6 Day Garden Route and Addo Adventure Tour by Earthstompers

Tour Itinerary

6 Day Garden Route and Addo Adventure

Including:

Most Southern Tip of Africa, Overberg (Whale Route), Garden Route, Little Karoo and Addo.

Earthstompers Adventures has been operating 6 Day Garden Route Adventure Tours since 2006. This is a Guided tour run by Registered and qualified tour Guides. This is a safe and affordable way to explore the Western Cape, East Coast, Little Karoo, Whale Route and Route 62. The tour gives you a good mix of Nature, Culture and Adventure, experiencing the best the Garden Route has to offer.

Tour Includes:

• Qualified guide,

• Air-conditioned bus,

• 5 nights accommodation,

• Dinners (except Day 3), breakfasts (except day 4)

• Ostrich farm,

• Cango Caves,

• Canoeing and hiking in Wilderness National Park

• Game viewing safari in Addo Elephant National Park,

• Tsitsikamma National Park and Wilderness National Park.

We also have plenty of time for these optional activities:

Bungee jumping (216m) R 690.00

Tandem Sky Diving 10 000 feet R 1 500.00

Tree top Canopy tour R 450.00

Sand Boarding R 400.00

Knysna elephant park R 190.00

Close Encounter whale and dolphin watching (in-season) R 750.00

Shark Cage Diving R 1 350.00

2 Hour Open Vehicle Guided Addo Game Drive R 220.00

Day 1 Cape Town - Hermanus - Cape Agulhas

We depart from Cape Town/Stellenbosch early on Monday morning for Hermanus. We follow the Scenic Coastal road stopping at Betties Bay to view a Colony of endangered African Penguins. You can spend the afternoon in the seaside resort town of Hermanus, famous for hundreds of Southern Right Whales during the Whale season (July to November) and many shops, beaches, restaurants and Markets. In the afternoon we will drive on to Cape Agulhas (The most Southern Tip of Africa). We will visit a View Point at the most southern Tip of Africa also known as the "real" place where the Indian and Atlantic oceans meet. You will have plenty of time to have a walk down to the longest beach in the Southern Hemisphere.

Included Meals: Dinner

Included Activities: Penguins at Betties Bay

Optional Activities: Shark Cage Diving

Whale watching Boat Trip ( Whale season)

Overnight: Cape Agulhas Backpackers ( Struisbaai)

Day 2 Cape Agulhas - Mossel Bay - Wilderness

We depart for Wilderness after breakfast. We will stop in Mossel Bay for lunch and to spend some time on the spectacular beaches, hike the Cape St Blaize hiking trail along the cliffs overlooking the Indian Ocean, visit the famous Diaz Museum Complex. The more adventurous can try a 10 000 feet Tandem Skydive or Sand Boarding on the highest Dune in South Africa. Late afternoon a leisurely walk through Wilderness Village, Wilderness beach or just relaxing with a beer overlooking Wilderness beach.

Included Meals: Breakfast and Dinner

Included Activities:

Optional Activities: 10 000 feet Tandem Sky Dive

Sand boarding the biggest Dune in South Africa

Overnight: Beachhouse Backpackers in Wilderness

Day 3 Wilderness - Knysna - Plettenberg Bay

After breakfast overlooking Wilderness beach we head for the Touw River Waterfall in Wilderness National Park with some canoes. Enjoy a paddle up the Touw River through the indigenous forest, enjoying the abundance of birdlife. After about 40mins of easy paddling the canoes will be left for a 2km hike along a boardwalk which will take us to the waterfall, where you will be able to relax and enjoy the sounds of nature. After the canoeing we will head to the famous town of Knysna via the spectacular Lake District of the Garden Route. In this up-market little town filled with curios, restaurants and a waterfront you will be able to replenish and lose yourself. After Knysna we will head to the Knysna Heads view-point with some spectacular views over Knysna River estuary and the Indian Ocean. Late afternoon you can spend exploring Plettenberg Bay with its spectacular views and beaches.

Included Meals: Breakfast

Included Activities: Canoeing and hiking in Wilderness National Park

Optional Activities: Knysna Elephant Park

Overnight: Albergo Backpackers in Plettenberg Bay

Day 4 Plettenberg Bay -Tsitsikamma - Addo

After breakfast, off to Tsitsikamma National Park. En route a stop at Bloukrans Bridge to view the world's highest bungee jump bridge (216 metres). There is plenty of time for the adventure seekers among you to test their courage. The afternoon will be spent in the National Park with its unique combination of indigenous forest and the beautiful Indian Ocean. This provides a wide choice of activities for all, including long and short hikes, crossing the suspension bridge and swimming. Late afternoon we will leave the Garden Route for Big 5 Country, Addo.

Included Meals: Breakfast and Dinner

Included Activities: Entrance to Tsitsikamma National Park

Optional Activities: 216 M Bloukrans Bungee Jump

Tree Top Canopy Tour

Overnight: Addo

Day 5 Addo - Sedgefield ( Myoli Beach)

The morning we will spend exploring Addo Elephant National Park. We will spend up to 4-5 hours exploring a 28 000 hectare National reserve with over 450 elephant and some Cape buffalo, lion, Black Rhino, Wart Hog, Zebra, Eland, Koedoe, Hartbeest and many more animals. After an exciting morning of Game Viewing we will drive back to the heart of the Garden Route where we will overnight and have sundowners overlooking the spectacular Myoly Beach in Sedgefield.

Included Meals: Breakfast and Dinner

Included Activities: Entrance and 4-5 hour drive with tour vehicle through Addo Elephant National Park

Optional Activities: 2 Hour open vehicle Game Drive with Addo Field Guide.

Overnight: Myoly Beach Backpackers in Sedgefield

Day 6 Sedgefield - Oudtshoorn - Route 62 - Cape Town/Stellenbosch

After Breakfast a drive over the spectacular Outeniqua Mountain pass to Oudtshoorn in the Little Karoo, also known as the Ostrich Capital of the World.

You will be able to experience the subterranean beauty of the Cango Caves in a guided adventure tour, followed by a visit to the Cango Ostrich Show farm for a guided tour of an ostrich farm. The more adventurous can even ride an ostrich. (maximum weight of 75 kg). In the afternoon we depart back to Cape Town via the scenic and spectacular Route 62 which is South Africa's longest wine route. We will arrive back to Cape Town in the early evening.

Included Meals: Breakfast

Included Activities: Cango Caves Adventure Tour

Entrance to Cango Ostrich Show farm

Departures

All Tours depart from Cape Town and Stellenbosch every Monday.

Booking Procedure

Should you wish to make a reservation, please let me know so that I can secure the seats for you. Please complete attached booking form and return it to us by email. We require a 50% deposit to secure the reservation, with the balance due 30 days before departure. You can pay by credit card (5% credit card charge) or bank transfer.

Pick Up

Guest will be picked up between 07:00 and 09:00 from accommodation establishments in Cape Town and about 09:30 in Stellenbosch. If guests do not live in Cape Town or Stellenbosch additional transport has to be arranged into the city, or guests will be picked up along the way.

Itinerary

The company reserves the right to change itinerary, accommodation, and transport along the way should circumstances dictate. Unfortunately many of these outdoor activities are weather dependant which could force changes in the itinerary. The guide will try his best to arrange events according to prevailing weather conditions.

Vehicles

The vehicles that we will be touring in is a fully air conditioned and can comfortably seat 8 adults including driver/guide or 14 Adult including Driver/guide. We also have a CD and Mp3 player in the bus. (Welcome to bring your own music, if it is not too terrible we can play it)

All vehicles have valid Operating Licences to convey paying customers.

Guides:

All guides are well trained, experienced and African born and bred. By law we are enforced to use THETA registered and Qualified guides with special PDP drivers licences. (Professional Drivers Licence). Earthstompers make use of only the best guides that wil make sure you get a laid back, funny, relaxing, informative and safe trip.

Accommodation

All the accommodation en route has been selected over many years for its cleanliness, unique setting, closeness to nature and great atmosphere whilst not forgetting the human need for home comforts.

Accommodation at the backpackers takes the form of dormitory rooms with shared bathroom facilities.

Upgrades to single and double Backpacker rooms with shared Bathroom facilities and Upgrades to Backpacker rooms with en-suite bathrooms are available.

Guest House upgrades to Single, Double or twin en-suite rooms are available at an additional cost.

All bedding and towels will be provided.

Meals

All meals have been selected by management and include traditional South African meals. Breakfast would normally be a combination of healthy continental breakfast with fruits, cereals, yoghurt and toast or cooked breakfasts. Please advise us of any special dietary requirements in advance.

Lunch and drinks would be for Guests own account.

Payment

A deposit of 50% is payable to agent or into bank account on confirmation of booking. Balance is payable 30 days before departure. Credit card payments will incur a 5% banking charge.

Cancelation Policy

The following cancelation fees will apply should you wish to cancel your tour. Please note we will charge a cash handling fee of 15% if you should cancel more than 30 days before departure to cover our bank charges.

30 days - 15 days 25 % of the total of the booking

14 days - 8 days 50 % of the total of the booking

7 days or less 100 % of the total of the booking

No-show 100 % of the total of the booking

Insurance

It is strongly recommended that you hold comprehensive travel insurance to safeguard you against possible unforeseen emergency. Earthstompers has comprehensive passenger and public liability insurance.

Exclusion of liability

Earthstompers, or its employees and agents shall not be responsible for and shall be exempt from any liability in respect of loss, damage, injury, accident, delay or inconvenience to any person or their luggage or other personal property under any circumstances whatsoever whilst on tour.

What do you need?

A love for nature, an adventurous spirit and an earthstomping sense of humour. Of course it would not be a bad thing to bring along a rain jacket, camera, swimming clothes, sun screen, towel, hat, warm jacket and personal toiletries.

Optional Activities:

The Optional Activities are not included in your tour price because this is activities that not everybody will be able to do. For example: Not everybody would like to jump of a 216 m bridge or jump from a plane at 10 000 feet. These activities can be paid in Cash or credit card direct to the Adventure Operator. These activities will be booked by your guide the day that the tour departs. All included activities are not physically demanding and can be enjoyed by all ages, shapes and sizes on tour.

Malaria

Our tours take place in a malaria free area. No anti-malaria precautions are therefore necessary. You are however advised to bring insect repellent during summer.