5 Day Garden Route & Addo Group Tour
Overview
- Group Tour
- Departs Every Monday
- Starts In Cape Town & Ends In Gqeberha
Welcome to your
5 Day Garden Route & Addo Group Adventure Tour
One way, Cape Town to Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth)
Join us for the road trip of a lifetime! Earthstompers Adventures has been operating the Garden Route & Addo tour since 2006. Our 5-day group adventure tour is a safe and affordable way to explore the Western Cape, Little Karoo, Whale Route, Addo Elephant National Park, and Route 62. The tour has a good mix of nature, culture and adventure, so you can experience the best the Garden Route has to offer. This tour starts in Cape Town every Monday, and ends in Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) every Friday.
Tour includes:
- Services of a professional tour guide/driver
- Pick up and drop off (location of your choice in Cape Town and surrounds)
- Air-conditioned transport
- 4 nights’ accommodation (backpacker or guesthouse options)
- Dinners and breakfasts (except day 5)
- Visit to the Southern Tip of Africa, Cape Agulhas
- Entrance to Stony Point penguin colony
- Local wine tasting
- Klein Karoo ostrich farm tour
- Canoeing and hiking in Wilderness National Park
- Game viewing safari in Addo Elephant National Park
- Hiking in Tsitsikamma National Park
- A community support contribution, to support local charitable projects
Itinerary
Cape Town – Hermanus – Cape Agulhas
We depart from Cape Town 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, restaurants and markets. In the afternoon we will drive on to Cape Agulhas, the most southern tip of Africa, where we visit a viewpoint known as the “real” place where the Indian and Atlantic Oceans meet.
(Shark cage diving clients will be picked up very early in the morning by the diving operator, and will miss the first half of Day 1).
Day 1 highlights
Included meals:
Dinner
Included activities:
Visit to the African penguin colony at Betties Bay
Optional activities:
Shark cage diving
Whale watching boat trip (in season, July – November)
Cycle (or e-bike) to the Southern Tip of Africa
Approximate driving time:
+/- 250 km, +/- 3 hours
Overnight:
Cape Agulhas – Oudtshoorn
We travel to Oudtshoorn in the Little Karoo, known as the Ostrich Capital of the World, via the spectacular Route 62, which is South Africa’s longest wine route. We will have a lovely lunch and wine tasting at a local winery, before checking into our accommodation, which is on a working game farm in the Little Karoo. As the sun goes down, we can enjoy a tour of the ostrich farm, taking in the views of the Outeniqua and Swartberg mountain ranges in the background.
Day 2 highlights
Included meals:
Breakfast and dinner
Included activities:
Local wine tasting
Klein Karoo ostrich farm tour
Approximate driving time:
+/- 330km, +/- 4 hours
Overnight:
Oudtshoorn: Chandelier Game Lodge
Both backpackers and guesthouse clients stay in the same location – a working game & ostrich farm. This is a unique location, which isn’t really a backpacker or a guesthouse but we feel is a special experience.
Backpackers stay in the log cabins, whilst guest house clients stay in the glamping tents.
Oudtshoorn – Wilderness – Sedgefield
After breakfast we head over the marvelous Outeniqua Mountain pass where we will explore Wilderness National Park with some canoes. Enjoy a paddle up the Touw River through indigenous forest, enjoying the abundance of bird life. After about 40 minutes, the canoes will be left for a 2 km hike along a boardwalk, which will take us to a lovely waterfall and rock pools. Late afternoon you can spend exploring Sedgefield, with its expansive views and beaches.
Day 3 highlights
Included meals:
Breakfast and dinner
Included activities:
Canoeing and hiking in Wilderness National Park
Approximate driving time:
+/- 145 km, +/- 2 hours
Overnight:
Sedgefield - Knysna - Tsitsikamma - Addo area
Today, we will head to the famous town of Knysna via the Lake District of the Garden Route. We will visit the Knysna Heads viewpoint, for some magnificent views over the Knysna River estuary and the Indian Ocean. After Knysna, we will stop at Bloukrans Bridge to view the world’s highest bungee jump bridge (216 meters). There is plenty of time for the adventure seekers among you to test their courage. Midday will be spent in Tsitsikamma National Park with its unique combination of indigenous forest and beautiful Indian Ocean coastline. The Park has a wide choice of activities for all, including hiking, crossing a suspension bridge and swimming. In the afternoon, we will leave the Garden Route for Big 5 country, Addo.
Day 4 highlights
Included meals:
Breakfast & dinner
Included activities:
Entrance to Tsitsikamma National Park
Optional activities:
216 M Bloukrans bungee jump
Approximate driving time:
+/- 320km, +/- 4.5 hours
Overnight:
Addo area: Avoca River Cabins
Both backpackers and guesthouse clients stay in the same location – a working citrus farm. This is a unique location, which isn’t really a backpacker or guesthouse but we feel is a special experience.
Addo – Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth)
We will spend the morning exploring Addo Elephant National Park. We will spend up to 2-3 hours exploring the 28,000 hectare National reserve with approximately 600 elephant and some Cape buffalo, lion, black rhino, warthog, zebra, eland, kudu, hartebeest and many more animals. After an exciting morning of game viewing we will drop you off in Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) at approximately 1-2pm.**
**Safari extension: For an additional safari experience, guests can add a safari at a private game reserve in the Eastern Cape, located approximately an hour away from where the Earthstompers 5 Day Garden Route tour ends. Please inquire for rates & options.
Day 5 highlights
Included meals:
None
Included activities:
Entrance and 2-3 hour drive with tour vehicle through Addo Elephant National Park
Optional activities:
2-hour open vehicle game drive with Addo field guide
Approximate driving time:
+/- 70 km, +/- 1 hour
(Plus game drive time in Addo Elephant National Park)
Tour Map
Pricing
| Prices are per person: | August 2024 – July 2025 | August 2025 – July 2026 |
| Backpacker dorm | R 11150 | R 12100 |
| Backpacker twin/double en suite | R 12650 | R 13600 |
| Backpacker single en suite | R 13250 | R 15000 |
| Guest house twin/double | R 14650 | R 16100 |
| Guest house single | R 17000 | R 18800 |
- Prices quoted are in South African Rand (R).
- Tour is suitable for adults between the ages of 18-65.
- Teens between the ages of 14-18 may join the tour if accompanied by an adult. Please see our private tours for children aged 13 and under.
- Adults older than 65 may be approved to join the group tour on a case-by-case basis with a signed statement of their ability to participate in the active, fast-paced, adventurous nature of the tour.
