Full Day Cape Winelands Tour 2025

From R1770

per person

While South Africa’s fertile valleys are world famous for their crisp white and classic French-style red wines, the area is also a treasury of rustic beauty and sprawling estates shaded by giant oak trees.

Our drive today will include the country’s principal wine routes of Paarl, Stellenbosch and Franschhoek, with a stop en route for lunch (for own account).

Our day starts with a visit to Paarl where you will be struck by the beauty of the Valley, the pristine blue sky, the rolling vineyards and the Pearl of Paarl set high above the valley. Paarl made headlines when President Mandela was released from the Groot Drakenstein prison (formerly known as Victor Verster), on the outskirts of the town, to freedom and the start of the new South Africa. We enjoy a wine tasting at one of the local estates.

From Paarl, we’ll continue north-west to the beautiful village of Franschhoek, near the Drakenstein Mountains founded in 1688 by French immigrants fleeing the Huguenot religious persecution in Europe. A memorial in the town commemorates the arrival of these early settlers who helped develop the wines sought after by Napoleon, Bismarck and royalty such as Edward VII, the Prince of Wales. Here we will stop for lunch (for own account) and another wine tasting at a vineyard.

We’ll then head to Stellenbosch, the second oldest town in South Africa and the historic heart of the country’s wine region. In 1679, Dutch East India Company governor Simon van der Stel, recognized the fertility of this long valley on the banks of the Eerste River, as perfect for vineyards. The rest is history, which has been carefully cultivated in this town. A gracious blend of 18th-century Cape Dutch, Georgian and Victorian buildings is evident on Dorp Street, where massive oaks still shade original water furrows. Enjoy a final wine tasting before returning to Cape Town.

Full Day

Cape Town

Day Tours

Departure

Cape Town, South Africa
Include

3 x wine tastings

Return transfers to / from Cape Town City Centre Hotels

Entry Fees

Professional English-speaking Guide

Transportation

Sightseeing
Not Included

Scenic coastal drive along the Atlantic Seaboard and Constantia Nek

Entrance to the Nelson Mandela Legacy Exhibition

Entrance to the Castle of Good Hope

Visit Bo-Kaap with its colourful houses

Visit to Greenmarket Square

Entrance into Isimangaliso Wetlands Park

Scheduled St Lucia Boat Cruise

Game Drive in Hluhluwe Game Reserve (closed / open depending on selection)

Entrance fee to Hluhluwe Game Reserve

Transfers to/from Richards Bay Harbour

Closed vehicle game drive in Tala Game Reserve

Entrance fee to Tala Game Reserve

Return transfer to / from Durban Cruise Terminal

Phezulu Cultural Village & Reptile Park

1 x Wine Tasting at Babylonstoren Wine Estate

Boulders Beach Penguin Colony (excluding cost of the entrance fee)

Guided Tours of Table Mountain & Kirstenbosch Gardens

Robben Island Excursion

6 x Dinners

Guided tours of the Company Gardens and the Arderne Gardens

3 x Mittagessen

13 x Fruhstuck

6 x Fruhstuck

5 x Fruhstuck

2 x Mittagessen

1 x Abendessen

4 x Abendessen

1 x Mittagessen

11 x Fruhstuck

Besichtigungen laut Reiseplan

Gepacktragergebuhren

Transport

Ubernachtung

3 x Fruhstuck

3 x Abendessen

2 x craft beer tastings and brewery tours

1 wine tasting at Buitenverwachting Wine Estate

Kliptown Open Air Museum

11 breakfasts

1 x cheese & wine pairing

1 wine tasting and a BBQ (Braai) lunch)

2 x Craft Beer Tastings & a Beach BBQ (Braai) dinner

Boulders Beach

1 wine tasting of five wines at Groot Constantia Wine Estate

Visit to V&A Waterfront

Muizenberg Beach

Table Mountain (excludes the cost of the Cable Way ticket & weather permitting)

USB charging ports onboard vehicle

Wifi onboard vehicle

1 wine tasting and a 2 course winelands lunch

Entrance to the Franschhoek Motor Museum

Surface Tour at the Cullinan Diamond Mine

Professional English Commentary only

2nd Wine Tasting (time permitting)

Shore-based Whale Experience

Carlton Centre

Entrance into Cradle of Humankind and Sterkfontein

Hector Peterson Memorial site (photo opportunity only)

Lilliesleaf Farm

Entrance to Sun City Resort

Closed vehicle game drive in PIlanesburg Game Reserve

Visit to Paul Kruger House

Visit the Voortrekker Monument

Visit the Apartheid Museum

Visit to Hector Peterson Memorial

Regina Mundi Church

Visit to Constitution Hill

Return transfer from main Sandton / Rosebank Hotels

Entrance fees: God’s Window, Three Rondawels and Bourkes Luck Potholes

Bottled water

Kruger National Park Conservation Fees

Return transfers from central Hazyview Hotels

Entrance fee in to Addo Elephant National Park

Closed vehicle game drive in Addo Elephant National Park

Electric mountain bikes, helmets & water bottles

Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens

1x wine-tasting at Stellenbosch Wine Estate

Cape Point Nature Reserve

3 x wine tastings and 1 x cellar tour

Estate is closed on Sundays, a visit to the Stoney Point Penguin Colony will be included instead.

1 x wine-tasting at Bouchard Finlayson Wine Estate

Welcome drink on arrival

English-speaking game ranger

2 -3 hour open vehicle game drive

Guided tours at Zeits MOCCA and the Norval Foundation

Guided tours of Company Gardens and Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens

3 x gin tastings

2 hour cruise accompanied by marine biologists

Chocolate and wine pairing

Cloete Cellar

Cape Dutch Manor House at Groot Constantia

Groot Constantia Wine Estate

Entrance fees for guided tour of the Heart Museum

2 x wine tastings

Passage on the wine tram

Entrance to the Oranjezicht City Farm Market and Neighbourgoods Market at Old Biscuit Mill

Interactive djembe drumming session and set menu dinner

Return transfers to / from Cape Town City Center Hotels with English driver only

Afternoon Tea

An accredited fully licensed guide and use of riding gear

1 x craft beer or 1 x wine tasting

National Park permits

2 wine tastings

Interactive Djembe drumming session & set menu dinner

Show, 4-course dinner and a glass of sparkling wine

Riding gear

1 craft beer tasting or 1 wine tasting

Kruger National Park Conservation Fees

Lunch

Complimentary collection service from select hotels*

Return transfers from Port Elizabeth city centre hotels

Full board at Chobe only

4 breakfasts

Return airfare ex Johannesburg

14 breakfasts

3 lunches

13 breakfasts

4 dinners

10 breakfasts

2 dinners

2 breakfasts

6 breakfasts

2 lunches

1 dinner

1 lunch

5 breakfasts

Accommodation

3 dinners

3 breakfasts

Porterage

Accommodation

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2025 Departure Dates

Daily, subject to availability (except 25 December 2024; 01 January; 18 Apr, 18 & 19 October 2025)
Departs 08h30 and ends 17h00
Duration 8 and a half hours

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All departures are in English commentary
Minimum 2 guests required
We may operate this tour in reverse
Confirmation of bookings received less than 24 hours prior to departure is subject to availability at the time of booking
Includes travelling through historic wine-making towns of Paarl, Franschhoek & Stellenbosch, 3 wine tastings.
Excludes lunch and any purchases of a personal nature
2025 Rates valid 01/11/2024 - 31/10/2025