The
Garden Route, South Africa's 'Garden of Eden', is the area
that stretches from Mossel Bay to Tsitsikamma . This breathtaking
stretch of land is graced with South Africa's most beautiful
sandy beaches, tranquil lagoons and seaside villages. For
the more adventurous, explore the lush indigenous forests
with its majestic trees and deep river gorges.
It is a narrow coastal belt
between the Indian Ocean on the one side, and different mountain
ranges parallel with the coast, where the difference between
coast and mountains can range between 10 - 25 kilometres.
Cold fronts will move in over the Indian Ocean and the mentioned
mountain ranges will stop these cold fronts (being high enough)
with abundant rainfall on this narrow coastal belt. This creates
a true rain forest situation, and from there the lush, evergreen
vegitation - "The Garden Route of South Africa".
It also creates a situation
that, beyond the high mountain ranges, areas which can be
best described as "semi - desert" - areas with very
low rainfall - the areas known as the Little Karoo, and has
become world reknowned as the Ostrich Capital of the World
- Oudtshoorn.
The town of Oudtshoorn is also
blessed to have a unique mountain range known as the "Swartberg
Mountain Range" - Black Mountain Range - which has extraordinary
stalactite and stalacmite formations, known as the Famous
Cango Caves. The Cango Caves are the second most visited natural
attraction in South Africa, behind Table Mountain.
As a natural extension to your
Garden Route Experience, we can also offer you a Big Five
Safari in a Malaria-free area. This will mean that we extend
your normal Garden Route Tour to the Eastern Cape Province
Game Reserves. We will be able to offer you The Big Five Experience
in and around the popular Addo Elephant National Park. With
this option you can make a one-way trip to the city of Port
Elizabeth and get a connection flight to your next destination.
We have been exploring and enjoying
this magnificent stretch of land with guests from all over
the world for the past 11 years. We give you the best of The
Garden Route, Cape Town and South Africa, with a intimate,
personal touch.
The Garden Route, on average,
is approximately 400 + kilometres from central Cape Town.
Therefor if you want to visit some of the mentioned itinerary
highlights, you cannot visit the area in less than 3 days.
We have compiled the following tour options to give you the
best possible Garden Route Tour packages.
Browse
through our selections of Garden Route Experiences incl.
- 3, 4 and 5 Day Garden Route Tours
- Big Five Safari Garden Route Tours
- Luxury Garden Route Tours
- Garden Route Self-Drive Tours
- On-Route to The Garden Route
- Private Tours are also available
Highlights
of our Garden Route Tours incl.:
> Sir Lowry's Pass - Views of False bay
> Elgin / Grabouw - Apple Region
> Wheatlands of the Overberg
> Historical Swellendam
> Gouritz River Gorge
> Mossel Bay - Diaz Museum
> Choo Tjoe (when operational)
> George
> Wilderness
> Featherbed Nature Reserve - Lagoon cruise
> Knysna Heads
> Plettenberg Bay
> Nature's valley
> Tsitsikamma National Park
> Storms River Mouth
> Bloukrans Bridge - highest bungee jump in the world!
> Outeniqua Pass
> Cango Caves
> Ostrich Show farms
> Oudtshoorn - Capital of ostrich industry
> Barrydale - Route 62
> Worcester
> Huguenots Tunnel
On route to The Garden Route,
one can also explore whale watching in season with the famous
Hermanus - Capital of the Whale watching route. Furthermore,
one can also visit the Southernmost Tip of Africa - Cape Agulhas,
and as an extension to your Garden Route, you can also visit
several Game Parks of the Eastern Cape Province. One that
definately needs to be mentioned, is the famous Addo Elephant
National Park.
We
also provide a wide variety of General information about the
The Garden Route , incl:
- Garden Route Maps
- Garden Route Sights and Sounds
- Garden Route Accommodation
- Garden Route Car Hire
- Garden Route Tourist Information
Make
sure to have a look at our other Garden Route Tour Options,
which might be of help to you:
- Choose from 3 - 6 Day Garden Route Tours
- One-way tours from Port Elizabeth
- Bottelierskop - Game Farm
- Knysna Elephant Park - Touch an African Elephant!
- Monkeyland and Bird Sanctuary
- Tented Accommodation with Horse Riding
- Pay-as-you-please Tours : My vehicle - your program
Enjoy
our Garden Route Pictures throughout the website, incl. attractions
like:
- Ostrich Farms
- Cango Caves
- Mossel Bay
- Outeniqua Choo-Tjoe Steam Train
- Knysna
- Plettenberg Bay
- Nature's Valley
- Tsitsikamma Forest
We also conduct
professional tours with SATOUR Registeres tourguides in all
of the following areas:
- Cape Town City Tours
- Table Mountain Tours
- West Coast Flower Tours
- Cape Winelands Tours
- Cape Town Township Tours
- Cape Point / Cape Peninsula Tours
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