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Day 1 Arrival

On arrival at Cape Town International Airport, you will proceed to a COVID-19 screening before passing through customs and collecting your luggage. After passing through the arrivals terminal your guide will meet you with a signage board. The guide will assist you with your luggage and disinfect all bags before loading, thereafter temperature checks will be done and hands sanitized before you are able to enter the vehicle for the transfer to your hotel.

Depending on what time you arrive you have the option of doing the Tour (tickets will be for your own account). The Hotel is a short walk to the Nelson Mandela Gateway, but the hotel also offers a complimentary shuttle service between the hotel and Waterfront. There are currently tours that runs as follows; 09h00, 11h00, 13h00 and 15h00. The ferries depart from the Nelson Mandela Gateway at the V & A Waterfront. The tour takes 3.5 hours including the ferry trip to and from the Island (Depending on the boat used as they have different travel times).

Dinner (optional) can be enjoyed at the in-house restaurant, or at the V&A Waterfront.

Overnight: Cape Town

Day 2 Cape Town-Full Day Peninsula Tour

Cape Town This Morning after breakfast you will depart the hotel for your Full Day Peninsula Tour.

Bring your camera; we're headed for at the south western tip of the , and the most spectacular views in the world. The drive there is just as inspiring, passing steep mountains', secluded coves and sweeping beaches, as well as villages and fishing communities .

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Our tour begins with a scenic drive along the Atlantic coast, passing through the cosmopolitan suburb of and with its glorious views of the Twelve Apostles, part of the range. We'll continue to the fishing village of , one of Cape Town's best- kept secrets. Here there is an option to take a short boat trip to Seal Island (for own account & time permitting) to view the Cape Fur Seals, which inhabit the island. From here we travel to the Cape Point Nature Reserve, comprising over 17,300 acres of indigenous fauna and flora. Here we can see a variety of wildlife that includes baboons, Reebok, Cape Mountain zebra, bontebok and the elusive eland. The reserve is also one of the world's largest breeding grounds for tortoises. Bird-watchers, too, will find many fine species to observe.

The majestic coastline offers drama worthy of being called "Nature's Greatest Show." We'll be able to see the union of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans (as per legend) and may even feel the brisk wind that is dubbed the "Cape Doctor" for its presumed curative powers. Following the coastline along , we'll return to Cape Town by way of Simon's Town, where we visit the Penguin colony at and fishing village. Before our return, we'll stop at Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens for a short walking tour of the beautiful gardens. We return to Cape Town, passing the , and the Hospital.

Dinner (optional) can be enjoyed at the in-house restaurant, or at one on Cape Town's award winning restaurants

Overnight: Cape Town

Day 3 Cape Town-Table Mountain & City Tour

This morning after breakfast you will depart your hotel for your Half Day Table Mountain & City Tour.

Our drive to the city centre takes us past famous landmarks such as the built in 1666 by the Dutch East India Company and City Hall, a baroque building and the . As we follow the city’s main thoroughfare, , we will see St. George’s Cathedral, the Anglican Diocese of Nobel Peace Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu. We will

Group Deal Spectacular South Africa pass the Company Gardens and the Malay Quarter [also known as the Bo-Kaap] which means "Above Cape" because of its location up against the slopes of Table Mountain. In the early 18th century, thousands of slaves from Java, Ceylon and other Far Eastern regions were brought to Cape Town. After slavery was abolished, their descendants, known as the Cape Malay’s, settled here. Continue to join a sparkling tour, witness the art of diamond cutting and the careful craftsmanship of jewellery manufacturing by skilled experts. Discover the history of the Diamond and Gold Trade in South Africa.

You will be offered the option of continuing to Table Mountain, where you can ascend to the top [weather permitting] by the revolving cable car. Here, you'll see wildflowers and the famous silver tree, and marvel at a birds-eye view of the city and its beaches. On a clear day it is even possible to see Robben Island where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned on one side and Cape Point on the other. Dinner (optional) can be enjoyed at the in-house restaurant, or at one on Cape Town's award winning restaurants

Overnight: Cape Town

Day 4 Cape Town-Oudtshoorn : Cango Caves & Ostrich Farm Safari

After a leisurely breakfast and check out, you enjoy a scenic drive to Oudtshoorn a lunch stop will be made along the way (lunch for your own account).

Inland from the Cape’s famous Garden Route, over breathtakingly beautiful mountain passes, magnificent red rocks and the wide open spaces of the Klein Karoo, you’ll find Oudtshoorn – once known internationally as the ostrich capital of the world. Royalty, emperors, maharajahs and high society once adorned themselves with the world’s finest feathers.

On arrival you will check - in and spend the rest of your afternoon relaxing on the estate.

Dinner will be served at the hotel.

Overnight: Oudtshoorn

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Day 5 Oudtshoorn-Knysna

After breakfast you will check-out of your hotel and enjoy a tour of the Cango Caves.

The Cango Caves are some of the largest limestone caverns in the world and are still only partially explored. There are guided tours starting at 9am and then every hour on the hour until 4pm. In order to conserve the caves, they have strict limits on tour numbers. So we recommend that you book ahead, especially during the school holidays. Please wear trainers and cool clothing as it gets very humid in the Cango caves.

After your lunch (for your on account)you will make your way to the Ostrich Farm, no visit to Oudtshoorn is complete without a visit to the Ostrich Farm.

Safari Ostrich Farm is a working ostrich farm. Everything about them is focused on you having a wonderful interactive encounter and learning something new about the world’s largest bird. Enjoy a fun filled, interactive ostrich farm experience. Take a ride on the only Ostrich Tractor Safari in South Africa to view the Kenyan (Massai) ostrich, Zimbabwean Blue and South African Ostriches. Go into the chick rearing compartment and view chicks in various stages of development.

After the tour you will depart Oudtshoorn and travel to Knysna. Check In and spend the rest of your day at leisure.

Dinner (optional) can be enjoyed at the hotel or at one of the restaurants on the Knysna Waterfront.

Overnight: Knysna.

Day 6 Knysna

After breakfast you will depart the hotel for your Featherbed Eco Experience.

The Featherbed Nature Reserve, situated on the Western Head in Knysna, is the premier eco- experience on the Garden Route and is accessible by ferry only. The services featured are a 4x4 vehicle and trailer drive up the headland onto the reserve, a specialist guide giving information on fauna and flora, optional guided 2.2km walk through coastal forest and fynbos into ancient sea caves as well as buffet lunch at an outdoor restaurant setting under a canopy of Milkwood trees.

In order to protect the splendour of the natural beauty, access to the reserve is controlled. Numbers are limited and visits are only permitted

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After your Featherbed Eco Experience, you will be able to enjoy some time on the Knysna Waterfront.

Dinner (optional) can be enjoyed at the hotel or at one of the many beautiful locations within Knysna.

Overnight: Knysna

Day 7 Knysna-Port Elizabeth

After breakfast you depart the hotel and enjoy a scenic drive to Port Elizabeth via Tsitsikamma National Park. Tsitsikamma National Park is a multi-dimensional destination with dramatic coastal scenery, reefs, rivers, lush forest and delicate Fynbos. A hiking and water sports paradise, this region forms the top section of the magnificent Garden Route National Park.

In Tsitsikamma National Park, Garden Route, South Africa visitors will see booming breakers of the Indian Ocean relentlessly pound rocky shores, temperate high forest and Fynbos (indigenous plants) rolling down to the sea in an unspoilt verdant carpet. Age old rivers carve their way to the sea and wonderful marine creatures swim along the shore.

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The boundary of the Tsitsikamma National Park, South Africa stretches some 5km (3 miles) out to sea, protecting a wonderland of inter-tidal life, reef and deep-sea fish. Beautiful Dolphins play and surf in the breakers. The Southern Right Whale visits these waters in season, coming inshore to breed. The park has two rest camps, one at Storms River mouth and one at Natures Valley.

Check - In and enjoy the rest of the day at leisure.

Dinner (optional) can be enjoyed at the hotel or at one of the beautiful venues in Port Elizabeth Town.

Overnight: Port Elizabeth

Day 8 Port Elizabeth - departure

After breakfast and check out you will be transferred to Port Elizabeth Airport for your onward flight.

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Your quote

Cost per person based on minimum 15 people:

Dates Agent Price Single Supplement

May 28, 2021 US$ 1135 US$ 609

July 23, 2021 US$ 1135 US$ 609

Oct 08, 2021 US$ 1213 US$ 629

Dec 03, 2021 US$ 1213 US$ 629

Jan 21, 2022 US$ 1267 US$ 639

Mar 04, 2022 US$ 1267 US$ 639

*Single Supplement is additional cost which is extra cost for single occupancy room.

Where you’ll stay

Destination Nights Hotel Room Type Basis

Cape Town 03 Inn on the Square or similar Standard Room BB

Oudtshoorn 01 Surval Olive Estate or similar Luxury room BB Blackwaters River Lodge or Knysna 02 Classic Suite BB similar Courtyard Hotel Port Elizabeth or Port Elizabeth 01 Studio Room BB similar 07 Nights *BB: Breakfast & breakfast

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What you’ll get

Includes:

✓ 03 Nights’ accommodation in Cape Town with breakfast ✓ 01 Nights’ accommodation in Oudtshoorn with breakfast ✓ 02 Nights’ accommodation in Knysna with breakfast ✓ 01 Nights’ accommodation in Port Elizabeth with breakfast ✓ All airport and inter-city transfer as private basis ✓ Full Day Peninsula Tour in Cape Town ✓ Half Day Table Mountain & City Tour in Cape town ✓ Full day Cango Caves & Ostrich Farm safari in Oudtshroorn ✓ Half day Featherbed Eco Experience by ferry including Lunch ✓ Tsitsikamma National Park visit

Does not include:

 All flights (international, regional or domestic), airport - or departure taxes  Any visa fees for clients  All drinks and meals not specified in the above quotation  Expenses of a personal nature  Gratuities  Personal insurances  Any meals, snacks, or other consumables not mentioned in itinerary  All Airport / Hotel Porterage  All optional activities  All extras that have not been specified in the above itinerary are optional and for own account  Anything not mentioned in Includes column

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