thesen Island in a former boatshed, then spend two nights at Swartberg Country Manor, where a farmhouse and mountain backdrop connect you with the Klein Karoo.
Follow Route 62 through the Klein Karoo’s country towns to Franschhoek, with two nights in the Cape Winelands to explore independently before your journey ends in Cape Town.
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