| 12-DAY KLEIN KAROO AND GARDEN ROUTE TOUR
 Semi-desert and coastal gardens – 12 days/11 nights.
TOTAL DISTANCE: 1 500 km
Day 1: Transfers and Introductions
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Arrive at Cape Town Airport in the morning, to be, met by our Cape Sidecar Adventures (CSA) representative.
- Transfer to hotel in minibus, hotel check-in, money exchange, etc.
- Lunch: Waterfront, Cape Town.
- Transfer to Cape Sidecar depot, Three Anchor Bay, after lunch for bike orientation. Meet the tour leader, maps and itineraries and backup introduction.
- Overnight in a city hotel.
Day 2: Cape Peninsula
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8.30 am: Transfer to Cape Sidecar depot, Three Anchor Bay, after breakfast .
- Itinerary (Peninsula Day Trip): Three Anchor Bay depot – Muizenberg – Boulders Beach – Cape Point (lunch) – Noordhoek Farm Village – Chapman’s Peak Drive – Hout Bay – Camps Bay – back to Three Anchor Bay.
- Activities: Penguins at Boulders Beach; funicular and lunch at Cape Point; Chapman’s Peak viewpoint; Seal Island boat trip (Hout Bay); sundowner drinks at La Med (Camps Bay).
- Return to CSA depot.
- Total distance: 160 km
- Transfer to Cape Town city hotel.
Day 3: From Mountain to Mountain Passes
- 8.30 am: Transfer to CSA depot after breakfast.
- Itinerary: Cape Town – Du Toits Kloof Pass – Worcester – Robertson (lunch in Robertson at selected wine estate).
- Travel to Montague on famed Route 62.
- Activities: Wine tasting at selected wine estates in the Breede River Valley .
- Visit the Hot Spring Mineral Baths and overnight in Montague.
- Total distance for the day: 175 km. (cumulative distance: 335 km)
Day 4: Route 62
- 9.30 am: depart after breakfast and check out.
- Itinerary: Continue along Route 62. – Montague – Barrydale – Ladismith – Calitzdorp “Port capital of South Africa” for lunch – Oudtshoorn.
- Activities: Visit Ronnie's Sex Shop; Port tasting in Calitzdorp.
- Overnight in Oudtshoorn.
- Total distance for the day: 245 km (cumulative distance: 580km)
Day 5: Caves and Feathers
- 8.30 am: Depart after breakfast and checkout.
- Itinerary: Cango Caves – visit selected ostrich farm – lunch in Oudtshoorn – George via Outeniqua Pass – Knysna.
- Activities: Tour of world-famous Cango Caves; visit and lunch at an historic ostrich farm.
- Overnight in Wilderness Hotel.
- Total distance for the day: 80 km (cumulative distance: 660 km).
Day 6: Day at Leisure
- 8.30 am: After breakfast, travel to Knysna.
- Itinerary: Explore Knysna and environs at leisure for the day (Knysna/Tsitsikamma/Storms River/Plettenberg Bay).
- Choose an activity: Featherbed Nature Reserve visit; visit to Tsitsikamma Nature Reserve; Canopy Tours; visit and oyster farm and enjoy the oysters.
- Overnight in Knysna.
- Total distance for the day: 80 km (cumulative distance: 740 km).
Day 7: Big 5
Day 8: Country Roads
- 9.30 am: Depart after breakfast and checkout.
- Itinerary: Botelierskop – Albertinia – Riversdal – Heidelberg – Cape Infante for lunch – Malgas – Bredasdorp – Arniston
- Activities: River crossing on the historical Malgas Pont.
- Visit to historical Waenhuiskrans fishing village & harbour; Evening traditional fish braai.
- Overnight at Arniston Hotel.
- Distance for the day: 230 km (Cumulative distance: 1120 km).
Day 9: The Edge of Africa
- 9.30 am: Depart after breakfast and checkout.
- Itinerary: Arniston – Agulhas – Gansbaai – Hermanus.
- Activities: Visit to southernmost tip of Africa at Agulhas; visit historic Agulhas lighthouse; shark cage diving in Gansbaai.
- Overnight in Hermanus.
- Distance for the day: 165 km (cumulative distance: 1285 km).
Day 10: Whaling Country
- Leisurely breakfast.
- Morning of leisure, visiting the sights and attractions around Hermanus.
- After lunch, depart for Franschhoek.
- Activities: Whale watching; wine tasting.
- Overnight in Franschhoek.
- Distance for the day: 100 km (cumulative 1385 km).
Day 11: Back to Cape Town
- 9.30 am: Depart after breakfast and checkout.
- Itinerary: Franschoek – Helshoogte Pass – Stellenbosch – Spier – False Bay (Baden Powell coastal drive) – Muizenberg – CSA depot. Return bikes to depot.
- Activities: Brandy tasting.
- Spier Wine Estate (Cheetah Sanctuary).
- Lunch/picnic.
- Overnight at Cape Town city hotel.
- Distance for the day: 115 km (cumulative: 1500 km).
Day 12: Cape Town – optional day
Notes
- Minimum of five guests or drivers in a group. Full package cost per person for 12 day/11 night tour:
R 35 000 per driver.
- Up to two passengers can be included per sidecar at a net cost of R22 000 per pasenger. (if the passenger is sharing accommodation with the driver, this rate will be reduced).
- Package price excludes fuel, tips, excursions, activities, incidentals and drinks (other than wine tastings, tolls and entry fees as specified).
- Estimated additional cost for a chauffeur for this tour will be R 10 000 per sidecar.
- Valid international driver’s license is required for all drivers. Minimum age: 25.
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