Garden Route & Addo Group Adventure + 2 night Safari - 7 days
Overview
- Group Tour + Safari
- Departs Every Monday
- Starts In Cape Town & Ends In Gqeberha
Welcome to your
Garden Route & Addo Group Adventure + 2 night Safari - 7 days
One way, Cape Town to Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth)
Join us for the road trip of a lifetime! Earthstompers Adventures has been operating
Garden Route & Addo tours since 2006. Our 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. Best of all, this trip ends off with a two-night safari in the malaria-free Eastern Cape. This tour starts in Cape Town every Monday, and ends in Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) every Sunday.
Tour includes:
- Services of a professional tour guide
- Cape Town pick up / Gqeberha drop off
- Air-conditioned transport
- 4 nights’ Garden Route accommodation (backpacker or guest house options)
- Dinners and breakfasts (except day 5)
- Entrance to the African penguin colony at Bettys Bay
- Visit to the Southernmost tip of Africa, Cape Agulhas
- 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
- Two-night all-inclusive safari at a private game reserve in the Eastern Cape
- Return transfers to/from the game reserve for safari
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 which includes the visit to the African Penguin Colony and Hermanus.
Day 1 highlights
Included meals:
Dinner
Included activities:
Visit to the African penguin colony at Betties Bay
Optional activities:
Shark cage diving: R 4055*
Whale watching boat trip (in season, July – November): R 1440
Cycle (or e-bike) to the Southern Tip of Africa: R 300 or R 500
Approximate driving time:
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:
95 km; 1.5 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: R 1690
Approximate driving time:
350 km; 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 – Safari
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 arrange a transfer from the end of the Garden Route tour to your safari lodge. You will be in time to enjoy the afternoon game drive on a private game reserve.
Day 5 highlights
Included meals:
Dinner
Included activities:
Entrance and 2-3-hour drive with tour vehicle through Addo Elephant National Park
Transfer to Eastern Cape private game reserve
Afternoon game drive on private game reserve
Optional activities:
Early morning 2-hour open vehicle game drive in Addo Elephant National Park with field guide: R 510
Approximate driving time:
+/- 120 km +/- 1.5 hours (plus Addo game driving time)
+/- 100 km +/- 1.25 hours: transfer time from Addo to Private Game Reserve
Overnight:
Safari
It’s safari time! Wake up bright and early for the morning game drive, where we venture out to see the wild life on the Eastern Cape. Upon return from the morning drive, you will have some leisure time to enjoy your lodge before lunch. In the afternoon, you will embark on a sundown game drive, complete with drinks and snacks in the veld.
Day 5 highlights
Included meals:
Breakfast, lunch & dinner
Included activities:
Morning & afternoon game drives on private game reserve
Approximate driving time:
n/a – on reserve
Overnight:
Safari and departure from Gqeberha
After your morning game drive and breakfast, you will be transferred to Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) airport, where your tour will end. Kindly let us know what time you would like to be dropped off in Port Elizabeth after your safari and we’ll make arrangements accordingly. If you are catching a flight, we recommend that you book it for 15:00 or later, so that you have time to participate in the morning game drive before departing for the airport.
Day 5 highlights
Included meals:
Breakfast
Included activities:
Morning game drive
Transfer from private game reserve to Gqeberha
Approximate driving time:
Tour Map
Pricing
| TOUR PRICE per person | High season 1: 4 August to 14 Dec 2025 |
Peak season: 15 Dec 2025 to 11 Jan 2025 |
High season 2: 12 Jan to 3 May 2026 |
Low season: 4 May to 2 August 2026 |
| Backpacker twin/double en-suite + 4-star safari | R 33120 | R 34890 | R 34490 | R 31890 |
| Backpacker single en-suite + 4-star safari | R 45640 | R 57080 | R 47780 | R 43880 |
| Guest House twin/double + 4-star superior safari | R 40820 | n/a | R 42390 | R 37990 |
| Guest House single + 4-star superior safari | R 57240 | n/a | R 59680 | R 53080 |
- 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.