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Constantia Wine Route And Peninsula Tour

Our most popular tour offers a spectacular coastal journey through to Cape Point - the romantic meeting point of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans.

Highlights:

  • Cape Point and the Cape of Good Hope
  • Boulders Beach - Penguin Colony
  • Hout Bay - optional boat trip to Seal Colony
  • Historical Simon's Town
  • Fynbos vegetation
  • The chance of seeing baboons, bontebok, ostriches, bird life and the Southern Right Whales (seasonal)
  • Wine Tasting in the famous Constantia Winelands (weekdays) or a walk on the historical estate of Groot Constantia

Add-on options:

Table Mountain cableway, Kirstenbosch, Horse riding on the beach, wine tasting, ostrich farm tour, digging for semi-precious stones, shopping for art and antiques in Kalk Bay, sea kayaking in Simonstown.

 
 

Cheese, Wine & Chocolate


Enjoy a day that celebrates the culinary delights of the Cape's oldest wine region.
Highlights:

  • Cheese tasting at an estates that produce delicious premium cheeses
  • Chocolate tasting at a specialist shop in Franschhoek or on a wine estate that does chocolate and wine pairing
  • Wine tasting at some of the Cape's top wine estates
  • A relaxed lunch at a top winelands restaurant
  • A scenic meander through the picturesque wine regions of the Cape

 
Olive & Vine Tour

South Africa is blessed with a Mediterranean climate allowing us to grow olives and to start competing with the world in terms of producing excellent olive oil.

South Africa has won the prestigious Olio Orchiolo d'Oro award in Italy four times for it's superb olive oil. Taste local olive oil and learn more about how it is made. Visit a number of wine estates and enjoy a relaxed lunch at a highly rated country restaurant.*

 

Choose between:

Option 1:   Cape's old wine regions
Highlights:

  • Award winning Morgenster for an olive oil, olive and wine tasting. Morgenster is rated as one of the top olive oil estates in the world
  • Vergelegen - dating back to 1700 - for a walk in their beautiful gardens, a visit to the historical Cape Dutch homestead and a taste of their award winning wines.  Option: book for a cellar tour of their spectacular gravity fed cellar
  • Short historical tour of Stellenbosch - the second oldest town in South Africa
  • Lunch at a top restaurant in the winelands

Option 2:  Off-the-beaten track wine region
Highlights:

  • Visit a region that is not often frequented by tourists and enjoy the warm country hospitality of the local people
  • Two olive and olive oil tastings in a small secluded valley that is mad about olives and olive oil
  • Wine and port tasting at the famous Allesverloren Wine estate
  • Relaxed country lunch
 
Franschhoek Culinary Explosion Tour

Culinary delights abound in this region, which boasts three of the TOP 10 restaurants in the country as well as many other highly acclaimed restaurants. Combine a wine tour with a long lingering lunch. This is ideal for a group of friends who would like to enjoy their day and have us as their designated driver to get everybody home later!

 

Durbanville & Stellenbosch Wine Route - venture off the beaten tourist track!

Some of the earliest Cape vines were planted in the nearby suburb of Durbanville. These rolling hills are moving out of the shadow of bulk wine production and into the glare of solo stardom! Enjoy lunch on a Durbanville wine estate followed by a visit to a couple of off the beaten track wine estates in Stellenbosch. *

 

Champagne & Wine Tour On Saturdays  - highly recommended!

Travel to one of the original estates granted to the French Huguenots for a memorable champagne cellar tour given by the eccentric globe-trotting owner and winemaker Achim von Arnim.

 

Achim's passion for his region, his farm and his champagne are infectious. You will not escape without experiencing the whole fountain of house "bubblies". Every Saturday Achim calls for volunteers to assist him with sabrage - the champers bottles are elaborately opened with a sabre!

 

After the tour enjoy a leisurely lunch followed by a winelands meander

 

 

 
West Coast Beach Tour

Experience the stark beauty of this coastline with its endless miles of pristine beaches. Visit a Moravian Missionary church, the quaint town of Darling and Evita se Peron, taste West Coast Wine, dine on seafood and discover the warmth of West Coast Hospitality.

 

Scenic Coastal Tour To Hermanus

The proud claim of the local people that they were living in the choicest area in the whole world led to the Dutch originally naming the Somerset West area Hottentots Holland. The tour passes though this beautiful area, continues on an inspiringly beautiful coastal route to Hermanus which is an upmarket seaside town famous for sightings of the Southern Right Whale.

 

Cape Town City Tour - a ramble into the past.

Take a journey back in time, orientate yourself, walk through the oldest garden in Cape Town, visit the many places of interest and discover the hotspots in the city.  Recommended cuisine would be Cape Malay or African or one of the Cape's many culinary gems in the inner city.

 

 

 

 


* Tours operate from Monday to Saturday.  A Sunday wine tour is offered which visits estates that are open to the public on Sundays

The rates for a private full day tour are as follows:
 
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2
3
4+
 
 
Cost per person
R1920
R1260
R990
R840
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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