Garden Route at Leisure
08 Nights / 09 Days
Package Validity/Travel Dates : 01-Jan-23 to 30-Apr-23
Accommodation
Complimentary Breakfast
City Tour
Airport transfer
Starting From
Per person on a twin sharing basis
Package Rates per person in USD | ||
Single Occupancy | Twin / Double | Child With Bed (5.1 to 12 years) |
1800 | 1763 | 1100 |
08 Nights / 09 Days
Location | No. of Nights | Hotel Name | Star Category | Room Type | Meal Plan |
Cape Town | 02 | The Onyx Apartment Hotel | 4 | Standard | Bed & Breakfast |
Knysna | 02 | Pezula Resort & Spa | 4 | Standard | Bed & Breakfast |
Port Elizabeth | 02 | The Paxton Hotel | 4 | Standard | Bed & Breakfast |
Johannesburg | 02 | Hyatt House Sandton | 4 | Standard | Bed & Breakfast |
Day 01: Cape Town – Optional Half day City Tour
Welcome to Cape Town. After clearing customs, meet our representative in the waiting area and transfer to your hotel. In the afternoon, go for an optional half day city tour on a private / SIC basis. This tour gives you the opportunity to discover the spirit of the Mother City, experience her vibrant cultures and history and enjoy botanical scenery. It is for 4 hours including a walking tour of Bo Kaap to experience the different cultures Cape Town has to offer.
Highlights of the tour include: Table Mountain – weather permitting, scenic coastal drive through Clifton & Sea Point, Green Market Square, District Six, and Walk through the multi-cultured suburb on the banks of the city centre, Scenic City tour passing the Houses of Parliament, the City Hall, the Castle and Slave lodge. Visit to Table Mountain (weather permitting)
Overnight at your hotel in Cape Town.
Meal Included: None.
Day 02: Full day Cape Peninsula / Cape Point Tour
After breakfast today at 9 am, depart for a full day Cape Peninsula / Cape Point tour. Embark on Africa’s premier tour route to the romantic meeting place of the Indian & Atlantic Oceans. Sir Francis Drake the explorer called it “the fairest Cape that we saw in the circumference of the Globe” This tour offers a full and exciting day out. The tour departs at 9 am and you come back generally by 5 pm.
This tour offers a full and exciting day out. Includes: Hout Bay, 30-minute cruise to the seal colony in a glass bottom boat (weather permitting), Cape Point nature reserve, Cape Point, Cape of Good Hope, stop for lunch at Fish Hoek Galley (included, visit penguin colony in Simonstown and Kirstenbosch botanical gardens.
In the evening return to your hotel. Overnight at hotel in Cape Town.
Meal Included: Breakfast
Day 03: Optional Vineyards Tour / Hermanus (Whale Watching) Tour / Shark Cage Diving Tour
You will be collected after check-out for an adventurous drive to the Garden Route, stopping off at Spier, for wine tasting and optional lunch at the Spier Restaurant, then off to either Hermanus for whale watching(season) or further to Gans Baai for Shark cage diving, then off to Knysna to overnight at hotel in Knysna.
Meal Included: Breakfast.
Day 04: Knysna and Surroundings
After an early breakfast today, depart to Tsitsikamma Forest for zip-lining, Bunji-jumping at Bloukrans on the Garden-Route. After this you will be heading back to the Knysna to enjoy dinner at one of the local restaurants of your choice before heading back to the hotel to overnight.
Meal Included: Breakfast.
Day 05: Kynsna – Ferry ride
After breakfast today, to the Knysna dock to catch a ferry over to The Featherbed Nature Reserve for a 4 x 4 trailer ride up to the top of the cliff.
Enjoy dinner at one of the local restaurants of your choice before heading back to the hotel to overnight.
Meal Included: Breakfast
Today you will indulge in the following activities:-
Day 06: Travel to Port Elizabeth via Plettenberg bay
After an early breakfast at 9 am, depart to Port Elizabeth which is a 3 hour drive, further on the garden route. Visit Plettenberg bay on the way and do not forget to visit the Monkey land Primate Sanctuary. The entrance to Monkey land is included in your package cost.
Plettenberg Bay is the jewel of The Garden Route and is tranquil and charming, hospitable and rather special. Originally christened “Bahia Formosa” (beautiful bay) by early Portuguese explorers, Plettenberg Bay offers the visitor miles of sweeping, un spoilt golden beaches, a dramatic rocky peninsula, intriguing lagoons and estuaries, towering indigenous forests and unpolluted rivers and sea.
Opened in 1998, Monkey land primate sanctuary is currently the top eco-tourism attraction on the Garden Route. The sanctuary is exceptional as it caters for several species of primates who are not caged. They are free to move about the forest and this they do most harmoniously.
Highlights of the tour include: Shark Rock Pier, Fort Frederick, Donkin Reserve, Pyramid Monument, Horse Memorial, St. George’s Cricket Ground, Feather Market, Library and City Hall.
Overnight at your hotel in Port Elizabeth.
Meal Included: Breakfast.
Day 07: Day at leisure in Port Elizabeth
Today your day is at Addo Elephant Park in Port Elizabeth. The “friendly” city with is well known Oceanarium and snake house. This is an optional trip at an extra cost. The rest of the day you can explore Port Elizabeth on your own.
One of the leading tourist attractions in Nelson Mandela Bay, Bay world is unique in Southern Africa, embracing a natural and cultural history Museum combined with a Snake Park and Dinosaur Park. It is located in the heart of the Port Elizabeth beachfront and serves up a feast of edutainment to hundreds of thousands of visitors each year. Open from 9 am to 16.30 hours daily.
The main activities of the Complex are research and education aimed at stimulating a greater awareness of the need for conservation of South Africa’s natural and cultural heritage. Research and education programmes focus on marine life, reptiles, maritime and local history.
Overnight at your hotel in Port Elizabeth.
Meal Included: Breakfast.
Day 08: Travel to Johannesburg. Relax or Shop!
After breakfast, catch a flight from Port Elizabeth to Johannesburg. The day is to explore Johannesburg. Take a drive to Rhino and Lion Park in Krugersdorp and on the return see what Johannesburg has to offer.
Johannesburg is mostly known as the “New York of Africa” and has many places to pick up the perfect gift or souvenir, or just to browse around at what is on offer. From modern shopping centre complexes to local markets, it is certainly a varied shopping experience. Johannesburg can be considered as the shopping paradise in South Africa.
Travellers are able to shop in the more than 20 mega-malls around Johannesburg. Sandton City Shopping Centre, Nelson Mandela Square, Hype Park Corner, Oriental Plaza, Montecasino and Rosebank Mall are the places of the best shopping. There plenty of shopping malls and shopping centres that are mostly located in the northern suburbs. Most of them are exclusive and include all top international brands as well as with the popular local ones.
Overnight at your hotel in Johannesburg.
Meal Included: Breakfast.
Day 09: Flight from Johannesburg to back home
After breakfast, bid farewell to Johannesburg and transfer to Johannesburg airport to catch your flight home.
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In case your tour is cancelled or curtailed short due to visa issues, we will be unable to provide you any refund of the tour cost.
For E-Visa, we are happy to provide you the visa requirement charges and documents required at highly competitive rates on our portal: https://www.visadone.com
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Travel & Medical Insurance Charges:
It is Traveller’s responsibility to obtain and be in possession of the comprehensive travel and cancellation insurance, including medical insurance with provision for air evacuation, insurance in case of accidents, sudden sickness, medical expenses or death, before embarking on a tour. Our company is neither responsible nor liable for any claims, damage or loss as a result of Client’s failing to obtain necessary insurance cover.
We are however, happy to provide you travel insurance as per the plan you select which can offer you comprehensive coverage at highly competitive costs.
Age limit to provide Insurance – Up to 75 years. For Insurance, all rates given are per person in USD.
Current Exclusion:
Up to 75 years age | Travel Insurance Anywhere 2 Anywhere | ||
Premium in USD per person | Platinum Plan/Limit | Gold Plan/Limit | Silver Plan/Limit |
Return Plan | |||
01 – 07 Days | 37 | 25 | 15 |
08 – 15 Days | 49 | 36 | 21 |
16 – 30 Days | 74 | 54 | 32 |
Insurance fees once paid is totally non-refundable. For further details you can check with us on insurance@solidarityinvest.com
*Disclaimer: Please do check with our Branch / Authorised representative about the latest requirement as visa requirement / fees / travel insurance charges are dynamic and subject to change. The consulate at their discretion may ask for additional documents also for visa processing. Visa issuance is purely at the discretion of the consulate and not us.
PAYMENT TERMS:
We accept payments via bank transfer/Debit & Credit cards also. In case of a bank transfer please add USD 30 per transfer per time you transfer.
CANCELLATION POLICY:
We need to receive a cancellation request in writing for us to proceed with cancellation. The following charges will be applicable based on the cancellation request received by us.
If you cancel:
TERM AND CONDITIONS:
Covid Guidelines (If any): Please check the below website for Covid Guidelines –
https://www.gov.za/covid-19/models/current-alert-provincemetro
Mandatory Medical /Tests or Vaccination details: Please check the below website for the same –
https://www.gov.za/covid-19/models/current-alert-provincemetro
Package rates per person for the above package:
Package Rates per person in USD | ||
Single Occupancy | Twin / Double | Child With Bed (5.1 to 12 years) |
1800 | 1763 | 1100 |
Taxes Extra. Above 12 years Child will be considered on adult rates only.
Notes:
Please do note that the below points are shared with you for your reference only. Please use them at your own discretion.
Your Health: It is your (Traveller’s) responsibility is to ensure that you are in good health and medically fit to undertake safari tour. If the tour passes through the malaria area, precautionary treatment is advised. Consultation with medical practitioner/doctor and obtaining prophylactic and precautionary anti-malaria treatment is necessary.
Local Currency: South African Rand (ZAR)
Visa and MasterCard are widely accepted throughout South Africa.
American Express and Diners Club – not so much!
Foreign currency can be exchanged at local banks and Bureaux de Change. ATM’s are readily available in major cities.
Helpful items for your packing list:
Photography: Due to nature of the safari tour, rugged terrain and extremely dusty conditions,
We would like to urge to carefully pack all sensitive photographic, electronic and filming equipment, preferably in the dust-proof bags.
People: South Africans are loud and friendly – genuinely friendly. They’re the ones who will strike up a conversation with the locals in any country they visit. And whenever they come across tourists on their own turf, they’re equally as warm-hearted.
Population can be divided into (at least) 11 ethnic groups, the biggest group of which is the Zulu, probably found everywhere in the country. South Africa has 11 officially recognized languages, most of them indigenous dialects.
English is widely spoken throughout and is the primary language in cities, commerce, banking, and government. Road signs and official forms are in English and you can expect all hotel staff to speak it fluently.
Climate: South Africa enjoys a high number of clear, sunny days. Although varied through different regions, South Africa’s climate is generally mild year-round.
Snowfall is limited to the highest mountain peaks and mean annual rainfall comes to a relatively dry 20 inches.
CAPE TOWN has a Mediterranean climate – it rains during the winter months and it is chilly. The summer months are dry and warm and can be very windy at times.
DURBAN’S climate is almost the same as Miami Florida, hot and humid and rainy in the summer, warm dry days and cool to chilly evenings during the winter months.
JOHANNESBURG‘S climate is warm during the summer with most of the rainfall during this time. Because of the heat in Johannesburg in the summer, residents and visitors alike can experience the most spectacular thunder and lightning storms! Winters in Johannesburg are moderate, with dry sunny days and chilly nights.
KRUGER NATIONAL PARK – climate during the summertime is hot and humid during the day and cooler in the evenings. Afternoons very often bring thundershowers which tend to refresh the air considerably. Winter weather is warm and dry during the days with chilly evenings and mornings.
Make no mistake, in the winter months the evenings and early mornings can be bitterly cold. If you are on safari during this time, you will need to take very warm clothing especially for early morning game drives.
Safety and Security: Leaving your belongings unattended is not advisable. Be with your driver / guide and/or group to avoid unnecessary issues.
Staying safe on Wildlife Viewing Activities: Your safari guide will ensure your safety at all times – listen carefully to instructions and follow the park’s rules at all times. When on a self-drive safari, don’t drive too close to wildlife and only leave your car in designated areas where it is safe to do so.
Staying safe in Cities and Towns: South Africa has a high level of crime, including rape and murder. The risk of violent crime to visitors travelling to the main tourist destinations is generally low. The South African authorities prioritise protecting tourists and tourism police are deployed in several towns and cities. Being in numbers and staying with your driver / guide always helps. It may not be safe to venture out post dark alone.