Description
Budget & Backpacker Tour
12 Day Garden route & Karoo
Country visited: South Africa
Group size: 4 to 12 People
Departure Dates: Please contact us for our departure dates
Highlights:
Table Mountain, Cape Point Reserve, Boulders Beach and the African Penguin’s, Ocean Safari Plettenberg Bay, Monkey Land, Addo National Elephant Park, Cango Caves and Elgin Zipline.
Optional Activities while on tour (Own Cost)
Great white shark Cage diving, Sky-diving, Black water tubing, Bungee Jumping, Canopy Tour Tsitsikamma, Adventure Cango Caves and much more. Your guides will have a full list of all the activities.
Day 1. Cape Town-Hermanus
Departing from Cape Town our first stop is Table Mountain. The cable car will take you to the top and your guide will be with you during this time. Once back from the mountain we make our way down to Hout bay for a quick visit to the harbor market and then from the we visit Cape point nature reserve. Once back from the view point at Cape point we make our way down to Simons Town where we will have an hour or so to visit boulders beach and the colony of the African Penguin’s.
From here we make our way down to the coastal town of Hermanus for the night.
Meals: Dinner
Accommodation: Backpackers
Day 2. Hermanus to Cape L’Agulhas
Departing from Hermanus we make our way down to the coastal town of Stuisbaai and also L’Agulhas where we will visit the most southern point of Africa and also go down to the harbor to check if the sting rays are in the harbor that are fed from time to time by the fishermen when they return from a day’s fishing.
Optional activity: Shark Cage diving
Meals: Breakfast and Dinner
Accommodation: Backpackers
Day 3. L’Agulhas-Mossel Bay
Leaving early morning from the lodge, we make our way down to Arniston for a quick visit to the Waenhuiskrans caves, once home to stranded sailors from the past. From here we make our way down the coast and our stop for the night is in Mossel Bay.
Optional Activities: Zipline, Shark cage diving, Sand boarding & Sky diving
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Backpackers
Day 4. Mossel Bay-Plettenberg Bay
There will be time this morning to do one or two of the optional activities before moving on to our next destination. After the morning goings on, we make our way through the Garden Route and stop off in Knysna for lunch and also visit the Eastern head of the scenic part of Knysna before making our way through to Plettenberg Bay for the night.
Meals: Breakfast & Dinner
Accommodation: Backpackers
Day 5 Plettenberg Bay- Tsitsikamma
After breakfast we make our way down to the beach for your booked Ocean Safari which lasts around 2 hours. Plettenberg Bay is famous for its Dolphins, Southern Right Whale and Cape Fear Seals. At certain times of the year you may also see Orcas in the bay.
Once back from your ocean safari we make our way to Monkey land for a quick tour of the primate enclose.
Once finished at monkey land we make our way to the backpacker lodge for the tight.
Included activities: Ocean Safari & Monkey Land
Meals: Breakfast and Dinner
Accommodation: Backpackers
Days 6 Tsitsikamma
Today is a free day for you to enjoy the options activities that they offer in the Tsitsikamma area. Your guide will also help you with any bookings.
Optional Activities: Blackwater tubing, Bungee jumping, Canopy Tours and much more
Meals: Breakfast and Dinner
Accommodation: Backpackers
Day 7 Tsitsikamma-Jeffery’s Bay
After a late start we make our way through the Tsitsikamma and then your guide will drive you down to Oyster Bay, Cape St.Francis and you will end up in the surfing town of Jefferys Bay for the night arriving late afternoon. Jeffery’s Bay is world famous for its surfing and you can book yourself a surfing lesson for the next morning.
Option activities: Surf lessons
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Backpackers
Day 8 Jeffery’s Bay to Addo Elephant Np.
After an late morning of enjoying the beach suffering and shopping at te many factory shops in Jeffery’s bay we make our way to Addo Elephant National park for the night. You place of stay will be in the National park for the night.
There is also a game drive booked for you for the next morning.
Optional activities: Afternoon or Late night game drive
Meals: Breakfast and Dinner
Accommodation: Addo National Park Chalets
Day 9 Addo Np-Graaff-Reinet
Starting early this morning your game drive in the Addo national park lasts around 2 hours. Once back from the game drive we make our way up through into the Karoo to Graaff- Reinet for the night. We the national [ark and also spend the night in Graaff-Reinet
Meals: Breakfast and Dinner
Accommodation: Lodge
Day 10 Graff-Reinet to Oudtshoorn
Leaving early morning we make our way through the great part of the Karoo and then down to the Karoo town of Oudtshoorn for the night. If we arrive early we will visit the Cango cave and also an ostrich farm before going to the place of stay for the night.
Included: Cango caves and Ostrich tour
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Backpackers
Day 11 Oudtshoorn-Franschhoek
If we didn’t make it to the Cango caves yesterday we will visit then early this morning before leaving for Franschhoek.
From Oudtshoorn the drive take us through very nice parts of the country and then down to the small town of Franschhoek for the night.
Optional Activities: Tram Wine tour, Cycling Wine tour
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Backpackers
Day 12 Franschhoek-Cape Town
Departing from Franschhoek we make our way to Elgin to finish of your tour 12 day tour with a zipline tour in the mountains of the Western Cape. This tour last around 4 hour. Once back from the zipline tour we make our way back to Cape Town and your guide will drop you of at the airport if you are flying out or at your place of stay.
Activity included: Elgin Zipline
Meals: Breakfast
What’s included in the price:
- Transport
- Services of a driver/guide
- Meals as specified in the itinerary
- Activities specified in the itinerary
- Accommodation as per itinerary
What’s NOT included in the price:
- Flights, visas (if required), personal travel insurance (compulsory when travelling with Bluechilli Travel)
- Meals & drinks not specified in the itinerary
- Items of a personal nature
- Gratuities
