Cape Winelands & the Garden Route

Day 1 Fly overnight on Turkish Airlines from London Heathrow to Cape Town via Istanbul and Johannesburg or direct with British Airways.

Day 2 Transfer to the 3-star Fountains Hotel for three nights.

Day 3 An excursion to Company Gardens, the Castle of Good Hope, Greenmarket Square and picturesque Bo-Kaap. Visit Table Mountain*, weather permitting (excludes cableway ticket). The tour ends at the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront.

Day 4 A tour of the Cape Peninsula: Camps Bay, Llandudno and Hout Bay and via Chapman’s Peak to Cape Point, Good Hope Nature Reserve, Simons Town, the penguin colony in Boulders Bay and Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens.

Day 5 Travel via Sir Lowry’s Pass to the seaside town of Mossel Bay which overlooks the warm waters of the Indian Ocean. The ‘Post Office Tree’ is famed for letter deliveries dating back some 500 years and is part of the Bartholomew Diaz Museum complex commemorating the first European in South Africa in 1488. Later board the Outeniqua Choo-Tjoe for a nostalgic steam train ride to George. Two nights at the 3-star Graywood Hotel in Knysna.

Day 6 Enjoy a morning lagoon cruise. Afternoon at leisure in Knysna.

Day 7 Travel over the Outeniqua Pass to Oudtshoorn to visit the Cango Caves. Continue via Route 62 to the 4-star Protea Hotel, Franschhoek for two nights.

Day 8 Explore the Cape Winelands, visiting the Huguenot Memorial and Manor House on Boschendal Estate. Continue via the Helshoogte Pass to Stellenbosch where the Village Museum comprises four historic houses. Enjoy a wine-tasting.

Day 9Morning at leisure. Afternoon return to Cape Town for the overnight flight to London via Johannesburg and Istanbul with Turkish Airlines or direct with British Airways.

Day 10 Arrive Heathrow in the morning.