4-day Highlights of the Garden Route Accommodated

Today we travel east via the historic Sir Lowrys pass, Grabouw apple country, George at the foot of the Outeniqua mountain range and the lush forests and lakes of the Wilderness National Park. We arrive in Knysna a charming town, surrounded by tranquil lakes, lush indigenous forests and golden beaches.

After breakfast, we visit Monkeyland and the Birds of Eden. We via the highest road bridge in Africa Bloukrans Bridge 216m, known as one of the highest bungee jump sites in the world. Continuing on to Tsitsikamma National Park, we have an opportunity to walk a suspended bridge at the Storms River mouth, which makes for the spectacular forest, cliff and ocean views. Our last stop en-route back to Knysna we visit the Big Tree an eight-hundred-year-old Yellowwood standing 36 m tall.

After a relaxing morning, we travel via George through the lush forests of the Wilderness National Park and over the Outeniqua Mountains. Our day is spent at Oudtshoorn, known as the Feather Capital of the world dating after the 1860s ostrich industry boom. We visit the Cango Caves, where well embark on a guided tour of the massive dripstone caverns system with their vast halls of towering stalactite and stalagmite formations.

Today we visit some of the historical sites around town, as well as a working ostrich farm where we will view and learn about these magnificent birds. After our visit, we travel via the famous Route 62 and its scenic mountain passes, through the Huguenot Tunnel to the Cape Winelands where on a clear day, one can see Table Mountain in the distance. We end our tour in Cape Town late afternoon.