2 Night Garden Route Tour (Cpt To Pe)

A two-night, three-day Garden Route tour takes tourists from Cape Town to Port Elizabeth in a stylish manner. The itinerary unfolds as follows: On Day 1, the tour departs from Cape Town, traveling eastwards via Sir Lowry's Pass and the renowned apple country of Grabouw, passing through Swellendam and Mossel Bay. In Mossel Bay, visitors encounter the purported oldest post office in Africa, the Post Office Tree, and the site of the first landfall made by the Portuguese explorer Bartholomew Dias in 1488. The journey continues over the Outeniqua Mountains to the Little Karoo, where an ostrich show farm offers unique experiences, including possible ostrich racing. The overnight stay is in Oudtshoorn, known as the "Feather Capital" of the world, with over ninety percent of the world's ostrich farms located there.

Day 2 begins with a visit to the Cango Caves, regarded as one of South Africa's foremost natural wonders, featuring an underground wonderland of stalactites and stalagmites. The tour then travels past Oudtshoorn, over the Outeniqua Mountains again, to George and Wilderness, where the Wilderness National Park lakes area is explored. Skirting around the lakes, the tour reaches Knysna, situated on the edge of the Knysna Lagoon, with its entrance to the sea guarded by two promontories known as the "Heads". The area falls within a National Park, conserving the extraordinary natural beauty of the lakelands and adjacent indigenous forests. Knysna also offers shopping opportunities for unique locally made art and craft.

On Day 3, the tour explores Knysna and proceeds to Plettenberg Bay for a short visit. The journey then traverses through magnificent scenic river valley passes, visiting the Tsitsikamma National Park (Khoisan for 'The place of much water'), stretching over 100 km of wild and rocky coastline, characterized by massive cliffs, narrow isolated beaches, and shady indigenous forests along the river valleys. The next stop is Storms River, with the impressive Paul Sauer Bridge towering 139 m above the river valley. The final part of the journey takes the tour past a few coastal holiday villages to Port Elizabeth, also known as the 'Friendly City', for a short city tour before the tour concludes.